Baltimore’s police union is calling on city and federal officials to include better training, more hiring, technology upgrades and whistleblower protections among the reforms in the consent decree they are negotiating following the release of the U.S. Department of Justice report on policing in the city. The leadership of F.O.P. Lodge 3 in Baltimore also […]
By George Hofstetter News headlines from around the nation make clear the concerted effort by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to convince the public and legislators to enact its principles on the use of force. The national debate on police training regarding “de-escalation” have portrayed the PERF principles as the vetted solution to the […]
Via WXYZ.com: A Detroit man has been charged with felonies for making threats of violence against white police officers on Facebook. The message was posted shortly the day after shootings in Dallas where five officers were killed. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced felony charges against Nheru Gowan Littleton and he was arrested hours later […]
Via WFAA.com: The Fort Worth Police Officer’s Association has filed a significant grievance with the police department over concerns about the its Lateral Entry Officer program. Among the issues mentioned in the grievance are instances of applicants not having proper intermediate peace officer certificates, and at least one occasion where an applicant didn’t have to […]
Via TheStranger.com: Back in July, one week after the resignation of Seattle Police Officers Guild president Ron Smith and one day after the guild rejected a new contract offer, Mayor Ed Murray threatened to “immediately move” to binding arbitration with the city’s largest police union if a labor agreement could not be reached. The move would have brought in […]
By all accounts, Dallas Police Department’s pension fund is in a bad way. Rumors that the fund could become insolvent are rampant and there have been scores of retirements including the Chief, David Brown, and the president of the union, Ron Pinkston. The crisis comes as the Dallas Police Department negotiates with City Hall to […]
By John Rivera Here at the Dade County PBA we decided to do something different to ease tensions between the police and the community. We are creating a music video and we need you to send any videos or photographs to help make the project a big success. We are especially interested in getting pictures […]
Ed. Note: Steve Grammas (above) of the Las Vegas Police Protective Association wrote this letter to Chief Judge David Barker of the Regional Justice Center on behalf of his members after a defense attorney showed up in court wearing a Black Lives Matter pin. Steve made the argument that the pin is a sort of public […]
By Eric Siddall Governor Brown’s Proposition 57 is a “Criminal’s Bill of Rights.” It grants convicted felons a constitutional right to get released after completing only a minimal part of their sentence. In some cases this number can go as low as two percent of their original sentence. This new “Criminal’s Bill of Rights” trumps […]
Via ABC/WFAA: Ken Sprecher was a Dallas police officer for 31 years. He retired in 2005 believing he was promised to receive a great pension. “That was the selling point when you recruit and try to retain folks. That you may not make it up-front with salary but that you would have a secure pension […]
By William J. Bratton I am a police reformer and have been since I was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the Boston Police Department in 1975. There were many good cops in Boston in those days, but there was also an insular culture that had some racist, brutal, corrupt and lazy elements. I […]
Recently, articles and opinion pieces that are critical of police union contracts they say are preventing bad officers from being fired or disciplined are popping up everywhere. The op-ed piece below, published in the New York Times, is just one among many we have seen in recent weeks. If your group has developed any talking points or has […]
If you are engaged in the battle to save defined benefit pensions for your officers and need some ammunition to make the case that privatizing the public sector pension system would be a total disaster—just look at what’s happening in Chile. According to an in-depth report in the New York Times, discontent has been brewing […]
One hundred Boston police officers and eight members of the command staff are wearing body cameras, after a judge denied a request from the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association (BPPA) to halt the pilot program. Judge Douglas H. Wilkins ruled that Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans had the authority to order officers to wear the […]
When the first plane hit the World Trade Center, Rich Miller was sound asleep. He was scheduled to attend a diver rescue training exercise at noon and was using the rare free morning to get some extra rest. When his wife woke him and told him what happened, he ran into the living room just […]
September 11, 2001: A Look Back Barry Galfano, who retired at the rank of captain from the NYPD, was considered one of the nation’s leading experts in the care and training of police dogs. Once Barry learned he would be the commanding officer in charge of the care, health and job performance of fifty dogs […]
“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” – Arthur Ashe In the fall of 2001, New York City was home to over eight million residents as well as more than a half-million commuters who […]
The big and bad news today is out of Texas. Right wing think tanks like the Goldwater Institute (our friends of the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association know these guys) and the Texas Public Policy Foundation have filed a lawsuit against the City of Austin this week, claiming the city’s collective bargaining agreement with the Austin […]
The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously and without discussion approved a three-year salary and benefits contract with its sheriff’s deputies and district attorney investigators that will cost taxpayers an additional $62.2 million over the life of the contract. The agreement raises salaries by a total of 8.5 percent in five steps between now and […]
Via ABC7.com: Two people impersonating law enforcement officers were arrested after they attempted to pull over an off-duty officer, according to California Highway Patrol. CHP said 26-year-old Armando Perez of Aliso Viejo and 20-year-old April Fabian of Laguna Hills attempted to pull over an off-duty police sergeant with the Irvine Police Department at about 12:30 […]
Trumbull County Deputy Michael Geer has filed a lawsuit in federal court, claiming his free speech rights were violated after being suspended without pay over a Facebook post he made last year. Geer is seeking back pay for the three days he was suspended and is also asking for unspecified financial damages to cover mental anguish, […]
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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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