My husband Jim and I wrote the rebuttal to an outrageous op-ed piece that appeared in the Boston Globe claiming your pensions are “eating taxpayers alive.” They printed it in the Sunday edition. Please feel free to use this in your own jurisdiction – make the changes that are needed and put your name on […]
To law enforcement officers everywhere that’s sure what it seems like. Calls for “mentally disturbed persons” are off the charts and they often pose a real danger for responding officers. Officers in San Diego and nearby cities and towns is just one area that has been slammed with a massive increase in mental health […]
It’s no secret the percentage of cops who get divorced is high. If you are someone thinking about getting divorce or getting remarried, here’s some tips to protect yourself and your children going forward. On your pension, insurance, and other financial and investment documents you probably named your-soon-to-be ex as the beneficiary in the event […]
Amount Los Angeles paid in fees to Wall Street in 2013 approximately $204 million while sewers, streets and schools have no repairs. According to a recent report from a coalition of 15 unions and community organizations, “No Small Fees: LA Spends More on Wall Street than Our Streets,” the $204 million is a low […]
This letter to the editor published in a Canadian newspaper is not easy to read. But we are bringing it to your attention because the views of the writer are more common than you might think. To the editor: Whether one agrees or disagrees with the actions of protestor Eric Brazau, who picketed a police […]
Energy drinks, particularly those little power shots that make you feel like an eight-ball shot out of a cannon made of methamphetamine, are big business. The company that sells the “five-hour” shots cleared a billion in sales last year alone. Like any legally available and powerful drug, young folks are knocking back the high-powered caffeine […]
All over the country, the controversy over police union leaders on full time release getting paid by the city to do union work, is escalating. Many police associations, like the Los Angeles Police Protective League, long ago decided to give up city paid salaries for officers working full time for the League. Instead the union […]
Obamacare architect predicts employers will drop health care coverage forcing employees to get coverage on their own. “This is a long article. If you are interested in the changing health insurance market, it is worth a read.” – Ron DeLord Ezekiel J. Emanuel, who helped devise the Affordable Care Act, has a vision for how […]
This website/blog was established to fight back against the forces aligned against you. The effort is starting to pay off. Last week hundreds of virulent op-ed pieces ran all over the county with headlines like this one from The Boston Globe: “Public pensions are eating taxpayers alive.” This particular article (they all have similar talking […]
The video captures it all – stigma of steroids in sports, corporate scandals, same sex marriage, katrina, cell phone to smart phone, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Patriot Act, death of Michael jackson and #1: attacks of 9/11. Pretty interesting list.
It’s a growing problem that police in many areas are struggling to stop. The most recent effort is happening in Canada. Responding to the alarming news that over a three year period using a hand-held device and engaging in other forms of distraction while driving has taken the lives of more innocent people than impaired […]
While we all celebrated when San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, announced he was not moving forward with his effort to get a measure on the ballot to destroy pensions for public sector employees, his supporters, were busy writing op/ed pieces and making appearances on TV. If there was ever proof that we need to keep […]
In this case ambiguity in the video captured by officer’s lapel camera provided the opportunity, and the defense attorney grabbed it. by Jack Dunphy You are patrolling alone, in uniform and in a marked police car, when the radio informs you of a robbery nearby. You are provided with a description of the suspect, who […]
Brian Post, the police officer featured in Erika Hayasaki’s moving piece on The Atlantic website: Life Of a Police officer: medically and psychologically ruinous,” risked his life again this week in Seattle when he ran towards the inferno set off by a helicopter crash to help a man who had escaped his burning car. The […]
Heroics land Tempe officers coveted NLEOMF “Officer of the Month” Award. On evening of November 17, 2013, Officers Stephen Neff and Ratko Aleksis responded to a call of shots fired in Tempe, Arizona, a Phoenix suburb. As the first officers to arrive on scene, they immediately directed bystanders to safe locations and then set out […]
Negotiating policies on body worn cameras is tricky. Here’s some pointers from an expert. Submitted by Rocky Lucia Body worn cameras will significantly change the working environment for every department that mandates they be worn. History has shown that the effects on those who wear them can be both positive and, at the same time, […]
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is in a league with San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed. Their animosity for public employees knows no bounds. Despite his threat to take “extreme measures” to control rising pension costs, a New Jersey Office of Legislative Services published a memo that Gov. Chris Christie does not have the power to […]
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed will not get to destroy your pension this year. But stay tuned, the fight isn’t over. Cops all over California, but especially in San Jose, greeted the headline last Friday in the San Jose Mercury News with a sigh of relief. “California pension initiative scrapped for 2014 in big defeat […]
Important to know where those extra tax dollars go. When City Council in Fort Wayne, Indiana raised the local income tax by 0.35 percent last year, officials said it would provide an additional $4.7 million per year for public safety needs. And that appears to be true, technically. But police and fire union leaders say […]
In 2009, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) launched a free daily e-newsletter summarizing law enforcement and relevant government news of the day. Today the e-newsletter called NewsWatch is popular news clippings service used by police officers, reporters, elected officials and the public. The free service gathers the most important and relevant news stories […]
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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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