Improving Transparency and Accountability in Public Safety
Greg Zarotney
Vice President, Risk Control, Tokio Marine HCC
In this podcast episode, Greg Zarotney discusses enhancing transparency and accountability in public safety. Greg explains that both concepts involve internal and external elements, with transparency focusing on open leadership and clear policies, while accountability emphasizes responsibility at all levels. He identifies agencies under federal consent decrees and progressive entities as early adopters. He suggests improving internal rules, public information access, accreditation for transparency, consistent policy enforcement, performance evaluations and civilian oversight for accountability. Greg also addresses the financial implications of lawsuits on agencies and the importance for insurers to promote these values to mitigate risks and maintain profitability.
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Greg Zarotney
Vice President, Risk Control, Tokio Marine HCC
Greg is a licensed attorney and vice president of risk control for Tokio Marine HCC, where he leads a diverse team of risk control professionals charged with identifying risk exposures and working in partnership with the insured public entities to mitigate risks and reduce claims. Greg retired from the Michigan State Police in 2020 after serving for 26 years. During his tenure at the MSP, Greg served as the department’s director of policy and chief of staff where he had operational oversight of the department’s public affairs, government relations, risk management, litigation coordination, internal affairs and human resources.
