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Article: 20 INSPECTORS SUSPENDED OVER GPS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 11, 2006
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The Massachusetts public safety commissioner yesterday suspended
20 state building and engineering inspectors for refusing to accept
cellphones equipped with global positioning systems.
Only two inspectors accepted the phones; another two were out on
vacation when Commissioner Thomas Gatzunis tried to distribute the
phones, which supervisors want to use to keep track of the inspectors
during the work day.
"The act of insubordination leaves me with no choice but to impose
disciplinary measures, including the immediate suspension of those
who refused the phone," Gatzunis said.
Kelly Nantel, spokeswoman for the Executive Office of Public
Safety, said the cellphone policy "is about ...