1: you're always so hard on the chief. accreditation seems kinda progressive to me. 2: progressive how? seriously, accreditation means what exactly? some other cops cast a brief glance at your department and see if your papers are in order, and if you lock your guns away when you're not using them? tell me another line of work where 'following basic rules' means you're doing REALLY GREAT compared to everyone else. 1: small town mayors? 2: ok sure but name one other line of work like that...