True test: Double murder

By The Palm Beach Post

In Boynton Beach these days, doing nothing can be better than doing something. That was the case with the city commission's decision not to conduct a study of the police department.

The idea arose last summer, when five officers were arrested - four within one week. Chief Matthew Immler defended the department, noting that in-house procedures had flagged most of the bad cops, whose cases the department referred to the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office. Still, there was commission sentiment for a look at hiring standards.

Consider, though, what has happened since then. Former Mayor Jose Rodriguez pushed hard for the study in November. On Jan. 27, he was charged with three counts of public corruption. All the charges relate to Mr. Rodriguez's alleged efforts to make first Chief Immler and then interim City Manager Lori LaVerriere have the police department drop a domestic assault investigation of him. Gov. Scott suspended the mayor.

The night commissioners picked one of their own, Woodrow Hay, to fill in for Mr. Rodriguez, Commissioners Steven Holzman and Marlene Ross unexpectedly proposed a no-confidence vote on Ms. LaVerriere. It failed. The two commissioners seemed irritated that Ms. LaVerriere had reported Mr. Rodriguez. Those complaints could leave the city open to a whistle-blower retaliation lawsuit by Ms. LaVerriere if she doesn't get the permanent job. Commissioner Ross further griped that Ms. LaVerriere wasn't moving fast enough on the police evaluation, even though the manager was awaiting proposals. When the proposals came in last week, Commissioner Holzman griped that only one proposed a "comprehensive" study. The commission has dropped the idea for now.

That was the right decision. Here's a better way to evaluate the department: See how it performs on the March 16 killing of two sisters. That will be much more revealing than a study.

- Randy Schultz,

for The Palm Beach Post Editorial Board

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