As a fellow active duty officer of the department, I would strongly disagree and protest the validity of only officers holding a four-year college degree to be eligible for promotion to Sergeant. Although it is understandable that administrators want to move towards a command staff where those officers rising through the ranks are deemed professional; holding degrees in areas relevant to the performance of the duties of law enforcement and its operation, the experiences and life skills of those officers not possessing a degree is perhaps more effective in the daily performance of routine duties on the street. As suggested by Doener (2012) in “Introduction to Law Enforcement, An Insider's View”, the evidence of college-educated officers offering
