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there, and the ambulance just goes along its normal course , but didn' t reach the patient in time and unfortunately the patient died, now the patient is suing the County , saying that you. . .but for your slowness and things like that , not even. . .or, you could have a 911 and things like that , the patient gonna die. Generally , a government municipality will not be responsible ; however, if the dispatcher told the caller that , don' t worry, we ' ll be there in five minutes , and the ambulance then arrives in ten minutes, and the patient died in this beyond five minutes , then, because of the representation, that is creation of a special relationship--that kind of representation. And , therefore, in answer to his question, generally the mere failure of a public official to execute his duties would) not be deemed that the person. . .or public official is responsible. I say generally. Now if he violates a specific statute that says you must do this and they don' t, well see, the statute creates that duty and standard and under the law, the violation of that statute , if you can show certain elements, raises presumptions of negligence and infers that that person is negligent . . .the government official is negligent. And we have that kind of a situation. But, in response to the Police Commission, the mere failure to act without (inaudible) would not. . .I don ' t think any court would find the commission responsible. Certainly , I'm not talking about the public outcry ; that ' s a different story. BETHEA: Ron, while you 're talking about these departments , one of the things that I noticed is that I never could make the connection of how Public Works , Parks & Recreation exactly got under the managing director. I only saw the Charter, but. . .the thing that. . .as you said , with respect to all of the departments , the things that tied them together, even those operating under commission, is the general statement that they come under the general supervision and control of the mayor. I noticed that with respect to Public Works , Parks & Recreation and the Fire Department, that their. . .that that language was not there. And what it really seemed to be with respect to those two parties. . .those three departments that there were a lot more Council control in that the power of duties and functions are prescribed by ordinance. IBARRA: That ' s right. BETHEA : With respect to the Civil Service Commission, you have state statutes which control a lot of their activities. With respect to the Police Department , the Chief, the Chief is the administrative officer and he makes a lot of those decisions and they aren ' t decisions that are made by the Council, so there seems to be kind of another variable in there in that those three departments are subject really (inaudible) pretty closely to the County Council, what the the County Council decides. And they don' t have that connecting line that , you now, subject to the general supervision of the mayor. Is that because they fall under 40