���� So we all saw last week's Jerry Tate Show, one full hour dedicated to singing the praises of the 96th precinct's very own Det. Tracy Vetter.� Everyone's favorite gal with a gun. But is Vetter really the "rising star" that Tate dubbed her?

���� Tracy Anne Vetter, though only 25, is so gifted, so talented and shot through high school and college at such a record speed that's she's already a homicide detective.� Or at least, that's how Tate would tell it. Truth is, Vetter comes from a long line of cops, practically a legacy. Her own father just happens to be on the Police Commission, in fact no less than 12 Officer Vetter's have or do work in Toronto, Tracy being lucky 13.

���� Looking more like a runway model than a cop, this Vetter has already been in more than a dozen officer related shootings, she's gone undercover without the knowledge or permission of her supervisors and this reporter has learned that she has been openly insubordinate to ranking officers.

���� Could we hope for a more perfect, shiny example of a magistrate? I doubt it. Not since Dudley Do-Right have we seen such perfection in an officer. But forgive me when I say this "rising star" has no business being a cop at all. What kind of person would squander her potential just to follow in the family footsteps? And what kind of society are we, when people like Tate applaud her for it?