I think that it has a chilling effect on the services provided by the sheriffs of Pennsylvania to the people of their counties, and I believe it will have a negative effect on law enforcement throughout the commonwealth. |
The numbers did not justify a wholesale rewrite of the rules. What really needed to be done was a simple fix. |
There was, I think, on a number of these fronts, an effort to try and find some common ground. |
To give L&I some credit, I think they were initially bowing to heavy political pressure from the unions but they finally landed back on common sense. |