Power Struggles

Once again, rumors of power trips and internal strife coming out of 35th Street:

• Completely off topic: Any truth from Headquarters Dugan got the riot act from Bartender Bea? Heard a rumor that the two have been in a huge power struggle since the Lopez debacle and Masters sided with Cuello. Are they trying to force Dugan to retire when J-Failure leaves..

Every time this crap pops up, the name of Masters is right in the middle of it all. The crooked SWAT Sgt testing, the Wedster cover-up, the Henny-Penny scandal, various dumps of a retaliatory nature, the list goes on. Obviously, there's something to these stories and more obviously, it's part of a concerted effort to extract payback on the Department for assorted transgressions, real and imagined. But the power struggles among the assorted camps at HQ are contributing to the institutional decay prevalent throughout the Department and the increasing disconnect continues to have a negative impact on morale.