Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20151118000212/@comment-26235944-20151209024724

Bheadr27 wrote: Ah... I don't trust Dixon... he smells fishy. Seems to be too perfect. Maybe Uprising. Yep, he is the typical slimy politician...saying all the 'feel good' things without really saying anything definitive. I think he's probably Wesen of some sort, and I'm wondering if he knows that Renard is Wesen. He reminded me of Dr. Screechy, similar features, like they could be related. Is he a member of the Uprising? I doubt it, because if he is Wesen it seems like he wouldn't want to be exposed...and that's what the Uprising wants to do, right? Bheadr27 also wrote: And having Renard as Commissioner... how would that help Nick and the gang? Until now there was never a need for such a high rank police officer and having a captain as their ally, keeping their backs at the daily work, seems to be far more valuable to me. Unless Renard wants to establish an official 'special task force grimm team' with Nick, Hank and Wu that only reports to him directly... otherwise it would raise too many questions, if a commissioner permanently prefers these two detectives above all other officers.

The chief of police would have more power to do things, a lot more than Renard can do now as just a captain. As chief, Renard could allocate resources & funds (vehicles, weapons), make promotions...and like you suggested, he could set up Nick, Hank & Wu as a 'special task force Grimm Team' to handle the cases involving Wesen. With this Wesen War that is brewing, a special Grimm Team task force seems like a very good thing to have. Nick would have the extra funds to start paying Monroe & Rosalee as 'consultants'. :D They could also have a 'cleaning crew' like the SGO group has. But this Uprising thing seems to be heating up and happening faster than the Mayoral election, so it may be a moot point.