In a startling act of journalism, the Mission Local this week finally wrote about a topic near and dear to my heart, the diaspora of San Francisco cops headed off to greener pastures. In the piece, the author discusses many topics that make up why cops are leaving.
Among those in the article are police reform, retirement, and “low morale.” While all of these contribute to the exodus, a failure of leadership is the ultimate cause that bears responsibility.
In Jocko Willink’s seminal work on leadership, “Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win,” he discusses how a leader must own all of the mistakes….