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
Our Job: A Magic Show
For younger cops the job can be a dream come true. For older officers, it’s more complicated by Michael Keady, Northbrook, Illinois PD Everyone loves the carnival, grownups and kids alike. The rides are exciting, the shows colorful, and the music, blaring. The clinking of baseballs knocking over milk cans competes with the thud and […]
Our profession is under full scale attack
Claiming that your job is not all that dangerous after all combined with the massive plan to decriminalize makes the current political climate very volatile. by Charley Wilkison, Executive Director Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas After years of being marginalized as the nutcase enemies of the police, the far left and far right are […]
Utter heartbreak
by Tom Dominguez, President Association of Orange County (CA) Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS) AOCDS is a member of PubSecAlliance Words do not exist to express the utter heartbreak we feel after learning of the deaths of two deputies last month during a 30-mile crime spree near Sacramento that left a third deputy wounded and a motorist […]
Hell breaks loose, but where is chief?
In Edison, New Jersey, last Friday was a wild day by anyone’s estimation. A bomb scare at a local high school went on for more than three hours and an onslaught of officers and from a dozen agencies in three counties rushed to the scene. Roads were closed, traffic was redirected and students were evacuated. […]
Nation’s largest police union gets tough
In a series of advertisements appearing in major daily and weekly community newspapers around New York City, the PBA which represents over 23,000 patrol officers in the NYPD, is reminding New Yorkers that their police officers are overworked, understaffed, underpaid and unappreciated. This ad campaign is designed to progressively ratchet up the pressure on City […]
John Arnold is spending millions to steal your pension
Story from AZCentral.com submitted by Sean Smoot, Director & Chief Legal Counsel of the PB& PA of Illinois and the Treasurer of NAPO. In Phoenix there’s a ballot measure – Prop. 487 – that if passed will force the city to freeze its pension system and replace it with a 401(k)-style retirement plan for new […]
Officers’ long due OT is coming
In Guam, cops are happy after the Governor signed a law that approved payment of past due overtime. Sworn personnel from several agencies will benefit, including Guam Customs and Quarantine, Department of Corrections, Guam Police Department, the Judiciary and the Guam Fire Department. In a rather unusual move the funds will not come from the […]
Private Prisons Buy Politicos
Victoria Law on the website Truthout, asks the following: “What do private prisons have to do with political elections?” Well for starters, according to Law’s article: California Gov. Jerry Brown received $54,000 for his reelection campaign from GEO Group, the country’s second largest private prison company. Corrections Corporation of America, the country’s largest private prison […]
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