So, you’re the Mayor of Milwaukee. And the cop radios don’t work after almost $20 million in taxpayer dollars wasted.
And, so you expand the failed the broken radios into the Fire Department - BEFORE you can get them to work. That makes sense right?
Well that’s exactly what Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett did – putting cops, firefighters and citizens at risk of injury and death.
Now, Citizens for Responsible Government has launched a probe into the OpenSky scandal in the fire department. After combing through over 600 pages of documents, we have found 11 Alarm Bells Mayor Barrett should have heard.
Our fourth alarm bell is the repeated internal fire department emails and communications that labeled the radios as “not intrinsically safe” and “posed a safety hazard to the Milwaukee Fire Department and citizens of Milwaukee.”
At one point, an employee of the OpenSky radio manufacturer asked if the department had the right batteries and if they were immerseable.
Whoa. Don’t fire department batteries need to work in water? The chief even told his staff to stop charging the batteries.
On May 13, 2008, the department found the radios unsafe and hazardous.
On May 29, 2008, Douglas Holton signed a document that said: “The radios are NOT safe.”
If you’re the mayor, isn’t your first job to protect the citizens and the cops and firefighters?
Alarm Bell Four. Not Intrinsically Safe. And our Mayor doesn’t have the intrinsic leadership abilities to fix a deadly situation for our cops and firefighters!
Exhibit 29: Sept. 26, 2007 - Link to Full Exhibit
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Exhibit 36: May 13, 2008 - Link to Full Exhibit
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Exhibit 37: May 29, 2008 - Link to Full Exhibit
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