Chief Mokwa is no Commissioner Gordon

It has come to light that here in STL, the police force has been using a local towing company as their personal car lot. Things started coming to light after Police Chief Joe Mokwa's daughter Aimie was reported to have bought several cars from the lot after their rightful owners failed to show up and claim them. The prices paid ranged from 75% of market value to, um, free, apparently.

Here's today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch article about the brewing scandal.

To make things interesting, Aimie- who apparently has a history of substance abuse- has wrecked three of these cars, one of the times blowing a .17 BAC, but she has yet to be charged with a crime.

Mokwa says he knows of no arrangement with the tow yard and his daughter or the several officers who allegedly used the lot to drive unclaimed cars for weeks or sometimes months, and is now facing a federal investigation regarding the matter.

So, he may carry a badge and gun just like Commissioner Gordon, he might wear glasses just like Commissioner Gordon, he might have a mustache just like Commissioner Gordon and he might hold the highest office of law enforcement in the metropolitan area just like Commissioner Gordon. But my friends, Chief Mokwa is no Commissioner Gordon.