Spite or spit? What we should do is hold personnel accountable by having a Code of Conduct, a Mission Statement, and comprehensive policies and procedures that applies to everyone. . This extends all the way up to the Chief of Police and all other command level personnel down to the newest rookie. The problem is that many departments will hire a Chief of Police and then not require this individual to take a psychological and/or a polygraph. The results in many cases are all too obvious as is the case in Opa-Locka.