Art (Acevedo), damn it! watch. (#AF of a series)

I’m a little behind on this, but I have to note it here anyway: after a little more than four years on the job, Art Acevedo is leaving as chief of the Houston PD…

…to take over as chief of the Miami PD.

(“The Tom Brady of police chiefs”? Fark that.)

My personal feeling? He decided to leave town before he got run out on a rail behind the narcotics scandal. But that’s just my opinion: I could be wrong.

More interesting question that someone asked me last night: could Flint Ironstag Brian Manley be headed to Houston?

Well, it is close to home, and it is a larger department, and he does have a proven track record, and it seems Houston is slightly more reasonable (and less hostile to the police) than the current Austin city council. But: 30 years in at APD, 97+% of his salary in retirement…what incentive does he have to take another police job in the current environment?

Other than the challenge, I guess.

Edited to add 3/17: Ha!

Farewell to Art Acevedo, the LeBron James of performative self-promotion

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4 Responses to “Art (Acevedo), damn it! watch. (#AF of a series)”

  1. 21stCenturyCassandra says:
    March 16, 2021 at 5:21 pm

    Tom Brady? Try Ryan Leaf. Or Jamarcus Russell.

  2. Lawrence Person says:
    March 16, 2021 at 8:45 pm

    Manley would make a better mayor than Adler.

    (Low bar…)

  3. stainles says:
    March 17, 2021 at 7:25 am

    Jamarcus Russell would make a better mayor than Adler.

  4. Joe D says:
    March 17, 2021 at 10:28 am

    Those grapes. They are sour.

    https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/03/17/outgoing-hpd-chiefs-message-to-houston-get-ready-for-500-murders/

    And I am shocked – SHOCKED – that there are accusations of a culture of corruption in the Houston police…