Cleveland Fiscal Manager cites killing of Tamir Rice in resignation letter

[kpete]

Shawn Gidley1211 Saint Clair Avenue NE,
Suite 905
Cleveland, OH 44114
December 17, 2014

Michael McGrath
Director of Public SafetyCity of Cleveland
601 Lakeside Ave, Room 230
Cleveland, OH 44115


Director McGrath-

I would like to inform you that I am resigning from my position as Public Safety Fiscal Manager for the City of Cleveland effective Monday January 19th, 2015.I began working for the City of Cleveland in January of 2002 and transferred to the Department of Public Safety as Fiscal Manager in 2006. I enjoyed both my position and the work I completed believing it was making the City of Cleveland a better place to live. Unfortunately there have been events over the past three years in the Department of Public Safety and under Mayor Jackson’s Administration that have changed this belief.

• The 2011 Cleveland Fire Department payroll scandal
•The Cleveland Police Chase in November 2012
•The shooting death of Tamir Rice

These events show a pattern of management that is lacking the required employee oversight, fails to provide the proper employee training, and management that is not being held accountable for the actions that take place within the Department of Public Safety.

The Department of Justice report released December 2014 sited years of “insufficient accountability, inadequate training and ineffective policies” within the Cleveland Police Department. These management and leadership issues ended with a child paying the ultimate price.The Department of Public Safety and the City of Cleveland is no longer an employer for which I am proud to work. It does not provide the leadership that the residents of Cleveland deserve.My last day in the office will be Wednesday January 7th, 2015.

Sincerely,
Shawn Gidley

http://www.scribd.com/doc/252045137/Resignation-of-the-Cleveland-Public-Safety-Fiscal-Manager
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/08/1356334/-Cleveland-Fiscal-Manager-cites-killing-of-Tamir-Rice-in-resignation-letter

[Arkansas Granny]

1. He sounds like an honorable man.

[stillwaiting]

2. It is becoming harder and harder to work for an organization in this country where you can...

... feel good about what you do. This applies to so many different industries (even health care unfortunately).

Finding a way to work for yourself or working for a smaller business where you support the company's business strategies and vision are probably the best bet, and that is a sad indictment on our society (big business and its corrupted government agencies).

Ideally we will find a way to take back our governments from big business control. That will take a lot of work.

[mountain grammy]

3. This man, who I don't know and will probably never meet,

has my undying respect for standing up for the citizens of Cleveland, Ohio.

[laserhaas]

6. AMEN

A decent public servant shines light loud!

[BrotherIvan]

9. +1

Resigning a post in this economy is quite a hardship. I applaud so much integrity.

[dissentient]

4. Tamir Rice was murdered by an incompetent police officer who never should have been carrying a gun

or have been accepted as a candidate to be a police officer in the first place.

[irisblue]

5. He seems to be a stand up dude n/t

[laserhaas]

7. Posting a link to this thread under LBN on New Tamir Rice video release

Manifest injustice of tax paid public servants slaughtering children - is INTOLERABLE!

[Cal Carpenter]

8. Kick