28 Years on the Force: Chief Angela Averiett on What It Really Takes to Change Police Culture

It wasn't until 2015 that I felt comfortable enough to cry in front of people. So one of my colleagues was killed in the line of duty and I remember showing up to to work that day. And that was the first time I allowed myself to cry in front of my coworkers. And what was the response? Everyone else was crying too.

Everyone was a wreck. And I think it created a safe space for them to express that. That's another thing that we don't build into our culture is that it's okay to be vulnerable because vulnerability, people mistake it as a sign of weakness. I think it's a superpower. Law enforcement.

The mere utterance of the word gets some people's blood pumping on both sides of the political aisle. But the fact is we need police in a civilized society. The question we have to grapple with is what's the best way for a modern police organization to operate in today's world? Here's what I've learned. Nearly all of the scandals the police have had almost always boil down to the same issue a lack of good leadership,

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