By Brad Johnson Alaska Peace Officers Association On behalf of our membership, the Alaska Peace Officers Association (APOA) State Board writes this letter in opposition to the legalization of marijuana. We offer our take on the legalization of marijuana’s impacts to Alaska financially, medically, and socially. Then we will provide an overview of issues that […]
It’s a tiny village – Oakley, Michigan. The population was 290 according to the 2010 census. Oakley has a rather large police department made up primarily of volunteers. Here’s what’s been happening there lately. The city council voted to bench the police force because they did not have insurance. Then the volunteers ponied up to […]
Unless people are working for a city, county or some other kind of municipality (obviously not those in so-called “right to work” states, the chances they have retirement insurance, otherwise known as a pension, are somewhere between slim and none. For those that do have access to pensions there’s a growing awareness that the people […]
A federal judge recently opined that body cameras could have prevented the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. It didn’t take long for the New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association and Sergeants Benevolent Association to respond. SBA President Ed Mullins told reporters with NY1 that Judge Shira Scheindlin is “an angry judge, who probably […]
A California appellate district court has ruled the city of Indio must pay for the attorney fees for one of its police associations following a labor dispute stemming from the reorganization of the police department’s command structure. The ruling means the city will have to cough up about $160,000 on behalf of the Police Command […]
Narcan is a miracle drug that can reverse the effects of a heroin overdose. Many law enforcement agencies are equipping their officers with Narcan to prevent deaths from drug overdoses. The problem is that some agencies are trying to get on the Narcan bandwagon without first going the legal process of contract negotiations. According to […]
Generally speaking, the whole point of collective bargaining and labor negotiations is to afford employees some protection from things like arbitrary termination, mistreatment by superiors and employers and so on and so forth. But in Conewago Township in Adams County, Pennsylvania up is down and night is day – at least as far as the […]
“When Scott Walker used his budget to make the single largest cut in a decade to the local government funding used to support police services, we were outspoken in warning that his reckless actions would hurt public safety,” said Wisconsin Professional Police Association (WPPA) Executive Director Jim Palmer. “The FBI’s crime data now makes clear […]
If he wins, your pay, benefits and even your job will be jeopardized By Brian Marvel, President San Diego Police Officers Association With 435 seats in Congress, it might be difficult to see how one race can have a big impact. But here in San Diego, one of the country’s most contested congressional races, Carl […]
In Wisconsin, Blue Mounds Police Chief Andy Rose says Dane County first responders’ radios are failing at such a high rate, he is worried someone could eventually die. “It’s a matter of time, in my opinion, someone’s going to get hurt or killed,” Rose says. The $18 million radio system is part of Dane Co.’s […]
Police Chief David Brown took to Twitter recently to challenge the Dallas Police Association’s alternative proposal to a plan to have the separate investigations into shootings by police by the district attorney’s office. Brown, who supports Dallas County DA Craig Watkins’ idea to have parallel probes, replied to a DPA tweet about a Dallas Morning […]
The Dallas Police Association has laid out its ten point plan to reform the department. DPA president Ron Pinkston said he came up with the reforms after a recent survey of his officers showed many were unhappy. The survey showed 78 percent of respondent said they would discourage any one from becoming a DPD officer. […]
The New York City PBA is again seeking support for a bill to increase disability pensions. Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association president Pat Lynch met privately with City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to lobby for her backing of an Albany bill that would improve line-of-duty pensions for newer cops who are in a different tier. Lynch, who […]
Barbara Comstock has received the endorsement of the Virginia Police Benevolent Association which, represents 36,000 current and retired law enforcement officials. Endorsing Comstock, the VAPBA says: “We are pleased to fully support Barbara Comstock for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District and we are confident that her knowledge and experience make her the best qualified candidate. Her […]
According to KMOV.com in St. Louis, Missouri, tensions are bubbling up between St. Louis Police and the officers’ union over the possibility of officers wearing body cameras. St. Louis Police said it would cost around $1.2 million to outfit all 1300 officers with body cameras. The police union said it must agree to any policy […]
In Columbia, Missouri, a letter that the executive director of the Columbia Police Officers Association sent to the chairwoman of the committee that is promoting the proposed public safety tax hike on the November ballot sparked confusion that nearly jeopardized the initiative. Last Sept. 4, Karen Taylor of “Say Yes to Public Safety” emailed Dale […]
The Dallas Police Association honored two Dallas officers for shooting suspects who were violently attacking others earlier this year. The association gave Sgt. Jackie Moore and Officer Ruben Martinez “courage awards” during a ceremony at its headquarters. The awards come after a wave of recent shootings by Dallas police. “The actions of these officers were […]
In Illinois, cops are saying they don’t want their new department to be in a building where abortions were performed. The building was originally a school and the abortion clinic has been shuttered for two years, but the building itself makes some people uncomfortable. After the city said it was considering the old as the […]
In Fresno, California, the deal struck between the city and the cops had city council member Lee Brand quoting Mick Jagger. Brand said, “A famous Englishman once said, you can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you just might find, you get what you need.” What the city needed was a […]
The Los Angeles Police Protective League calls the move “highly unusual.” League officials said that “most labor impasses are called for by management or municipalities, not labor organizations.” The union statement blamed the city for a “lack of good faith bargaining.” The current offer on the table does include raises for new hires but no […]
In Springfield, Missouri, Springfield Police Officers Association President Mike Evans isn’t taking public protests off the table as his team battles the city for better wages and benefits for the Officers. But unlike some other areas, negotiating contracts is a relatively new thing in Missouri. Evans said the union began negotiating with the police department […]
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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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