What Exactly Did He "Merit"?

Back when the list for Sergeants came out, it was noted that J-Fed's driver somehow snagged one of the "merit" spots. It was asked, but never answered, how exactly driving around J-Fed qualified this person for anything? Was he extra good at avoiding potholes? Was the coffee and bran muffin always exactly the correct temperature when J-Fed arrived in the SUV? Perhaps the passenger side mirrors were always in the correct position so J-Fed could check the hair and flex a little before getting in the ride?

Now comes this word:

• In response to a previous post stating that the Supt's driver who was promoted to Sgt, is driving to training at the academy in one of the Supt's unmarked cars... Not only has this guy been hanging around HQ when he's supposed to be in class like every other person on that list, whatever the reason he is driving a CPD vehicle, on the City's dime, so he can attend training classes for a "merit" promotion is BS.
  
  I read the posts about his continued use of the car because its a freebie of his unit until he is transfered as a new Sgt. Kids, all I wonder about is his JUDGEMENT. Where is his superior JUDGEMENT?
  
  Apparently he doesn't have much. Apparently he doesn't "get it" that he already has a red flag because he was promoted for being a driver to the Supt. Spending city money on gas to drive to and from training is a slap in every PO's face that is in his class. What a buffoon. He is obviously arrogantly stupid. He would rather save a few dollars on gas than earn the respect of his class mates and the officers whom he will be released to the streets to supervise. Too bad he doesn't have that kind of judgement. I wouldn't be surprised if he lacked better judgement in other areas.

We've seen the comments posted that, "...well he's only detailed to the Academy for training. He's still assigned to HQ, so he gets the car..." Bullshit. Wrong message to be sending. He's not being called out of class to drive J-Fed...though according to the first paragraph, he's spending quite a bit of time at HQ during training hours, so we'll take that to mean he already either (A) knows everything already or (B) won't be a street supervisor - which is probably a good thing.

We'll bet on B. This is an abject demonstration of exactly what is wrong with the "merit" system. The message we're getting here is "supervisor training is a joke, there are two sets of rules, I'm better than the rest of you chumps." Where is the judgment we're supposed to be emulating? Where are the leadership qualities? Where is the shame?

We'll also bet that the so-called "accountability" noises coming out of Patrol don't apply in this case. Nice pick J-Fed.