Better Savannah Episode 47: How to save a (Police Department's) Life w/ Kevin Grogan

<p>Not all gangs exist in Savannah’s neighborhoods. They also exist in Savannah’s boardrooms, commissions, and oligarchical institutions. Just one of the many aspects that comprise Savannah’s failing public safety quagmire. It’s policing done on the cheap with a willful disregard for all of Savannah’s citizens and muddled up by politicians looking for a sound bite.</p><p> </p><p>John and Chuck Open up the episode with an update on the Weeping Time property. City Manager and Council released the Brockington survey which confirmed the property in question was in fact not a direct part of the weeping time event. we discuss our disappointment and next steps. </p><p><br></p><p>We then welcome our guest for this week Kevin Grogan </p><p><br></p><p>Kevin Grogan is a former Savannah Police Department officer, controversial and outspoken to be sure, yet this is a man who worked under 4 former police chiefs. He began working Savannah streets in 2004 and he ultimately was forced to resign as a homicide detective in 2014  - after his own life spun out of control. He stood up and faced the inevitable fact that his police career was over.</p><p> </p><p>See Better Savannah Episode 43: The Commute to a Southside townhall here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BetterSavannahForAll/videos/547733093304182">https://www.facebook.com/BetterSavannahForAll/videos/54773309330418</a></p><p>Local media reported this at the time: When you've spent your life in the service of your community, first as an Iraq combat veteran, then as a homicide cop, becoming the defendant facing felony charges takes its toll.</p><p> </p><p>After his dismissal from the police department Kevin wrote a popular book, “White Cop Black Sheep.”</p><p> </p><p>Better Savannah asks Kevin about the failure of the department and the meteoric rise in shootings Savannah is currently experiencing. We agreed that currently and historically it is both a shortage of officers and the quality of our officers  that are at the root of our problem - but interestingly Kevin