Union chief: Kennedy incident reveals ‘good old boy’ mentality

U.S. Capitol Police officers’ decision to take Patrick Kennedy home after his car crash without testing him for alcohol reveals a rudderless department plagued by a “good old boy”mentality, the Capitol Police union president said Monday.

“Right now, you’ve got a very young, professional force in one segment of the agency. But there’s still the old way of doing things,” D.C. Fraternal Order of Police President Lou Cannon said. “It’s political policing — somebody gets in trouble, your job is to take care of it.”