I think it is important that we also focus on the hiring and retention of high-quality employees within the department.

I look forward to our discussion today, as we have spent several months working on this proposal and listening to key stakeholders.

In Hamilton County, we do have a veterans court, and that does not specifically involve the police department.

You know, I think you touched on some things we find too often in the system, that when you get out of the military, there is lack of access and lack of choice, and it is frustrating and very difficult.

Although the announcement was ambiguous and the Department continues to try to downplay the allegations, news reports have stated that the situation involves misconduct within higher leadership at the Cincinnati Medical Center and regional…

There is a culture that needs to be changed because we are there, they are there, to serve the veteran.

There are also reports of substandard patient care, which, if true, should not go unpunished.

The Committee will continue to pursue investigations into this hospital.

I equate it to kind of being in a box with all of your friends for a number of years. You are in that box, and you can see people on the outside, but you largely do not communicate with them.

What we are finding is, many veterans come out of the military with either very inflated expectations about the type of job and position they are going to have or a lot of hesitancy because they do not know how in the world they are going…

I could not agree with you more when you talk about the bureaucracy that ends up being involved and making it more and more challenging.