We're the Only Ones Still in Charge Enough

How else do you explain why Jack Byrnes Jr. is still in charge of the village police department, despite not having been seen in town for more than three months?

...Byrnes himself has been the target of lawsuits, the center of controversy and the subject of much, oft-times unpleasant, speculation. He was overseeing the department in 1999 when 5,000 rounds of ammo disappeared and again when his officers were accused of faking hours they worked and double-billing both the village and the sheriff's department mere months later...

People said Byrnes never faced the music in town — indeed, he received a hefty raise after the 2001 incident — because his father, Jack Byrnes Sr., sat on the police commission for years. No conflict there, right?

Sounds like you could do a lot worse than to have this guy absent for 3 months...

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[Via Declan]