This is really ridiculous

Having lived in the Baltimore area for the last 6 years, I know that officer grooming is the LAST thing they need to be thinking about. With the rapidly increasing crime rate, the political turmoil that surrounded the recent mayoral election (where they elected their first black woman mayor) and the state of the city schools, I would venture to say that there are much more pressing issues that the city and esp the police dept need to be concerned with. Can we say 'Distraction Technique'?