IMO he/she is shooting themselves in the foot with refusing to cooperate.  Any chance they'd have to be retained after this incident is pretty much gone now.  As an employee, if you refuse to cooperate with an internal/external investigation, you can be terminated for cause.

maybe in another state but not in Hawaii

He probably is cooperating. Just keeps saying "I am Groot."

I need to interject with a little levity:

Dammit, just when my conspiracy theory went away, now it starts up again...

Have you seen the theories floating around.
Crazy stuff

next thing you know they wont be able to find this person in question.
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apparently he/she hasn't been back to work since the accident happened.  That's almost 3 weeks of sick leave taken i wished i worked for the state and had that much free time to just take off. Also maybe hes talking with a lawyer since he has death threats and all this against him/her he could actually sue the state right? the State shouldnt have pinned it on one person to begin with i think.

next thing you know they wont be able to find this person in question.
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apparently he/she hasn't been back to work since the accident happened.  That's almost 3 weeks of sick leave taken i wished i worked for the state and had that much free time to just take off. Also maybe hes talking with a lawyer since he has death threats and all this against him/her he could actually sue the state right? the State shouldnt have pinned it on one person to begin with i think.

Gov't jobs normally require some documentation for use of sick leave.  One or two days, normal sickness/injury.  Three to five days requires a doctor's note saying what the problem is, and how long before the employee can return to work. 

At 2 weeks, short term disability should kick in.  The employee normally uses vacation or sick leave for the first 7 days, then SDI pays after that to preserve the employee's regular leave. 

So, 3 weeks without contact on sick leave?  They have ways to stop that behavior.  They also have to submit timecards and have them approved on multiple levels to get paid.  if his timecard can't be approved without doctor's inputs, maybe he'll come in when the paycheck is late?   

The worker and #sethrich might end up meeting...

https://buff.ly/2nd8QfD

HNN article on the person who was responsible for the false alarm no cooperating. Nothing new, but dayum the conspiracy theories and comments... wow

and just to correct my previous assumption, it turns out the employee is non-union.

and just to correct my previous assumption, it turns out the employee is non-union.

The story said "unidentified exempt union employee ".  Is that what you thought means "non-union?"

"Exempt" is a pay status.  It means he was on salary, and "exempt" from the rules governing overtime for non-exempt hourly-paid employees.

Based on my experience, it says he's a "salaried union employee."

If I'm right, then you just thought you were wrong, but you were mistaken.   

I think you're right, but I'm pretty sure there was an earlier article, can't find it now, either Fox, CNN, KHON, or HNN, that did explicitly use the words "non-union", but they've probably been edumacated on the nuances of govt-ese salary-grade-speak, which you described in pretty good detail.

they're confused. he's a hgea member

they're confused. he's a hgea member

This is another example where you have to know your audience.  Either the reporter didn't know and didn't care enough to ask, or they decided the readers can conclude whatever they want about the meaning of "exempt union employee".

Maybe we need the reporters to use common language to ensure the facts are accurate in the readers' minds?  But, that would require actual journalism and fact-based reporting.

per Fox News (also HNN):  "Hawaii employee who issued false missile alert thought it was real emergency, FCC says.
"The Hawaii employee who issued a ballistic missile alert to residents — causing mass panic for nearly 40 minutes earlier this month — intentionally sent the message thinking the island was being attacked, the FCC said Tuesday in a stunning reversal after officials had insisted the alert was the result of a mistaken keystroke.

"In a written statement, the employee, who was not identified, said he believed there was a real emergency on Jan. 13 after hearing a recording that stated “THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” But the employee did not hear the first half of the message that stated “EXERCISE, EXERCISE, EXERCISE,” the FCC said in its preliminary report Tuesday. Though the recording also ended with the "EXERCISE" message, the officer did not hear it."


this is almost becoming impossible to believe, all the twists n turns in this saga.  Seriously!  I guess he wasn't paying attention, missed the first half of the message?  Really?  is this a version of Attention Deficit Disorder?  this is indeed incredulous.  did Fox News accidentally read the script from the upcoming SNL programming? 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/30/hawaii-employee-who-issued-false-missile-alert-thought-it-was-real-emergency-fcc-says.html

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37384196/fcc-employee-who-sent-false-missile-alert-believed-threat-was-real

HI-EMA’s Miyagi resigns, ‘button pusher’ fired in aftermath of false missile alert.

"According to Oliveira’s report, the employee has been a source of concern for over 10 years because of poor performance and had been counseled."

http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/01/29/breaking-news/ige-to-announce-results-of-false-missile-alert-investigation/

Does HI_EMA have random drug tests?  Does the employee have a medical marijuana card?

Enquiring minds ...   

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/30/hawaii-worker-who-sent-false-missile-attack-alert-is-fired-emergency-management-leader-resigns.html

Hawaii worker who sent false missile-attack alert is fired; emergency management leader resigns

Excerpt:

The head of Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency has resigned and the employee who issued a ballistic missile alert to residents -- causing mass panic for nearly 40 minutes earlier this month -- has been terminated, officials said Tuesday.

The announcement came during a news conference Tuesday by Gov. David Ige, State Adjunct General Maj. Gen. Joe Logan and investigating officer Brig. Gen. Bruce Oliveira.

It was reported earlier Tuesday that the employee intentionally sent the message thinking the island was being attacked, the FCC said in a stunning reversal after officials had insisted the alert was the result of a mistaken keystroke.

Note: Duplicating info above as I was reading stuff when that got posted... another source anyway.

HI-EMA’s Miyagi resigns, ‘button pusher’ fired in aftermath of false missile alert.

"According to Oliveira’s report, the employee has been a source of concern for over 10 years because of poor performance and had been counseled."

http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/01/29/breaking-news/ige-to-announce-results-of-false-missile-alert-investigation/

10 years of poor performance, and a false alert on a fire and a tsunami, and he only got "counseled"?
no wonder this happened...

"According to the FCC findings presented in Washington today, a shift supervisor initiated a drill of the missile alert system by pretending to be U.S. Pacific Command and played a recorded message over the phone."

can you imagine the mischief and mayhem that could be caused if some prankster got ahold of this phone number and played a selected recorded message...?  O.M.G. WTF!  it can't be that simple?

they had better upgrade that phone to a secure telephone unit with end-to-end, military-grade, missile-silo-type authentication.

"According to the FCC findings presented in Washington today, a shift supervisor initiated a drill of the missile alert system by pretending to be U.S. Pacific Command and played a recorded message over the phone."

can you imagine the mischief and mayhem that could be caused if some prankster got ahold of this phone number and played a selected recorded message...?  O.M.G. WTF!  it can't be that simple?

they had better upgrade that phone to a secure telephone unit with end-to-end, military-grade, missile-silo-type authentication.

Or use nuclear sub launch code drill cards (XMSWYS and have a 2nd in command  repeat the authorization)

Imagine if FCC never get involved, would the guy have been fired?

On the bright side, Vern will have more time to come out to our club shooting matches.