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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

There is a popular Latin phrase, attributed to the Roman poet, Juvenal: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? It can be translated as “Who guards the guards?”, or “Who watches the watchers?”

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Michael Prasad, MA, CEM®
Dec 15, 2023
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Let us look at this question in the context of the ongoing debate (at least on LinkedIn), as to whether Emergency Management is a profession, rather than just a set of tasks (or some other belittlement or denigration, IMHO). I have already staked my position in another EMN post for The CEMIR, that Emergency Managemen…

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