Hazardous waste
Cops have to worry about a lot when they put on their uniforms and go to work. It could be a deadly car crash or an armed assailant that’s decided he or she is not going back to jail.
But one thing officers shouldn’t have to worry about is being killed by the building they work in. According to a recent article in the Stamford (CT) Advocate, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration has fined the city of Stamford for failing to protect workers from asbestos or screen them for exposure to it. OSHA decided to impose the fines after multiple visits to investigate the asbestos threat and water contamination at the city’s police headquarters.
The order requires Stamford to clean up asbestos waste and debris exposed in the building by March 2015, putting a deadline on the city to decide whether it will solve the larger problem with the police station by building a new police headquarters or trying to repair and upgrade the existing station.