The president of Philadelphia’s police union on Wednesday decried the protests sweeping cities across the country after grand juries in Missouri and New York state cleared white officers who killed unarmed black suspects. “We have to guard against a growing trend in this country to replace due process and the legal system with media-fueled mob […]
My name is Jerry Piland, and I am the Sgt. at Arms with our FOP Lodge 86 in Indianapolis, Indiana. We are getting ready to do a line-by-line audit of our bylaws and update them to reflect current times. One of the issues we struggle with is legal assistance requests and whether they technically meet […]
Congress has passed – and President Obama has said he would sign – a budget bill that allows banks to use your savings when they make giant financial bets called derivatives. And because those savings are insured by the federal government, you, the taxpayer, would be on the hook if those bets go south. If […]
A public squabble between a local activist and a Chattanooga police officer in Tennessee has sparked an internal affairs investigation and raised concerns among officers about their right to privacy. The incident started a week ago Thursday when Officer William Puckett and local activist Chris Brooks commented on a Facebook post about racial injustice. Puckett, […]
Countrywide protests serve as a reminder of the complexities law enforcement professionals face every day. Tragic events and demonstrations that can sometimes follow highlight the fact that there is a fine line between First Amendment rights to protest and speak out, on the one hand; and crossing the line to inflict damage on property, harm […]
Public employees and pensioners from all walks of life have been taking it on the chin recently. Not only did every bankers’ favorite president, Barack Obama, just agree to an international trade deal that favors Wall St. over workers, at the state level it’s even worse. Consider every corporation’s favorite governor, Sam Brownback, of Kansas. […]
If you’re working with a police association in a major media market with a big name NFL franchise or a college sports team, you’re probably busy drafting letters to athletes, owners, and others protesting the misguided “hands-up” non-protests staged by individuals and organizations in the wake of the grand jury decisions in Ferguson and New […]
Steve Loomis, the new head of the Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Association, recently made his first comments about the Department of Justice Report that found a pattern of excessive force and abusing suspects’ rights. “The crux of that report is without any merit,” Loomis told WKYC’s Tom Beres. “It’s written by people that sit behind a […]
A bill passed by the U.S. Senate that would require states to report the number of individuals who die each year in police custody and while being arrested will help hold law enforcement agencies accountable amid recent cases of race-related police brutality in the United States, Senator Richard Blumenthal has said in a statement. “The […]
New York City’s police union, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, is urging its members to ban Mayor Bill de Blasio from their funerals, the latest episode in the ongoing clash between the mayor and the city’s law-enforcement power structure. Officers are encouraged to fill out a form on the union’s website titled “Don’t Insult My Sacrifice” […]
As labor unions continue to rally in a call for justice over the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the AFL-CIO’s police union has sent a letter to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka addressing their concerns over recent rhetoric, hoping to bring the organization to heel. The AFL-CIO confirmed it received a letter this week […]
The failure to charge police officers in two separate killings of unarmed black men has sparked protests across the country, and along with them, calls to outfit cops with body cameras. It’s with this backdrop that the San Jose Police Department received praise last week for 12 officers volunteering to wear body cameras as part […]
By Eric W. Rose Every police chief, sheriff and law enforcement union leader knows that a day will come when their organization will be “lit up”—hit by a crisis that could be a disaster for the organization. The reputation of every police or sheriff’s department depends on the confidence of its key stakeholders: the public, […]
If you work at a police association you’re already well aware of the minefield that is police officer social media content. But despite the suspensions, terminations, lawsuits and public relations damage racially inflammatory postings to Facebook by cops, many police officers are still deeply confused about the nature of the nexus between free speech rights, […]
What’s so shocking to most folks that know a thing or two about pensions, defined benefit retirement insurance and “financial services,” is not that the ultra rich are having so much success robbing the working man blind without using a gun. And it’s not the fact that many pensioners, like police officers for instance, are […]
The leaders of the planet’s 20 richest countries (G-20) recently got together to make some new rules regarding the high-stakes world of international finance. One of the first orders of business for German Chancelor Angela Merkel and President Barrack Obama was to help banks and screw workers and unions. Remember “to big too fail?” Well […]
Brian Anderson, a blogger for DOWNTREND.com, writes, “John Stewart loves to play loose with the facts to generate laughs on The Daily Show. It doesn’t matter if it’s true or not, as long as the brain-dead liberals in the audience think it’s funny. Well, a California district attorney just did what most in the media […]
by Chuck Canterbury Recently I sat down with Lydia DePillis, a reporter with The Washington Post and answered some of her questions about the protests after the two grand jury rulings on the Michael Brown and Eric Garner deaths. I told her I did not think complaints have increased in law enforcement. You have two […]
The home of Limerick, Pennsylvania Police Detective Ernie Morris went up in flames, and investigators say his neighbor, Donna Krupp, intentionally set the house on fire. Pennsylvania State Police made the arrest relatively quickly – the crime was all caught on surveillance camera. State Police Lt. Paul Gustaitis told reporters from APB News in Philadelphia, […]
The Dade County PBA in Florida is running a radio spot (you can listen here) on several radio stations over the holidays. A small child talks about her Dad and how proud she is that he is a police officer. Just her voice alone will have everyone listening to this moving and unusual radio message.
Ken Mort, a deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. who saved a little boy’s life six years ago gave the child’s family another surprise – a special gift just in time for the holidays. Six years ago, Mort responded to a call – two-year-old Jacob had fallen into the family’s pool. “When I […]
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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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