Police union chiefs butt heads in Florida There’s an unusual situation in Miami-Dade County as the heads of the two biggest police unions in the area (Dade County PBA President John Rivera and Miami FOP President Javier Ortiz) are publicly disagreeing about a controversial case. A Pinecrest police officer has been accused of breaking the […]
(Editor’s note: This is a really good, well written analysis of the pension issue. Johnson sets the record straight that most pensions are well funded and that public employees are not over paid nor are their benefits the cause of the problem.) by Rob Johnson Excerpts from the article: Since the beginning of the Great […]
For Jim Ade (right), president of the Chicago Sergeant’s Union, policing is a proud family tradition going back four generations. “My grandfather, Patrolman Norman Ade, joined the Chicago Police Department on February 12, 1929, two days prior to the St. Valentine’s Massacre,” Jim said. “He was issued a star numbered 5778. After a storied 32-year […]
A dedicated Teamsters union worker was attending a convention in Las Vegas and decided to check out the local brothels. When he got to the first one, he asked the Madam, “Is this a union house?” “No,” she replied, “I’m sorry it isn’t.” “Well, if I pay you $100, what cut do the girls get?” […]
Submitted by Jim Unland, President, San Jose POA: One San Jose City Council member wants to change the City Charter to set aside 40 percent of the budget for police. Another took 14,000 words to spell out his flawed plan to save the Police Department. San Jose doesn’t need a budget shuffle, and it doesn’t […]
Check out this interesting blog by Larry Watts, a former cop in Houston. “I reinvent myself about every 20 years,” Watts says. “From small town boy to big city cop, then to labor negotiator, and now a writer of crime and social justice novels.” Watt’s most recent posting is about a 63-year-veteran officer, E.A. Thomas, […]
The world’s leading digital resume site with 277 million users globally will now allow members to write and publish posts longer than the 600-character maximum that exists for status updates now. The LinkedIn site has long sought to be more than just a place to list your credentials and with the new tool, which will […]
In a small New England town, police officers, firefighters, teachers, librarians and others, joined forces and beat back an effort to reduce pensions and health care benefits. And they did it the old fashioned way – knocking on doors and talking to the voters one by one explaining that the plan to put the town’s […]
In Detroit last Friday, Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr said proposed cuts to retiree pensions are fair, considering the city’s financial situation. Orr, appointed by the state to take over Detroit government last year, said if U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes were to approve the proposed debt adjustment plan as it stands, and if up to […]
Public sector unions claim government should not make changes unilaterally. Officers in Canada are facing a good chance that their pension benefits will be cut. In the province of Ontario, the government announced it would be making changes to its post-retirement benefit program in order to “bring the Ontario Public Service retiree benefits in line […]
San Antonio Police and Fire associations launch a website – http://www.publicsafetyfacts.com/ – to educate public about the lies being told about their pay and benefits. But when hundreds of firefighters and cops showed up at a city council meeting to speak their minds, they were not allowed to take the podium. See the report
Philadelphia pension board in denial In Philadelphia, as in many other places in the U.S., the pension system has run into funding problems. Part of the issue is that unrealistic expectations (such as projecting 9% average returns on investments) have been factored into the budget from the start. It’s easy during a good economy to […]
The LAPD may be making major changes to the way it judges police shootings. The commission said it will consider a proposal to take into account an officer’s decision to pull the trigger in addition to the actions in the moments leading up to the shooting. Up until now, the commission has focused almost exclusively […]
Eaton County Sheriff’s Lieutenant sets up a remarkable program to help ease the pain of a line-of-duty death. The loss of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty is felt by many—family and friends, colleagues, the department, and the community as a whole. Lieutenant Timothy Jungel recognized the important fact that when the […]
A fight over the future of Florida’s state pension program is back and groups are already lining up to fight some proposed changes. The bill if enacted into law would force state workers hired after July of 2015 into so-called cash-benefit plans. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, “benefits that are received are […]
Every month the staff at PubSecAlliance will gather information on some hot new consumer product that you may be thinking about purchasing. This month we take a look at digital cameras. If you have a product or equipment you’d like us to focus on just let us know and we’ll get to work. Email: info@pubsecalliance.com […]
They named the bill the “the “Retirement Security and Freedom Act.” But that’s the last thing this law, if passed, will do. As hundreds of teachers, firefighters and state employees rallied at the Oklahoma Capitol to protest proposed changes to the retirement system for public workers, Sterling Zearley, the executive director of the Oklahoma Public […]
Following an outcry that a PBS documentary was promoting the idea that public pensions are bankrupting our cities and towns and was funded by ex-Enron Trader and pension theft advocate John Arnold – WNET in New York City announced that it would return Arnold’s $3.5 million donation and take the program off the air. According […]
Check out this poster advertising for police in London in 1839. Along with making just pennies a week, constables in those days worked 12 hour shifts 7 days a week, were not allowed to sit down and have a cut of coffee, and were expected to be prepared to be assaulted, stoned and stabbed during […]
When a criminal suspect hopped over a fence and took off on a bike, CBS13 photojournalist James Taylor caught it all on camera. It was a wild scene with a citizen who jumped in to help and several officers tackling the suspect. Three officers were injured. The hero citizen said, “These cops risk their lives […]
We don’t usually blame ratings agencies like Standard & Poor’s for our dwindling paychecks, faltering pension system, higher health care costs and hikes in the retirement age. But these bastards who were on the take from the banks they were supposed to be objectively evaluating, are a big reason the economy crashed and tax revenues […]
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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 […]
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