I agree this was primarily a management issue which is very common throughout the private and public sector. The difference here is that those involved are always armed.
“But while he certainly did not deserve to be shot, the many ICE agents I know have universally condemned this man and not a single one is surprised this happened.”
“ICE has already begun the spin, portraying the shooter as a nut. But he was not. ICE Agent Zeke Garcia (full name: Ezequiel Garcia), a Group Supervisor who oversaw a team of ICE agents, had a long career at ICE reportedly without a problem. He was a universally liked man who was bullied by Kozak and snapped.”
“I agree this was primarily a management issue which is very common throughout the private and public sector. The difference here is that those involved are always armed.”
Seems to me that it’s a safety hazard to permit them to bring loaded guns into the office...
If you look at what happened in the Phoenix ATF office, you can see they were trying to push Agent Dodson to do things that were illegal so he wouldn't be able to blow the whistle.
One of the problems in federal law enforcement seems to be an environment where you can't fire people for completely incompetent leadership. If a bad egg gets promoted, then it seems practically impossible to get rid of him, no matter how much damage he is doing.
A perfect example is the interim head of CBP, Aguilar. When he was head of the Tucson sector for Border Patrol he screamed to have more agents sent down TDY to help with the obvious problems down there. Then he insisted that those agents be housed in a set of rental properties, that were owned by him. Thanks to some shell games he managed to dodge a negative finding with the subsequent internal affairs investigation and still got promoted to head USBP. Gross misuse of government vehicles (towing your boat with your government vehicle), awarding contracts to have your office remodeled by your buddy, leaving your office short of agents because your agents get tired of the nonsense and quit. All those activities get a pass. Illegal activities seem, at worst, to get you a transfer but no demotion.
This isn't a problem with the average line agents, it is a problem in how they pick leadership and the complete lack of accountability in the leadership ranks.