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Fri, 08/30/2013 - 6:58am
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A veteran police officer is suing the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department after he was punished for blowing the whistle on corruption in the speed camera unit. Sergeant Mark Robinson has spent 23 years on the force, with five years of experience working on the automated traffic enforcement unit. He was kicked off the detail and had his take-home pay slashed for speaking up about what he saw. On Tuesday, Robinson filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia asking for his job back.
Hmm...
I am sure that many people will see this situation as another example of the inappropriate use of traffic cameras, and a small number of such situations somehow justify their complete removal.
Of course, that same argument is made by people who support gun control.
having worked for the DC government
I am sure that many people will see this situation as another example of the inappropriate use of traffic cameras, and a small number of such situations somehow justify their complete removal.
Of course, that same argument is made by people who support gun control.
Having worked for the DC government for several years I can plainly state this suit is not about the cameras as much as it is about the abuse of the system by one individual. The article points out 1 of the 125 being set to the wrong speed. What the article does point out is the unit supervisor failed to correct the problem when it was reported and then proceeded to retaliate against the officer when he took his charges public.
These types of actions/retaliations are rife within the DC government where supervisors are very infrequently held to any accountability for their actions. The City Attorney's office has over 10 attorneys handling nothing but these whistleblower lawsuits brought by employees that have been retaliated against for showing failures within the system to correct errors or omissions.
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