As soon as the deputy told me, 'give me one minute' I knew he was calling his sergeant. He had witnessed my suspect switch tags on my hit and run car before I got to the scene. But paralysis by analysis won that day, and I know he didn't want to, as he said, 'get in trouble again.' He decided on inaction.
I took some risks and earned respect and loyalty. I hate to have to say this, but you have to have some risk tolerance in a high-risk profession in order to get the job done. This, and honesty, are the core failures of leadership today.
As soon as the deputy told me, 'give me one minute' I knew he was calling his sergeant. He had witnessed my suspect switch tags on my hit and run car before I got to the scene. But paralysis by analysis won that day, and I know he didn't want to, as he said, 'get in trouble again.' He decided on inaction.
I took some risks and earned respect and loyalty. I hate to have to say this, but you have to have some risk tolerance in a high-risk profession in order to get the job done. This, and honesty, are the core failures of leadership today.