'Caustic?' Inside Chief Rod Knecht's surprising contract spat with the Edmonton Police Commission

Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht emerged from his office on the fourth floor of police headquarters Tuesday, striding to a black office chair at the end of a conference table.
Flanking the chief were two embroidered Edmonton Police Service (EPS) crests — giant versions of the patches the city’s 1,700-plus police officers wear on their shoulders. In front of him sat a group of reporters, beyond them a bank of TV cameras.
Knecht occasionally held such “coffee with the chief&rdquo