Council President Mary Sheffield (Photo: Detroit in Black and White)

Detroit Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield enters office in January with an avalanche of issues to address, including the city's ethics system, which is under fire.

Violet Ikonomova of the Detroit Free Press reports:

Government ethics experts flagged poor advice from the Detroit Board of Ethics and policies that appear to allow officials to seek guidance from sources beyond that board, which can lead to conflicting determinations. City ethics training, mandated by the City Charter, is lacking, with less than 10% of Detroit’s 10,000-plus public servants having taken it, the Free Press learned.

“Detroit’s ethics effort has fallen short,” Peter Letzmann, who has served as a city attorney in Detroit, Pontiac, and Troy, and lectu

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