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By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Associated Press
POSTED: 12:42 p.m. EDT, Aug 28, 2009
COLUMBUS: Two of Ohio's top law enforcement officials have stepped down with the suggestion that both needed to go to improve relations within the Department of Public Safety.
Gov. Ted Strickland said today that he accepted the resignations of Public Safety Director Henry Guzman and the Ohio State Highway Patrol superintendent, Col. Richard Collins.
Guzman told Strickland on Thursday that he wanted to work in another part of Strickland's administration.
Later Thursday, Collins agreed to step down, ''so that new leadership at the State Highway Patrol could join in the effort to have the Department and the Patrol move forward collaboratively,'' Strickland's office said.
The two men did not get along and their relationship hurt decision-making at the patrol, said Larry Phillips, president of the union representing troopers.
''I've heard it referred to as an oil-and-water type situation,'' Phillips, president of the Ohio State Troopers Association, said today.
''They didn't agree on a lot of issues, and as time went by each side became more entrenched and there was a lack of trust with each other,'' Phillips said.
The disagreements between Guzman and Collins made recent contract negotiations difficult, he said.
Guzman had a more hands-on approach to the patrol than some previous public safety directors, Phillips added.
''He wanted to be involved in the decision-making process, I guess you could say, and that didn't always work out that way as far as the sharing of information back and forth,'' he said.
Neither Collins nor Guzman immediately returned phone messages seeking comment.
Public Safety oversees a variety of agencies involved in state safety and security, including the patrol, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the Emergency Management Agency and the state Department of Homeland Security.
COLUMBUS: Two of Ohio's top law enforcement officials have stepped down with the suggestion that both needed to go to improve relations within the Department of Public Safety.
Gov. Ted Strickland said today that he accepted the resignations of Public Safety Director Henry Guzman and the Ohio State Highway Patrol superintendent, Col. Richard Collins.
Guzman told Strickland on Thursday that he wanted to work in another part of Strickland's administration.
Later Thursday, Collins agreed to step down, ''so that new leadership at the State Highway Patrol could join in the effort to have the Department and the Patrol move forward collaboratively,'' Strickland's office said.
The two men did not get along and their relationship hurt decision-making at the patrol, said Larry Phillips, president of the union representing troopers.
''I've heard it referred to as an oil-and-water type situation,'' Phillips, president of the Ohio State Troopers Association, said today.
''They didn't agree on a lot of issues, and as time went by each side became more entrenched and there was a lack of trust with each other,'' Phillips said.
The disagreements between Guzman and Collins made recent contract negotiations difficult, he said.
Guzman had a more hands-on approach to the patrol than some previous public safety directors, Phillips added.
''He wanted to be involved in the decision-making process, I guess you could say, and that didn't always work out that way as far as the sharing of information back and forth,'' he said.
Neither Collins nor Guzman immediately returned phone messages seeking comment.
Public Safety oversees a variety of agencies involved in state safety and security, including the patrol, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the Emergency Management Agency and the state Department of Homeland Security.
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Posted 12:47 PM, 08/28/2009
When keeping it real goes wrong.
Posted 01:09 PM, 08/28/2009
The worst administration in years. Bob Taft should send Strickland a Christmas card.
Columbus, Oh
Posted 01:10 PM, 08/28/2009
Guzman is a racist and a sexist. When he took over the position he said that there were too many white women in the building. Shipley building that is. My wife works there. Guzman is hispanic and all the people he appointed were hispanic. Mind you before he got there the building majority were african american. So the people he hired had no qualifications, experience or education. He was also caught using state a credit card for personal use as well.
Columbus, Oh
Posted 02:08 PM, 08/28/2009
Amen True Republican. AMEN!
kento, oh
Posted 02:27 PM, 08/28/2009
tired of it...When did the government look at things like qualifications, experience or education when hiring. Hiring by government officials is usually more about who you know than qualifications, experience or education. Though I should add I am not arguing or even disagreeing, just adding as I don't really know a thing about Guzman or the Shipley building.
akron, oh
Posted 02:33 PM, 08/28/2009
Both men should have been fired a long time ago!!!
Columbus, Oh
Posted 04:07 PM, 08/28/2009
I stand corrected Alive! LMAO!! What was I thinking right?!?! I guess he WAS a model administrator for the state. I forgot that everyone deserves a job irregardless of qualifications. Ooohhhh I hope the new Marxist regime doesn't come after me! lol
Atlanta, Ga
Posted 06:08 PM, 08/28/2009
To late loose lipps sink ships {tired of it} :)
