The Naked Gun, Bay Area Edition

Dr. X posts this from that hostage situation at that bank downtown:

"Bay Area policing, never executed with Dragnet proficiency, is reaching levels of stupidity so impressive, even the Mayor is beginning to take notice.

"Over New Year's there was a riot/beatdown of a clean-cut group of Yale singers. The bungled investigation assures this will be a cause celebre on conservative talk radio into the next century. Extra creepiness points from the involvement in the Fajitagate coverup of the parents of the party's hostess.

"More recently, an editor of PC World was murdered in his home, and the Police, Dreben-like, wasted no time in blaming it on his drug dealing. Except for the fact that he wasn't a drug dealer.

"There's lots of other murdering going on, with relatively little chance of investigation or punishment. The Mayor of San Francisco has, on several occasions, taken time off from his Getty-fluffing to offer rewards, reprimand functionaries, and complain to the press. It hasn't helped.

"There is a positive side to the story, however. Police Squad! is out on DVD. Perhaps the SFPD can use it as a training video."