Franklin Zimring quoted in San Francisco Chronicle, November 18, 2012
Franklin Zimring, a UC Berkeley criminologist, said that despite the notion of the “thin blue line” where all those in uniform share an allegiance, the union was positioning itself for a future with a receiver who may make drastic personnel changes. “What they’re really saying here is, ‘If someone has to pay —them first,’ ” Zimring said of the union.