I'm not even going to disagree with that statement. I think most people and police departments would be much better off with GSDs. And, there are tons of breeders who want to sell them those GSDs as police dogs- every kennel of working GSDs wants to be able to point out their successful working dog breeding program. And they are breeding like mad. So, where are the adult GSDs for purchase as green police dogs? Tons of puppies, very few adult dogs that can pass all the test to go to a police department. Does this seem a little odd to anyone else out there? FYI, the test include working ability and hips, elbows, spine (sometimes) and whatever else the department wants to test.
I know several people involved in police K9 activities- one is a director of training for his entire dept, and he's nationally certified for various things like training bomb dogs, decoying, and sits on a few national level boards. Another 2 guys are street patrol handlers. All of them said the departments are going back to GSD's, vs the Mal because the GSD has traits that make them a better patrol dog. They have a better on/off switch. They will bark more and their size makes them more intimidating- an 80-90lb barking GSD just looks scarier than a 50lb Mal.