I'm fairly sure Levinson was auditor prior to 2013; I very distinctly remember speaking to her about OPA business at this event in 2011. (But she was reconfirmed in 2013.)
In short, the Mayor is not doing his job in introducing the reform ordinance, and meanwhile trying to do someone else's job, or at least take credit for it.
Why SUVs? They're not built for pursuit should it be needed, and patrolling in SUVs is going to cost a lot more in gas and dump 5-6X more pollution and CO2 into the air we all have to breathe! And black uniforms, really? Yep, wearing uniforms that reminds people of the SS is really going to help improve their repute of ingrained institutional racism!