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Criminal Charges against Public Safety Officials

Here at the Digest we have often explored the philosophy that integrity, and the resultant trust, is a component of public service effectiveness that no emergency manager can live without–so we will continue to emphasize stories that advocate that level of integrity.

So it is with some appreciation that [link url=”http://www.reuters.com/article/us-michigan-water-idUSKCN0XH1U1″ title=”public service officials have begun to be held responsible“] for the poisoning of Flint Michigan children through the falsification of water quality data.

NO ONE in our field should consider themselves exempt from their actions with regard to serving and protecting the public. And NO ONE in our field should EVER try to skate with the excuse that: ‘Well, my boss told me to change the numbers, so I did.’ The person that accepts that guidance doesn’t understand what public service is about, or to what extent the public relies on us for their health and safety.

Just sayin’.

 

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