Whoever said, “A few bad apples can bring the whole place down” knew what they were talking about. Here’s one story that certainly reinforces the that notion. According to The Boston Globe, 20 Massachuetts State Troopers are being investigated for theft of overtime pay. Reporters Mark Arsenault, Travis Andersen, and Shelley Murphy write: “In another black […]
Archive for October, 2016
Prepare for the worst
Extreme weather is the new normal in the United States. Whether it’s Katrina, Sandy, or Irene, the Oklahoma tornadoes, floods, heat waves, droughts, or fires, the impact has been intense and it’s been devastating. Most surveys report that Americans are not doing enough to prepare for the next disaster. And no group is more vulnerable […]
Stealing our jobs
Check out this opinion piece printed in the June 9 edition of The New York Times where Richard Viguerie sounds like he is worried about prisons being harmful to prisoners and their families. His real motive is to turn the public against the prisons and jails run by our states and counties. Viguerie and his […]
STOP scapegoating cops
As someone who understands the tremendous job that police officers do, it has been very difficult for me to watch the powers-that-be making people in the law enforcement profession scapegoats for our current economic problems. Reporters and pundits at every newspaper, magazine, radio and television talk show have been relentless making the case that it’s […]
Judge screws up
And it costs an officer his life. See his union president call a press conference and go into a justifiable rage. San Francisco POA’s Gary Delagnes.
This is our day
Watch this 30 second public service announcement produced by the Dade County PBA which aired on local television stations. The PSA was done in both English and Spanish. The Dade County PBA represents officers who wear both blue and tan uniforms hence the two videos with the officer wearing both uniforms. Would like to know […]
New York cops rushed to Boston’s aid
As New York City was ramping up security after the bombings at the Boston Marathon, the NYC PBA, reciprocating for help the city received from Boston officers after 9/11, sent food trucks and a crew up to Boston to help in any way they could. Joining them were several officers from the Port Authority […]
Final offer: NO RAISES!
City says, “The devil made me do it!” San Jose offered no raises to its officers despite the fact that cops are leaving in droves to find other jobs – over 150 officers have left for other agencies in the last 2 years. The city claims they can only offer a zero wage increase. “We […]
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