Thanks Skip
I have also met Lt. Dunleavy and found him to be extremely knowledgeable and dedicated.
However I have read his response three times and I can't find a denial. Did he leave it out by mistake? Because they way he wrote it makes one think he is unable to make a denial.
If they didn't fudge the data, why doesn't he just say so?
What he does is is..
"This bureau and its officers have earned the respect and support they receive from the boating public. They believe in their mission and are some of the most dedicated people I know. They don't deserve to have their credibility tarnished by the insinuations that Fatello made in his opening questions and comments."
Saying that they don't deserve to have their credibility tarnished, is not the same as saying it hasn't been tarnished.
As a law enforcement officer he should know how to frame a clear and unambiguous statement of innocents.
He ends by saying...
"If you truly believe that Director Barrett has so much influence over his roughly 100 employees that they would produce the statistics he desired, I respectfully suggest that you conduct some speed sampling of your own."
Once again there is no denial in that statement. Did he leave it out by mistake. Or is the statement carefully crafted to sound like a denial, but not BE a denial.
Quite frankly I think this statement raises questions and suspicions while answering none.
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