NU Online News Service, March 4, 3:33 p.m. EST

A public protest in Wisconsin over a proposal that could cripple public unions is a concern to public risk managers, not because of the political issues involved but because of potential risks to people and property, according to the president of the Public Risk Management Association.

"I speak for PRIMA, and for us the issue isn't so much about the political debate itself, but to any disruption to government functions with any large crowd of people, especially one where emotions run high," said PRIMA President Laura Peterson, director, risk management and insurance, University of Wyoming. "And you can see lots of those examples in public entities. Obviously Wisconsin, with the massive protest and folks not being where they're expected to be within the public entity because of disruption."

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