Shooting For The Top

Andre Dickens named Darin Schierbaum as Atlanta's permanent police chief this morning. Schierbaum is a great pick. But he takes over a department with an emerging use of force problem.

Darin Schierbaum’s appointment as Atlanta’s permanent chief of police is, frankly, unsurprising. He was competing with a handful of other solid internal candidates, but as nearly as I can tell, it’s what both rank and file officers and community leaders have been hoping for. Schierbaum has been around Atlanta for 20 years, and over that time has gone ba…