Former Maryland State Police head Marcus Brown is the man Gov. Tom Wolf wants to run the Pennsylvania State Police and it is not sitting well with the rank and file.
Brown, 50, has chosen to wear the organization’s uniform despite never having been graduated from the State Police Academy. This is a big cultural taboo. That he has chosen to wear it shows a lack of understanding of the organization he has been picked to lead, which is a strike against him but would leave him with two more. That he is insisting on wearing it, however, shows pointless arrogance and ought to be enough to disqualify him.
Among the reasons Wolf has picked Brown is his “commitment to diversity”. The Pennsylvania State Police has had an affirmative action program for blacks and women for decades. We’d find it more comforting if Wolf’s primary goal was safe streets and highways.
State Police Diversity Goal Of Marcus Brown