dept. of investigations to keep an eye on things
After the recent controversy surrounding drugs in baseball Major League Baseball has announced the creation of a Department of Investigations to keep a check on the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances. The creation of such a department was one of the most important recommendations in the report on performance enhancing substances by former Senator George Mitchell. The report was published on the 13th of December amidst great controversy involving the federal government and the Major League Baseball Players Association.
Commissioner Bud Selig said that the Department would be extremely important to the protection of integrity of the sport. He said that Major League Baseball would continue to function as per the recommendations in the report as part of the effort to prevent the use of drugs in the system. The new department will be independent of the teams and at the top will be Dan Mullin a former New York Police officer who is the vice president of security operations and along with him will be George Hanna baseball’s director of security investigation who happens to be an ex- FBI officer.
It is believed that under the leadership of these two men any allegations of illegal use or possession of drugs would be dealt with strictly. The department will join forces will law enforcement authorities to further its investigations as required and will also operate a telephone hotline so that any violations aware to club employees are made known.
Hopefully the coming into being of this new department will root out the problems of drug and substance use in the system which has been made public after the entire Clemens controversy. While new things are coming to light, hopefully the department will act as a deterrent and any violators are dealt with in the strictest manner possible by the concerned authority.
