article_snippet.sent: Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm, for example, has told me Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm was always skeptical of new police recruits who expressed a desire to become narcotics or homicide detectives.
article_snippet.sent: That thinking reflects a spirit of adventure, Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm told me, rather than a spirit of service.
article_snippet.sent: Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm is right -- policing is, at its core, a service profession.