Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Monday, Mar. 8, 2021 Danny Smyth has been stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place. On the one side, the Winnipeg Police Service chief is facing mounting public pressure to reinvent policing in the city in the wake of a global reform campaign. On the other, Smyth is struggling to placate increasingly frustrated and angry rank-and-file officers, who believe he has failed to protect them against a wave of anti-police sentiment. Even though there has only ever been a sliver of breathing room between these two intractable constituencies, Smyth has somehow managed to avoid being crushed.