PubSecAlliance is a growing online community of union and association leaders from groups representing sworn personnel in law enforcement agencies in the U.S., Canada and around the world. It is not a formal organization. There is no president or board of directors. Our mission is simply to provide a space for you to communicate with your colleagues about your most pressing concerns, while informing you about the issues that matter to you most.
The negotiations between the city and officers with the San Antonio PD have been nothing short of a bare knuckles brawl. The city even made a move to sue its own police officers. Here’s a full page ad the San Antonio POA is taking out in some local newspapers. Hopefully this battle will end soon […]
AOL has become the latest corporate giant to dump the Koch brothers by cutting ties with ALEC. AOL becomes the latest in a series of major tech companies to cut ties with the secretive corporate lobbying group. Microsoft announced its departure in August. A month later, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt declared on a nationally-broadcast radio […]
Tom Stamatakis, the president of the Canadian Police Association, says he welcomes a study into the outsourcing of police services to private companies.That’s because the report will ultimately conclude that privatizing policing duties is a bad idea,Stamatakis said. “The notion that you can hive off core policing responsibilities to for-profit security companies, it’s not in […]
by Tyler Izen, President Los Angeles Police Protective League This past November, the City’s most distinguished leaders gathered at the 13th annual Eagle and Badge “In the Line of Duty” Gala not only to honor leaders in public service, community support and law enforcement, but also to honor the LAPD officers who work to serve […]
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 […]
A University of California campus police department secretly installed a surveillance system throughout its headquarters and was used it to record officers private conversations. The recording equipment was everywhere, including in the bathrooms. The existence of the surveillance system was made public as the result of a lawsuit filed recently by a police association. According […]
Below is the story of Officer Craig Tiger who was diagnosed with PTSD during treatment for alcohol abuse after he was arrested for DUI one year following an incident where he was forced to take the life of a suspect. After he was fired for the DUI arrest his ability to continue with needed psychological […]
Cops have to worry about a lot when they put on their uniforms and go to work. It could be a deadly car crash or an armed assailant that’s decided he or she is not going back to jail. But one thing officers shouldn’t have to worry about is being killed by the building they […]
Two New York and New Jersey Port Authority officers have filed a joint lawsuit in Manhattan Federal Court claiming their employer discriminated against them because of their backgrounds. One of the cops is Jewish and the other is Iraqi. Port Authority Officers Oren Hindi, 43, a Jewish man of Israeli and Yemeni descent, and Maysam […]
This was posted six months ago but we just saw it and thought it might give you a laugh. Officers in Quincy, California had a little operation going on tracking drivers in their town. But it’s not what you expect. The cops decided that it was time to give drivers something to smile about. So […]
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It was a terrible idea from the beginning and now people are coming to their senses. In San Antonio where the city council decided to sue the police and fire unions when they could not get firefighters and cops to agree to drastic cuts in their health care benefits, people are having second thoughts San […]
The head of the NYPD’s sergeants unions says that the anti-police climate fostered by agencies like the Civilian Complaint Review Board and the left-wing, drive-by media is essentially greasing the wheels for another successful terrorist attack on US soil. “New York City remains the number one target of terrorist threats in this country. We are […]
San Antonio’s first responders got a strong voice of support on the day the city filed a lawsuit against its police and fire unions. The Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) accused the city of breaking its promise to the men and woman who risk their lives to keep the city safe. “We mean […]
Here is another ad in a campaign the union is running to educate New Yorkers that their officers aren’t happy. And it’s for good reason. Hopefully this will work and these people will finally get a raise.
In New Jersey, 33 Pemberton Township police officers claim they are performing duties before their shifts start but are not being compensated. In a lawsuit filed last month obtained by The Trentonian, the officers claim the township is violating the Fair Labor Standards Act for unpaid overtime compensation by requiring the officers to conduct several […]
For younger cops the job can be a dream come true. For older officers, it’s more complicated by Michael Keady, Northbrook, Illinois PD Everyone loves the carnival, grownups and kids alike. The rides are exciting, the shows colorful, and the music, blaring. The clinking of baseballs knocking over milk cans competes with the thud and […]
Claiming that your job is not all that dangerous after all combined with the massive plan to decriminalize makes the current political climate very volatile. by Charley Wilkison, Executive Director Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas After years of being marginalized as the nutcase enemies of the police, the far left and far right are […]
by Tom Dominguez, President Association of Orange County (CA) Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS) AOCDS is a member of PubSecAlliance Words do not exist to express the utter heartbreak we feel after learning of the deaths of two deputies last month during a 30-mile crime spree near Sacramento that left a third deputy wounded and a motorist […]
In Edison, New Jersey, last Friday was a wild day by anyone’s estimation. A bomb scare at a local high school went on for more than three hours and an onslaught of officers and from a dozen agencies in three counties rushed to the scene. Roads were closed, traffic was redirected and students were evacuated. […]
In a series of advertisements appearing in major daily and weekly community newspapers around New York City, the PBA which represents over 23,000 patrol officers in the NYPD, is reminding New Yorkers that their police officers are overworked, understaffed, underpaid and unappreciated. This ad campaign is designed to progressively ratchet up the pressure on City […]
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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 […]
In this section we will bring you articles, videos and pictures that make it obvious who needs a union – we all do. When employees have the right to sit
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