My name is Jerry Piland, and I am the Sgt. at Arms with our FOP Lodge 86 in Indianapolis, Indiana. We are getting ready to do a line-by-line audit of our bylaws and update them to reflect current times. One of the issues we struggle with is legal assistance requests and whether they technically meet […]
Congress has passed – and President Obama has said he would sign – a budget bill that allows banks to use your savings when they make giant financial bets called derivatives. And because those savings are insured by the federal government, you, the taxpayer, would be on the hook if those bets go south. If […]
A public squabble between a local activist and a Chattanooga police officer in Tennessee has sparked an internal affairs investigation and raised concerns among officers about their right to privacy. The incident started a week ago Thursday when Officer William Puckett and local activist Chris Brooks commented on a Facebook post about racial injustice. Puckett, […]
Countrywide protests serve as a reminder of the complexities law enforcement professionals face every day. Tragic events and demonstrations that can sometimes follow highlight the fact that there is a fine line between First Amendment rights to protest and speak out, on the one hand; and crossing the line to inflict damage on property, harm […]
Public employees and pensioners from all walks of life have been taking it on the chin recently. Not only did every bankers’ favorite president, Barack Obama, just agree to an international trade deal that favors Wall St. over workers, at the state level it’s even worse. Consider every corporation’s favorite governor, Sam Brownback, of Kansas. […]
If you’re working with a police association in a major media market with a big name NFL franchise or a college sports team, you’re probably busy drafting letters to athletes, owners, and others protesting the misguided “hands-up” non-protests staged by individuals and organizations in the wake of the grand jury decisions in Ferguson and New […]
Steve Loomis, the new head of the Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Association, recently made his first comments about the Department of Justice Report that found a pattern of excessive force and abusing suspects’ rights. “The crux of that report is without any merit,” Loomis told WKYC’s Tom Beres. “It’s written by people that sit behind a […]
A bill passed by the U.S. Senate that would require states to report the number of individuals who die each year in police custody and while being arrested will help hold law enforcement agencies accountable amid recent cases of race-related police brutality in the United States, Senator Richard Blumenthal has said in a statement. “The […]
New York City’s police union, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, is urging its members to ban Mayor Bill de Blasio from their funerals, the latest episode in the ongoing clash between the mayor and the city’s law-enforcement power structure. Officers are encouraged to fill out a form on the union’s website titled “Don’t Insult My Sacrifice” […]
In Guam, cops are happy after the Governor signed a law that approved payment of past due overtime. Sworn personnel from several agencies will benefit, including Guam Customs and Quarantine, Department of Corrections, Guam Police Department, the Judiciary and the Guam Fire Department. In a rather unusual move the funds will not come from the […]
Victoria Law on the website Truthout, asks the following: “What do private prisons have to do with political elections?” Well for starters, according to Law’s article: California Gov. Jerry Brown received $54,000 for his reelection campaign from GEO Group, the country’s second largest private prison company. Corrections Corporation of America, the country’s largest private prison […]
Submitted by Ron DeLord From Journal-News.com: Deputy union contract headed for binding arbitration In Ohio, a second Butler County sheriff’s union is headed for binding arbitration after the county commissioners rejected a fact finder’s recommendation for a 2.5 percent increase rather than performance pay. It took the commissioners less than five minutes behind closed doors […]
It’s always sad when a lawyer loses his Mojo. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, an avid foe of collective bargaining, hardly looks presidential here as he shouts down someone asking why Sandy victims haven’t gotten back into their homes yet.
Scabby, the giant inflatable union rat, that’s front and center at so many pickets and labor disputes, won its First Amendment rights in a federal ruling this week after an asbestos contractor sued to have the rat declared a “disruptive practice.” “The defendants’ peaceful use of a stationary, inflatable rat to publicize a labor protest […]
John Apter, the chairman of the Hampshire Police Federation in the UK recently made a very public declaration that if any harm came to officers in the line of duty while minimum staffing requirements were being ignored that the Federation would sue the Force. Apter said, “It’s commonplace now for minimum staffing levels to […]
On Monday three protestors were arrested outside the Orange County Convention Center as the IACP gathered within. They were reportedly advocating for better relations between police and minorities. There was some contention about whether they were on public property or not, with both sides’ lawyers offering different opinions. The IACP side claims the convention is […]
The New Orleans Police force has not had a raise in 8 years and, not surprisingly, their numbers have gone down by 30 percent since 2010. In fact, Nawlins Cops are leaving at a rate of around one every three days. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.
ALEC (American Legislative Executive Council) wants to privatize your job, take away your collective bargaining rights and drastically reduce your pay. Following the economic collapse in 2008, one company eager to buy public assets proclaimed, “Desperate governments are our best customer!” Across the country, for-profit companies are engaged in a hostile takeover of our schools, […]
Today, a former San Jose police officer came forward with a declaration sworn under penalty of perjury that suggests Mayor Chuck Reed’s political consultant Victor Ajlouny offered him money and his job back if he would lie and claim that the POA asked him to quit.
The Dade County Police Benevolent Association is launching its own hour long radio show “Rapid Response” on 880 am radio. It will air twice a month on the first and third Thursdays of the month. The show was born from the idea that there are many topics and issues facing our community which require more […]
Here’s an excerpt from the great profile Newsweek did on NYC PBA President Patrick Lynch: “…Patrick J. Lynch heads the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, a union for more than 20,000 beat cops in the city’s five boroughs (sergeants, captains, lieutenants and detectives have their own unions). Lynch doesn’t just represent cops; he represents what it means […]
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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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