the very first rule

is that you have to play by the rules.
one cannot self-except oneself from the rules.

the leadership of the aps has self-excepted itself
from accountability to any meaningful standard of
conduct or competence.

they are breaking the first rule.

there is no point in discussing any rule, or policy, or problem,
unless there is agreement to play by the rules.

and until their committment is proved by their surrender
to honest accountability for their conduct and competence;
by a system overwhich they have no control,
and even against their will.

an immediate administrative accountability audit
would serve as a token of faith.

stonewalling is not an equivalent gesture.