[Starstruck]

This demonstrates a problem, not only with law enforcement, but all government service. The Chief wants to get rid of him, but then has to keep him due to a labor relations board.

I agree. Bad employees should be fired. This is true for government workers, teachers, professor, unions and private sector workers. If you can't effectively do the job you were hired to do then, goodbye. When you allow them to continue you are screwing the communities, taxpayers, students, companies and stock holders.

[USNBandit]

This is why the new head of the VA is doomed to fail. He is going into a system corrupted by a culture of lying to secure bonuses. They will complain that taking away bonuses will remove the motivation to perform, but it will also remove the motivation to defraud the government.

There are a bunch of people that need to be fired, have their retirement stripped, and be prosecuted. If their fraud produced performance bonuses then they need to cough that money back up or have their assets seized.

[GeronL]

Bad employees usually get promoted under Obama (FedGov anyways)