Post by 911wacker on Apr 9, 2005 5:39:20 GMT -5
It occurred to me the other day that many Leaders whether they be public officials or leaders of public saftey organizations, have lost focus on the true reason we are all out there doing our jobs. This has become a global problem, the days of honesty and doing what is best have long passed us by like a flickering star in the night sky. Not just here in Bradford County, but across the country agencies find themselves fighting for every thread of existance. What will happen before the public suffers more, managers and public officials find themselves trying to please the few who make their opinions aloud and usually at the loss of the general public. Why do all of our LEADERS believe that if someone complians, they need to be appeased? They have applied the standard bussiness practice that the customer is always right, even if they are truelly wrong. Hence, public saftey providers are constantly being put under the microscope because "someone" complianed and usually disciplined even though they may have been right. Many times public officials making statements to the news media about decisions made during emergencies that they "monday morning quarterbacked" and making us all look bad, even though these decisions were made in the publics best interest. Departments that are already understaffed are subjected to further cutbacks, then blamed when they are unable to carry out their duties. Police, Fire and EMS take budget cuts routinely as the public officials make sure they have gottena raise themselves, where does it end? When will we be able to function without politics dictating our policies? And when will politicians stand behind us when we were right?