Organize your life – with your smartphone This article outlines some high-quality smartphone apps to help you stay organized, efficient, and on-time. Calendars that remind you of upcoming events (from your wedding anniversary to contract negotiation deadlines), note dictation, and apps that will let you plug in to social media sites like LinkedIn so you […]
Here’s a law enforcement officer – from Scotland – with the patience of Job, literally. Never did an officer of the law take so much crap with such dignity and humor. God bless him.
Here they are! The original Cops & Donuts 9. Left to right: Alan White (Bubba), David Saad (Grasshopper), John Pedjac (Beaver), Richard Ward (Junior), Dwayne Miedzianowski (Midge), Brian Gregory (Dogman), Greg Kolhoff (Bulldog), Greg Rynearson (Ryno), Jeremy McGraw (Squirt). These officers from the Clare, Michigan Police Dept., had enough faith in their abilities and trust […]
They blame you, not Wall Street Mike Shedlock, writing from the perspective of the financial industry, discusses municipal bankruptcy. He places blame firmly on politicians and unions, with commentary like “it certainly is not fair to ask taxpayers to pick up the tab, given the threats, coercion, vote buying, and backroom deals under which politicians […]
We’re heard dumb ass bad guy stories but this takes the cake. A Pennsylvania man was arrested by police on charges he stole a $125,000 backhoe from a suburban construction site then drove it about 30 miles to a scrapyard in Philadelphia where he tried to sell it. Police estimate it would have taken 33-year-old […]
New program could take pressure off the police No one knows more about the problems suffered by the mentally ill than law enforcement. After all, they are the ones who have to deal directly with people suffering from mental illness. There’s not a cop out there who hasn’t had to help someone with Alzheimer’s, bipolar […]
Despite what our friends on Wall Street say, there are some things that should not be done by private companies. Public safety, education, parks, water and sewer services, emergency management and clean up – the list goes on – should stay the function of local, state or federal governments. These services just don’t work […]
You gotta love soccer fans. Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), who made an aggressive effort to privatize the state’s prisons, was loudly booed off a stage by a crowd of soccer fans at an event celebrating Florida’s new Major League Soccer franchise. The privatization move was declared unconstitutional by the courts after a full court […]
“This is the first day of a long fight until we get back what we deserve,” said Scot Martin, the president of the Redondo Beach Police Officers’ Association, to city employees just before they stormed the City Council chambers chanting slogans and brandishing signs protesting unfair, dishonest treatment by city officials. More than five years […]
When special agents with the FBI swooped down on a public library in the Glen Park section of San Francisco in October, they put the cuffs on a young man they claim ran the notorious Internet black market operation known as Silk Road. Nick Bilton, a technology reporter for The New York Times, said […]
If you want to understand how “pay-to-play” news reporting works these days just check out this USA Today editorial on Detroit:coming directly from the Koch brothers think tank propaganda machine. They write, “One lesson is that public disgust with government — and particularly government spending — includes anger over the unaffordable sweetheart deals that […]
One only has to check out this video about the recent death of Nicholas Mevoli, the Brooklyn diver whose lungs collapsed after he tried to break a record, to see how dangerous this activity really is. Almost everywhere officers don a uniform and strap on a firearm, they are called upon to dive to rescue […]
In the embattled city of San Jose, whose police department has grappled with massive layoffs, cuts in pay and benefits and a mayor who is leading the charge in California to destroy the pensions earned by hard working cops, firefighters and teachers, the agency stands accused of using fake data to show that gang crime […]
Law enforcement agencies and the associations representing its members have a good track record at thinking up interesting projects to help their communities. But this newest one from the Los Angeles Police Dept. is in a league of its own. Last month, the LAPD’s 77th Street Area police station partnered up with a local non-profit, […]
It seems like every news report on pay and benefits for law enforcement and other public sector employees is making the case that there have to be severe cuts in benefits and pensions to avoid being the next Detroit. This claim is just not true and everyone needs to fight back when they read this […]
“The point is this. Whether it’s Trooper Charlie Hanger pulling over a Timothy McVeigh, or an eagle eyed rookie named Jeff Postell on patrol who spots an Eric Rudolph, our best bet in terms of stopping and catching terrorists has always been cops – not the CIA, not the FBI and certainly not DHS. Cops, […]
Today we begin a series focusing on the organizations who have officially affiliated with PubSecAlliance and are providing crucial financial support to the effort to build an online community of law enforcement associations and their members in the United States, Canada and around the world. For today’s profile we take a look at the San […]
Check out this chart of the highest paid public employees by state. Big surprise. Teachers, cops, nurses, firefighters and public works guys did not make the list.
Chuck Reed, the mayor of San Jose, is having a tough time with his ballot initiative that seeks to give local politicians the power to break their promises to teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public employees to provide them with a secure retirement. In an opinion piece published this week on the site […]
Submitted by Donna Leith Take a look. Here SHE is. The USS New York It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center . It is the fifth in a new class of warship designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 […]
Fort Myers P.D. Gets an overwhelming win Voters in Fort Myers, Fl. soundly rejected a ballot measure that would have disbanded the city police department. Opponents of the measure said it would increase response times and cost more, so it was really a lose-lose proposition for everyone involved. Luckily, the citizens were well-informed and made […]
PubSecAlliance is a growing online community of union and association leaders from groups representing sworn personnel in law enforcement agencies in the U.S., Canada and around the world. It is
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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 […]
When is Police “Use of Force” Justified?
It seems like every law enforcement agency is grappling with changes in use-of-force policies, which are too often implemented by people that are not familiar at all with the complicated, risky, and high-pressure world of law enforcement, especially when it comes to the use of deadly force. The press conference you are about to watch […]
FBI Will Not Investigate Detective’s Homicide
The FBI won’t be taking over an investigation into the homicide of a Baltimore city detective who was slain amid a corruption investigation. Detective Sean Suiter was shot in the head with his own weapon on Nov. 15, a day before he was to testify before a federal grand jury investigating wrongdoing by fellow officers […]
The Madison Police Department in Wisconsin is making some changes to its policies on the use of deadly force. According to an article in the Wisconsin State Journal, the changes come after several law suits against the city were successful with payouts in the millions. “When it comes to the rules our police officers are trained […]
Via the Chicago Tribune: On his first full day as president of Chicago’s largest police union, Officer Kevin Graham appeared at a news conference to address reporters seeking details of his plan for leading the embattled rank-and-file of the police force. With cameras and reporters ready at the Fraternal Order of Police lodge in the […]
No matter how you feel about Donald Trump, this bit from “Jimmy Kimmel Live” will leave you laughing.
Deputy Martha Lohnes of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Department in South Carolina has responded to some weird 911 calls, but this one takes the cake. Aaliyah Ryan is just two years old. But she knew enough to call 911 when she was having a problem. The dispatcher told Deputy Lohnes that it sounded like a […]
In this section we will bring you articles, videos and pictures that make it obvious who needs a union – we all do. When employees have the right to sit
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