Chief cannot possibly resign.  Too many legal fees.  What a sad state of "affairs" for the Chief, the Deputy Chief and the entire Department.  It took a charter amendment to break this open and we are not even near the finish line. Goodness, why make a federal case out of this.  It seems so trite and insignificant. Destruction of a twenty dollar mailbox... really does not rise to the level of a federal case, a trial and a subsequent mistrial.  How did that ever happen?  Could  it be caused by systemic deficiencies at the highest levels of the police departments administration.  One can only imagine that there must be some answers, somewhere.