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
Officers Sue Town Over Dues
Five current and former part-time Westerly police officers are suing the town, the police chief and the police union for allegedly violating their constitutional rights by forcing them to pay union dues against their will. The Providence Journal reports the officers filed the federal suit Monday. They are represented by the National Right to Work […]
Body Cams: Cops the Last to Know
State officials on Tuesday unveiled a $4 million plan to equip New Jersey State Troopers and thousands of local police officers with body cameras as the demand for the technology rises in the aftermath of several shootings nationwide involving police. However, not everyone is 100 percent happy about it—including Chris Burgos, the president of the State […]
Body Cam Summit Coming Up
As pressure on body cameras grows, law enforcement leaders will gather in Orlando. Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, Maryland, have coalesced public opinion on the subject of requiring police to wear body cameras. They want them. Across the country, pressure is building on law enforcement agencies and the associations representing police and corrections […]
Officers Get a Seat at the Table
As the Justice Department weighed its strategy for responding to the crisis that engulfed the Baltimore Police Department earlier this year, top police union officials found themselves in a most unlikely place: a conference table in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, talking with the very people who would shape the federal government’s plan. According […]
Inside the San Diego PD
The San Diego POA recently partnered with the San Diego PD and the San Diego Police Foundation to co-host an “Inside the SDPD” Media Day, which gave local media an opportunity to spend an afternoon walking in the shoes of an officer. Topics of discussion included use-of-force protocol, traffic stops, police pursuits, and SWAT tactics. […]
Union President Calls Settlement “Obscene”
By Ed Mullins Ed Note: Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association in New York City, is blasting the city’s record-breaking $5.9 million settlement with the family of Eric Garner, who died a year ago this week after struggling with officers who were arresting him. Garner’s death caused widespread protests in New York City and around the country. Here, […]
VIDEO: Reporter Walks in Officers’ Shoes
With relations between its community and its officers facing challenging times of late, the Coral Springs, Florida, Police Department decided to take action, by inviting a local news reporter to shadow them for a day. The result? A positive, up-close-and-persoal story about what cops go through on the job. Has your agency or police association done anything like […]
The Gospel According to DeLord
Ed. Note: Starting today we are going to be posting Ron DeLord’s weekly rundown of all the law enforcement labor-related news. I know many of you already receive this information directly from Ron, but for those of you not on his list, this gives you the opportunity to keep up with the most important news and […]
Gov’s Action Considered Hostile to Cops
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he would issue an executive order, valid for one year, that would place his state’s Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, in charge of investigating and prosecuting police-involved killings, taking those cases out of the hands of district attorneys. “We will be the first state in the country to acknowledge the […]
Poll: People Will Pay More for Police
Ed. Note: Many police associations use polling for a number of reasons, including finding out what members are thinking and learning more about the community’s opinion of their police force. Here’s a poll that revealed some powerful information for law enforcement. Maybe a poll in your community would reveal the same thing. A recent poll […]
This Town Loves Its Cops
Ed. Note: Here’s some great news from John Rivera and the Dade County PBA. Maybe you could persuade a radio station in your town to do this kind of call-in show. You might be surprised at all the support you actually do have out in your community. Read John’s message below. Please note how he […]
Whose Side is He On?
San Francisco cops need your help; writing a letter of support would be best. Gary Delagnes, the former president of the San Francisco POA, sent the letter below to the members of the “Executive Session on Public Safety” at Harvard University to let them know the intense feelings San Francisco officers have against one of […]
Pennsylvania Politicos United on Slashing Pensions
Today, the alarms bells are ringing in Pennsylvania as politicos are about to pass a municipal pension “reform” (we like to call it pension “theft”) that would terminate defined-benefit pension plans for all future city, township and other municipal firefighters, emergency medical service (EMS) personnel and cops. Pennsylvania officials claim that the cutbacks are needed […]
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