Does anyone know anything about the funding of this outfit? Are they legit?

[annabanana]

The " International City/County Management Association’s Center for Public Safety Management".. headquartered in DC did a study on my city's organizations and the result may be fewer professional firefighters.

I haven't been able to dig up who finances this group, but their website indicates that they are part of the "International City/County Management Association".

It all makes the hair on the back of my neck stand out. I hope they aren't just ALEC in public duds...

[Blue_Tires]

1. When in doubt...

trust your instinct...

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Google has the answer

The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is a 100 year old , non-
profit professional association of local government administrators and managers, with
approximately 9,000 members located in 32 countries.
Since its inception in 1914, ICMA has been dedicated to assisting local governments in
providing services to its citizens in an efficient and effective manner. Their work spans all
of the activities of local government - parks, libraries, recreation , public works , economic
development, code enforcement, Brownfield's, public safety, etc.
The ICMA Center for Public Safety Management (ICMA/CPSMJ is one of four Centers
within the US Programs of ICMA, providing support to local governments in the areas of
police, fire , EMS , Emergency Management and Homeland Security. In addition to
providing technical assistance in these areas ICMA also represents local governments at
the federal level and are involved in numerous projects with the Department of Justice
and the Department of Homeland Security.
ICMA's local government technical assistance includes workload and deployment
analysis, using Operations Research techniques and credentialed experts to identify
workload and staffing needs as well as best practices. ICMA has conducted
approximately 140 such studies in communities ranging in size from 8,000 population

[tularetom]

3. Nah, they're a bunch of bureaucrats

City/county managers who work for elected boards or councils. Generally non partisan, professional managers with educational and experience backgrounds in public policy administration.

Dull as dishwater generally but pretty much harmless from a political standpoint. Their main ambition is to survive until they can retire and collect their pensions. Which they do by avoiding controversy at all costs.