What is exceptional in this situation is the 'beauty pageant' and the media use of the dolled-up shots and video tapes.

Therefore the incompetent dolts are merely highlited in Boulder, but they exist elsewhere too.

Most police agencies are not measured against crime statistics and rarely is crime related to police activities anyway.

There is so little oversight of police investigative performance or patrol effectiveness that it is a joke to talk about 'effectiveness'.

Is Boulder exceptional? Their Chamber of Commerce would say 'yes'.
But would you?