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
VIDEO: Keeping World Leaders Safe
Parts of New York City are gridlocked this week because of the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. CBS News’ Kris Van Cleave brings viewers an inside look at the elite group of NYPD motorcycle officers guiding several world leaders to and from the U.N. Check out the clip, above.
Bill Bratton On the Future of American Policing
Earlier today, former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton and other law enforcement professionals talked about community policing at The Heritage Foundation, in Washington, D.C. They discussed the challenges and successes of police departments in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and other major cities. Other topics addressed included data collection by police departments, […]
Who Will Pay for New Contract?
Cops in Philadelphia just landed a new $245-million-dollar, three-year contract, but where the money will come from to fund it is a bit of a mystery. The plan is to dip into reserves, but according to the city’s mayor, that could change. With two other union contact agreements in the works, the city will have […]
VIDEO: Detectives Fight Plan to Cut Pensions
by Michael J. Palladino President Detectives Endowment Association/New York City Here in the State of New York, there is a push by some political factions to hold a new Constitutional Convention. The position of the Detectives’ Endowment Association has been “vote NO” on this referendum. Not only would a Constitutional Convention needlessly cost the New […]
Taking Care of Others, Then Our Own
The clean-up from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma is underway. Millions of people are without power and may not be back online a week and maybe longer. Twenty-one thousand electrical repair people are on the ground. Six people died in a nursing home when the power went out. It will take months to assess […]
Public Support For Unions is Growing
Here’s some good news for unions – a new Gallup poll shows public support for unions at its highest point since 2003. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and American workers everywhere spent Labor Day celebrating the positive climate for unions. “There’s much more excitement about unions,” Trumka said. “Over 61 percent of the people in the […]
Minneapolis Considering Residency Incentives
Minneapolis could possibly reward officers who work in the city and live there as well. Right now, state law does not require that police live in the same city they work in. “We know right now that there are very, very few officers that live and then work in the city,” said Councilman Jacob Frey, […]
VIDEO: Cop Battling Cancer is Harvey Hero
Via CBS News: Houston’s police chief says the homes of 400 of his officers were destroyed or damaged by Harvey, but they stayed on duty during the storm. One officer, Bert Ramon, helped to save more than 1,000 people, even though he was fighting stage 4 colon cancer. The 24-year police veteran became one of […]
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