I am looking forward to seeing what the first Thing that Kling impliments, I know that he has been with Baldwin Park only for 6 years, and he was chief for almost all those years. the trouble with that is everyone wants to know what kind of guy is he. Is Kling the kind of guy that you can trust to leave your wife with, or is he the one that if you left the party you would wonder what happend when you got home and your wife came home later, only she was driven home by the Chief, because the car would not start. But when you get to the car, it starts fine. See that kind of a Chief I don't have any time for, if he is not trust worthy with your wife, then he certantly cannot be trusted with your money, or your personal objects of value. It would just not be wise to allow that. Is Kling the type of a guy that would try to take your wife away from you knowing that you are married to her. That again same thing as the first only this time, he activly persuits her, and the first one you have the little bit of error that your wife might be at fault. Say you don't get along with Kling and he has a different plan for entery on a Warrant service. You interupt him and ask if you can present your idea. He says okay, his mistake. Well you present your idea, and there are a great number of people that are liking your idea beter then the first Idea. Kling gets obviously mad and goes with your idea, but will he forget it and just work around the difference that he has with you or does he hold the grudge and forever hold you in a lover position never allowing you to promote to a hire position...this is not a good style of management, either!! I just hope that Kling is one that gets us to where we should be by merrit, and peronality, more like a family and not a holding one down because of wher he or she beleives in. Mark, I am sorry for posting this on my BLOGer site but there are a lot of unanswered questions that need to be answered. It would be much better if he comes married with children and settled down, then single. if he comes as a single man, then rialto will be in store for more of the same. BSRanch..
Moving forward
New police chief welcome news for Rialto
Our view: New leadership promises to strengthen a department seeking to rebuild itself
City Administrator Henry Garcia announced last week that Baldwin Park Police Chief Mark Kling, 48, will be brought in to help rebuild the Rialto department, much like he did with the Baldwin Park police force five years ago.
Kling's experience in revamping a department that some city leaders said at the time should be scrapped in favor of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department closely mirrors the problems suffered by Rialto's PD, which went through five chiefs in six years before the mottled seven-year tenure of Chief Michael Meyers, who stepped down in December after seeming only to fan the flames.
After years of strife and dissension amid charges of racism, sexism, discrimination and corruption dogging the Police Department, the Rialto City Council voted in September to disband it and go with the San Bernardino County sheriff instead only reversing course in March.
In the meantime, the department, under the able-bodied leadership of Interim Chief Frank Scialdone, has fought hard to persevere, and stands to prosper with someone of Kling's caliber at the helm. Moving from captain to chief in 2000, Kling is credited with turning around the 124-officer Baldwin Park department with his zeal for policing. Besides implementing new programs including a full-time gang enforcement team and narcotics squad as well as expanding the traffic detail and upgrading communications and weapons systems, Kling proved himself most successful in boosting morale through strong, accessible leadership. He has been praised for establishing an atmosphere of trust and fairness in Baldwin Park that should translate well in Rialto.
Both Garcia and Kling are intent on changing the culture of the Rialto Police Department, and creating a sense of unity after years of problems that almost led to its demise.
The department already has done a good amount of healing under Scialdone, who has helped reshape it, both physically and emotionally. Rialto police, who have shown a new resolve to fight crime, and not each other, have done an admirable job of facing the increased challenges posed by gang crime and their own dwindling ranks, which have meant copious overtime.
Kling will walk into a department that demands bold, credible leadership, and it is his drive for positive change that will help make the beleaguered department whole again. That is good news not only for Rialto police, but for the greater community as well.
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