whistle blowers. and pivl paid the price but what i want is for no one else to go through this. >>reporter: the doctor resigned under pressure. whistle blower program failed her. >> anybody in their right mind would never go to them with a complaint because no. 1, they are not going to do anything about it and no. 2 they standby while l it's open season on yo you. >>reporter: grand jury concluded the existing program deals mostly with low level issues. does not foster transparency. lacks comprehensive tracking system. anger and confuses whistle blowers. lack an appeal system and fails to create effective independent oversight. city controller ben rosen field oversees the whistle blower program. >> like any government function there's room for improvement and acknowledging that and working towards it is part of what we do in this office. always. >>reporter: but he complains the civil grand jury focused on a infrastructure shut of the 2200 whistle blower cases his office has investigated since 2004. >>

and became whistle blowers.found out we're a dark place to be. >> he complained to the program about misuse of the patient gift fund, money donated to make life comfortable for hospital patients going staff parties and travel. administrators returned $350,000 but laid off dr. ker, then replaced him. >> the way it's evolved, it's become a threat to whistle blowers. and i've paid a price. and what i want is for no one else to go through this. >> the doctor jorz she resigned under pressure and the program failed her. >> anyone in their right mind would never go to them with a complaint. they're not going to do anything witness and two... they stand by while you know, it's open season on you. >> and the grand jury does not foster transparency. lacks a comprehensive tracking system, lacks an appeal system and fails to create effective oversight. city controller ben yonsfeld oversees the program. >> like any government function there is room for improvement. acknowledging that and working towards it is part of what we

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i was -- i guess you could say "a whistle-blower." i put together a case in which three officers i have worked with had been nearly to deaf a game and what they were off duty. -- nearly two -- to death a gain man -- a gay man when they were off duty. i dealt with the consequences for many years. it was very lonely in that position. very lonely getting death threats. very lonely worrying more about the people behind you than the crooks in front of you. not a nice situation. very lonely when you do not get the backing of your fellow officers, at least some of them. or some of them kept quiet. or particularly the administration when there is no investigation. times have changed the lot. -- a lot. there is a saying we have. we do not expect what you do not inspect. and if you don't put into place policies that encourage -- i am not saying being a whistle- blower, but encourage proper at 6, and i think -- proper ethics, and i think greg suhr stated very properly its starts in the police academy. u.s. no other position probably in the unite

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because you were the whistle blower here. you gave a lot of the information to the public, stuff we wouldn't have known otherwise. i thought we were all in favor of whistle blowers in the united states but what's happened to you? >> well, i have recently received my notice that the bureau of atf no longer needs my services or wants them. as a result of my actions along with dozens of others who have come forward. >> laura: sin vent, i'm looking at your file here in front of me, you have gotten repeated glowing reviews, job reviews over the years that you have been with atf. i mean, have you been commended for your exemplary service and have you served in a variety of capacities. what exactly happened? you reported what you knew about this back in december of last year. tell us the narrative. >> the short version is when i became aware -- i have been exposing what i saw as a deterioration in the senior leadership in atf to the point where it started crossing pretty huge ethical and legal boundaries. other agents were coming to

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