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Forensic Science Commission diverting resources from investigating negligence, misconduct

This morning I attended the first public meeting of the Forensic Science Commission's Complaint Screening Committee, but arguably the most significant event of the day occurred in the meeting of the full commission where they voted 5-1 to hire a full-time General Counsel.I've opposed this move since Chairman John Bradley first suggested it back in January. The commission just meets quarterly and really has little need for a full-time General Counsel, plus the Attorney General was already providing those services at no cost. My personal opinion is that the desire to bring on a General Counsel stems largely from two of the chair's goals: To more tightly control the process through a staffmember reporting directly to him, and to divert resources that would otherwise go into investigating misconduct to an unnecessary staff person, soaking up money in a way that limits the amount of actual investigation the commission can do...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 14, 2010 (boomark / email).