The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would hear a major challenge to California’s public unions and decide whether they may charge fees to non-members to support collective bargaining. At issue is a 1970s-era court precedent that allows these unions in California and 20 other states to collect “fair share” fees from all employees. The […]
You can’t keep these creeps down. No matter how many times the voters defeat their plans (in this case an aggressive attempt to slash pensions for all public employees in California), they just keep coming back. This time it’s former San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio and former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed who have come […]
No, you are not seeing things. Close to 100 Michigan State Troopers who retired 20 to 30 years ago may soon get their annual pensions raised to $16,000 a year. The Michigan Senate unanimously approved two bills June 17 to adjust the pensions, sending them to the House for consideration. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Al […]
Daryl Turner, the president of the Portland police union, wrote us to share the following news story along with this note: “This news report, rather than the usual negative bashing we get from the media, shows that our citizens and the police are on the same page—we have too few officers in Portland to keep people […]
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton is making big moves with his agency, ushering in what he describes as “a new era of policing” called One City: Safe & Fair Everywhere. Here’s what Bratton had to say about his bold new plan: Today, four realities require change in the way the NYPD does its job. We must […]
Dozens of protestors forced the temporary closure of the Louisville Metro Police headquarters on Monday afternoon in a protest that sought the firing of the local police union leader for his reaction to an officer-involved fatal shooting. Last Thursday the local Fraternal Order of Police chapter released a letter to the community. Signed by Louisville […]
On the eve of a final vote on Jacksonville, Florida’s pension reform, police officers and firefighters spoke out against the plan saying it will do nothing but hurt them, because current officers and firefighters and new hires will have to pay more into the pension program. The city called it shared sacrifice. Officer Michael Taylor, […]
Here’s an interesting tactic. When a group of angry citizens got together to protest recent comments made by John Rivera, the president of the Dade County PBA, he went out and bought them all pizza. It was an unusual move by a police union leader, and although we don’t know for sure what the impact […]
This week the California State Supreme Court issued a ruling that will permit thousands of San Francisco city employees and retirees to regain increases in future pensions that voters had sought to eliminate. A lower-court ruling had restored the increases for employees who retired after November 1996 and for future retirees, and the court on […]
Leaders of Orange County’s (California) largest public retirement system publicly criticized their contract statisticians for taking months to reveal information that is slated to trigger at least $12 million per year in extra payments from cities and other public agencies. The changes, by the actuary firm Segal Consulting, affect government payments into public safety pension […]
San Jose POA President, in open letter to the community, heals some wounds by Paul Kelly, President, San Jose Police Officers Association About a month ago, I was working in full uniform in a marked police vehicle when I was pulled over to the side of the road in our downtown area. I watched two […]
Tom McCabe got this list together of CNN Headline Advertisers and posted it on the American Police Beat Facebook page. He is making it easy for us to all call and protest the comments of Fredricka Whitfield’s comment that the Dallas gunman was brave and courageous. First thing tomorrow – Monday – take a minute […]
By now most of you have heard the bizarre comments from CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield, who called the actions of the gunman who opened fire on Dallas Police Headquarters with heavy weapons “courageous” and “brave.” Below is a letter Mike Glasser, the president of the New Orleans Police Officers Association, has written to CNN. To […]
A new policy prohibiting Chicago PD officers from having any tattoos showing or wearing knit hats or baseball bats while on duty has drawn strong criticism from the Chicago F.O.P., the department’s largest union. The F.O.P. has stated the Department should have negotiated the policy before unilaterally making the decision. Several officers expressed extreme displeasure […]
Ask anyone in Law Enforcement why they do what they do, and chance are they’ll tell you it’s not for the glory, the thank yous, or the appreciation of the people they help serve and protect. But that doesn’t mean they don’t enjoy hearing it once in a while. Unfortunately, that’s not too often—but an organization […]
Proper training for dealing with members of the community suffering from Alzheimer’s, dementia, autism, and other cognitive problems has never been more vital. Fortunately, Project Lifesaver International is here to help. This non-profit organization trains/certifies/educates members of law enforcement and first responders how to locate individuals who may wander due to autism, Down syndrome, Alzheimer’s, […]
Police officers today know that public scrutiny of deadly force incidents is at an all-time high. It’s not just the ubiquity of video cameras and our national tendency to pile on. An officer who uses deadly force faces the possibility of termination from employment, criminal prosecution, a Department of Justice investigation, a civil lawsuit, and […]
As a retired police officer with over 27 years on the job, the news story and video on the officer at a pool disturbance down in McKinney, Texas, looked pretty bad. I also watched a TV interview with the young lady in the video on the ground, her father, and the family lawyer—none of them […]
A proposed ballot measure in California would reduce pension payments for state and local government employees in the nation’s biggest state. And guess who is behind the scheme—former San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio and former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed! We knew they would be back, and they are. They will try to tap the […]
Ed. Note: This article, written by Yves Smith, originally appeared on NakedCapitalism.com. We felt it was more than worth sharing. As we’ve mentioned, many of the fees and costs that private equity investors bear are hidden from them by virtue of being shifted to the portfolio companies. For instance, private equity firms charge what Oxford […]
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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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