Read the attached. Can you hear the contempt for the public in Mickey's memorandum?
http://www.ncaemsa.org/public_duty_doctrine.htm
The key issue here, besides the contempt, involves the words, "...personnel actions that do not meet expectations..."
If the public does not know about The Public Duty Doctrine, and they bought into the idea of "Protect and Serve" written on the sides of patrol cars, then the public (sold a bill of goods) and public servants are not on the same page, out of sync.
Like two ships passing in the night, the public believes (wrongfully) that government protects and serves; government and its agents believe their sole role is law and order. There is a difference.
Mickey's contempt for the public is unwarranted. The public simply does not know the truth. If Mickey is angry about the public's "expectations," look to the schools, public officials, law enforcement -- not the public. His contempt is misplaced.
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