When it comes to public safety employees they are always held to a scrutiny that is far beyond normal standards. Therefore their finances, private lives,back grounds and prior conduct should be kept as secure as possible. People will always judge police officers more harshly when the truth is they are just human and not perfect as the myth goes. What is done in their daily duties on the job and their conduct should be open to the public to review since it is taxpayer funded but personnel files and the previous listed items should be private unless their is current criminal conduct afoot and firmly established.
