I have no doubt that Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson is one of the 'good guys'.

[Siwsan]

Last May, Sheriff Swanson's men were lined up in front of the Flint Township Police station as the Black Lives Matter march came down the road. Instead of confronting, he put down his shield, helmet and baton, told his officers to do the same, asked what they could do, and accepted the invitation to join the march.

These are his remarks on the conviction of Chauvin:

“12 people spoke for the nation. When we heard guilty, guilty, guilty our next was he better be remanded and when he was remanded that’s when we took a breath of relief."

"May 25, 2020 was the day this entire profession changed. We added a third discipline. Police are to protect, service and unify. We’ve seen the power of all three of them, but unification is one we’ve focused here and we changed our culture.”

“I’m excited for the reform. I’m excited to validate what we’re doing right and to correct what we need to do different."

As I recall, he pretty handily won re-election.

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Hard To Disagree

"Unify". How hard was that mission shift? Not very, I'm thinking.
Quit seeing everyone without a badge as the enemy.
Would bet it makes those cops' jobs safer, too.

[niyad]

2. KNR. Look at the smiles.

[MiHale]

3. Remember when we used to call the police "peace officers"?...

[Hotler]

4. Wait! What! Wow!......

[Wounded Bear]

5. Funny what happens when police stop acting like an occupying army...

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

6. As opposed to the sheriff of the county I live in

who made it a point to hold a press conference and tell people he wouldn't enforce any sort of Covid prevention actions the Governor put in place................