One more thought that keeps rolling around my brain concerning the Great Escape that actually wasn’t at Delaware County Prison this week.
What do you think bothered Delco law enforcement officials more, the fact that they had an obvious breakdown in their security procedures at the facility, or that there was none other than Upper Darby top cop Mike Chitwood alerting the world that this in fact was not an escape.
Chitwood has crossed swords with D.A. Mike Green on a couple of occasions. And he clearly rubs a lot of his fellow chiefs the wrong way with his media-friendly ways.
They don’t call him “Media Mike” for nothing.
So there was Chitwood early on Tuesday morning informing our Linda Reilly – and every othe pen and camera he could find - that this was not an escape, but that suspected killer Taaqi Brown was allowed to walk out the front door of the George W. Hill Correctional Facility.
In this instance, his brethren in law enforcement had little choice but to indicate Chitwood was right and push the hunt manhunt for Brown.
Score one for Chitwood.
What do you think bothered Delco law enforcement officials more, the fact that they had an obvious breakdown in their security procedures at the facility, or that there was none other than Upper Darby top cop Mike Chitwood alerting the world that this in fact was not an escape.
Chitwood has crossed swords with D.A. Mike Green on a couple of occasions. And he clearly rubs a lot of his fellow chiefs the wrong way with his media-friendly ways.
They don’t call him “Media Mike” for nothing.
So there was Chitwood early on Tuesday morning informing our Linda Reilly – and every othe pen and camera he could find - that this was not an escape, but that suspected killer Taaqi Brown was allowed to walk out the front door of the George W. Hill Correctional Facility.
In this instance, his brethren in law enforcement had little choice but to indicate Chitwood was right and push the hunt manhunt for Brown.
Score one for Chitwood.
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