But there’s a responsibility on labor’s part as well to meet him halfway on that and say ‘Let’s start looking forward.'” “I agree with him that he says it’s time for a new approach. “The city manager is absolutely doing the right thing,” Kipp said. Vancouver Police Guild President Jeff Kipp agreed that management-labor problems were there before Cook’s arrival - but added that they didn’t get better when he took charge. “Those issues are not isolated to just Chief Cook,” Holmes noted. The consistent tension between management and the officers union did not play heavily into the decision for Cook to move on, Holmes said. Still, Holmes added, “When you look at the issues facing us over the last five years, and over the next five years, and how best to tackle those issues, I think fresh leadership is part of that.” Union weighs in “He’s reorganized the department, maintained community policing and secured over $10 million worth of grants.”Ĭook also helped in the creation of Vancouver’s successful NOW police volunteer program. “He’s done phenomenal work here over the last five years,” Holmes said. But he also praised Cook, who earned $138,420 in 2011. The city manager called the last half-decade “dynamic” for Vancouver’s police. Along with budget cuts and layoffs, he’s dealt with the fallout of the high-profile lawsuit and subsequent $1.65 million discrimination settlement to former Officer Navin Sharma (who died in 2010 of cancer) a no-confidence vote by the Vancouver Police Guild against his leadership style a scandal involving an officer having sexual relationship with a paid confidential informant implementing recommendations by an outside consulting group numerous grievances brought by the union and Holmes’ overturning of Cook’s decision to fire an officer. Much of Cook’s time leading the department has been marked by strife. He leaves behind a department that has been wracked with controversy, much of which began prior to his arrival in 2007 from Fort Worth, Texas. “After thorough discussions with the city manager and assessment of the challenges the department will face over the coming years, we came to the conclusion that the next chapter of VPD will benefit from fresh leadership.”Ĭook will be the third police chief to leave the city in 12 years.
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“My time in Vancouver has been a rich professional experience,” Cook said in a news release sent by the city.
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