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Kootenai County reviews '4-13' whistleblower policy; HR and legal urged as reporting funnel
Summary
The board discussed policy 4-13, county reporting steps for suspected waste or law violations, and protections for employees; county legal counsel recommended supervisors, HR and legal as the reporting funnel to limit costly retaliation claims.
At a June 17 meeting, Kootenai County commissioners discussed the county's whistleblower policy, referred to in the meeting as "4-13," and the process for employees to report waste, violations of law or other protected disclosures.
Darren Murphy of the civil division of the prosecuting attorney's office told the board the county revised the policy with input from elected officials and that the policy "goes beyond the whistleblower statute" in some definitions while remaining broad. Murphy said employees should report…
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