Support for Police Chief Lance Arnold

A speaker who said he buried his best friend — cadet Frank Lynn — criticized city statements about an unnamed internal matter involving Chief Lance Arnold, calling it a social-media destruction of character and urging the council to weigh its votes carefully.

The father of cadet Frank Lynn, who died during training last year, emotionally described how Chief Arnold has shown up for his daughter-in-law and grandchildren, and asked the council to stand behind the chief they hired.