Acknowledging concerns, Mayor Scott promises improvements in DPW’s culture of bullying

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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott knows something’s rotten with the Department of Public Works, and it’s not the trash smell coming from the garbage trucks.

On Wednesday, five days after a sanitation worker died of heatstroke and a day after labor unions and city councilmen held a news conference to demand changes to DPW’s “toxic culture,” Scott acknowledged something has to change with the beleaguered agency.

“I want this to be heard and be heard clearly, anybody who’s participating in treating our employees the wrong way, or doing things like that, and we catch you, you will be held accountable,” Scott said at a news conference Wednesday.

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