Adding to the conversation
Over at Sandy Carmany's blog, she criticizes the News & Record for publishing stories based on a leaked report chronicling an investigation into former Police Chief David Wray's administration.
In the comments section, she refers to a conversation I had Friday with City Manager Mitchell Johnson. So let me add some notes from that discussion to the discussion.
Johnson expressed concern that this would hurt the city now and in the future if a similar investigation was needed because people would be less willing to come forward and speak up if they were afraid what they said would end up on the front page of the paper. Johnson has received one phone call from someone who is now declining to cooperate further in the investigation
Johnson said a good deal of information developed by both the city's legal staff and the consultants brought into investigate Wray "was (developed) because people were able to come forward and talk about issues confidentially."
The leak, he said, has also "thrown some doubt on the integrity of my office, the legal office, some members of the police department and the City Council."
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Y'know, you can get a whole lot more with a kind word and a grand-jury subpoena than you can with a kind word.
Just sayin'.
Posted on March 28, 2006 1:51 PM
"Johnson has received one phone call from someone who is now declining to cooperate further in the investigation."
See Lex's post above.
MD
Posted on March 29, 2006 10:20 AM