Respected fire department spokesman reassigned

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Pete Piringer, a highly respected and longtime spokesman for public safety agencies in the region, has been removed from his position and reassigned to a city hall administrative office. WTOP is reporting the reassignment appears to be an attempt to curtail the level of information funneled from Fire & EMS to the public via the media and Twitter.

In other words, Piringer was too good at his job?

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