Department suffers from a lack of professionalism and it has no ability to police itself internally.  Ms. Sheehan needs to be seek community input.  The department is the peoples closest connection to government.  We don't often see or speak with the mayor or public officials but we see the police in our daily lives.  It is important that we hold the department in high regard and that the citizen are prepared and willing to support the full time officers in our community.  Sir Robert Peale (father of modern policing) taught that we are all police officers.  The difference is that some people get paid full time to do the job.  The police commission should be as open as the neighborhood board.  The public should have access to meetings and participate in the commissions work.  This is our police department. Policing is a community effort.  Best wishes to Ms. Sheehan.