Chief: Moral Responsibility

Even though the state’s courts ruled that Anne Arundel County (Md.) wasn’t legaly liable for their handling of a kidnap-murder 911 call, police chief P. Thomas Shanahan criticized the county attorney’s position on the case and said his agency has a moral responsibility to do better. Two dispatchers were fired when a 911 call reporting a woman’s abduction was mishandled. The woman’s family filed a lawsuit, which was dismissed by two courts, saying the county didn’t have a legal duty to help or protect her under state law. Read the story on the chief’s reaction here.