A really bad idea: a city suing its cops
As we reported on PubSecAlliance recently, the City of San Antonio is taking some heat for seeking legal judgment on the contracts they have with firefighters and police officers. San Antonio’s police and fire contracts expired back in September. City officials have said that without a new agreement, continuing to honor those contracts could cost the city millions of dollars. As a result, the city officials say they will challenge a clause in the contract with police and firefighters that allows them to work up to 10 years without a new contract. The city is asking a judge to decide “if that time period is legal. “Twenty-five years on this Police Department and I have never heard or seen such action taken by our current leadership,” said Detective Michael Helle, president of the San Antonio Police Officer’s Association. “I blame it squarely on the shoulders of our city manager.”