“Hagen had an official duty to report his safety concerns and thus spoke as a public employee when he repeatedly complained within the chain of command about work-related safety issues,” Judge Arthur Alarcon wrote. Hagen’s concerns “contain all the hallmarks of traditionally internal workplace complaints one would typically expect an officer to communicate to his superiors.”[More]Yeah, why didn't the Fast and Furious guys just go through their chain of command?
[Via Kevin Starrett]
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OK - David, your last three posts makes a spate.
If an officer speaks out in public, he can be swatted down.
So the only officer to speak out about poor gun handling can be sanctioned.
Meanwhile, the new BATF director implements new rules to keep little problems like F&F in-house.
No systemic problem. This guy was obviously a problem for the department. Problem soplved.
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