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.
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It’s a growing problem that police in many areas are struggling to stop. The most recent effort is happening in Canada. Responding to the alarming news that over a three year period using a hand-held device and engaging in other forms of distraction while driving has taken the lives of more innocent people than impaired […]
While we all celebrated when San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, announced he was not moving forward with his effort to get a measure on the ballot to destroy pensions for public sector employees, his supporters, were busy writing op/ed pieces and making appearances on TV. If there was ever proof that we need to keep […]
In this case ambiguity in the video captured by officer’s lapel camera provided the opportunity, and the defense attorney grabbed it. by Jack Dunphy You are patrolling alone, in uniform and in a marked police car, when the radio informs you of a robbery nearby. You are provided with a description of the suspect, who […]
Brian Post, the police officer featured in Erika Hayasaki’s moving piece on The Atlantic website: Life Of a Police officer: medically and psychologically ruinous,” risked his life again this week in Seattle when he ran towards the inferno set off by a helicopter crash to help a man who had escaped his burning car. The […]
Heroics land Tempe officers coveted NLEOMF “Officer of the Month” Award. On evening of November 17, 2013, Officers Stephen Neff and Ratko Aleksis responded to a call of shots fired in Tempe, Arizona, a Phoenix suburb. As the first officers to arrive on scene, they immediately directed bystanders to safe locations and then set out […]
Negotiating policies on body worn cameras is tricky. Here’s some pointers from an expert. Submitted by Rocky Lucia Body worn cameras will significantly change the working environment for every department that mandates they be worn. History has shown that the effects on those who wear them can be both positive and, at the same time, […]
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is in a league with San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed. Their animosity for public employees knows no bounds. Despite his threat to take “extreme measures” to control rising pension costs, a New Jersey Office of Legislative Services published a memo that Gov. Chris Christie does not have the power to […]
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed will not get to destroy your pension this year. But stay tuned, the fight isn’t over. Cops all over California, but especially in San Jose, greeted the headline last Friday in the San Jose Mercury News with a sigh of relief. “California pension initiative scrapped for 2014 in big defeat […]
Important to know where those extra tax dollars go. When City Council in Fort Wayne, Indiana raised the local income tax by 0.35 percent last year, officials said it would provide an additional $4.7 million per year for public safety needs. And that appears to be true, technically. But police and fire union leaders say […]
In 2009, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) launched a free daily e-newsletter summarizing law enforcement and relevant government news of the day. Today the e-newsletter called NewsWatch is popular news clippings service used by police officers, reporters, elected officials and the public. The free service gathers the most important and relevant news stories […]
The nation’s largest association representing public pension systems – The National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) – has gone to court to fight against San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and others’ efforts to eliminate constitutional protections for California’s public employee retirement benefits. NCPERS represents more than 550 public pension funds in the U.S. […]
“Life of a Police Officer: Medically and Psychologically Ruinous” is a rare, sympathetic look at how dealing with constant tragedy, violence and death, can lead to serious physical and emotional problems for too many of our law enforcement officers. Erika Hayasaki, an assistant professor of English at the University of California, Irvine, posted this remarkable […]
Chicago credit rating downgraded, pensions blamed There’s some bad news out of Chicago: a major credit ratings agency downgraded the city due to the “massive” pension deficit. The city’s four pension funds are currently in the hole for nearly $20 billion, and next year’s required contribution is set to double, meaning the problem will get […]
You’ll be surprised where it came from. by JR Sanders “He is like a sheep dog, feared by the flock and hated by the wolves.” In an August, 1896 interview with the San Francisco Examiner newspaper Wyatt Earp made this observation while discussing the perils of riding a treasure-laden stagecoach across outlaw country. Although he […]
California counties demand employees pay half their pension contribution. Two years ago, California passed the “California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act” which gave local governments five years to make employees to pay 50% of their pension contribution. That means for an employee making $50,000 a year, his or her contribution would roughly double from about […]
Scientists studying the impact of weight on the brain are finding that being overweight could have harmful effects on the brain. The good news is that exercise may counter those effects. The findings which resulted from experiments with mice, add one more reason to the already long list to get up and get moving. It’s […]
Every citizen everywhere should watch this video. If you have a YouTube channel for your association or agency post it right away. Every cop everywhere has had to deal with guys like this idiot who was drunk at a train station and causing a disturbance. The entire interaction was photographed by a bystander who was […]
It could be the first time a police union took to the skies to slam their police chief but that’s what happened this past Sunday in the City of Hollywood, Florida. Visitors to Hollywood beach gazed up in amazement as a small yellow plane with a banner reading “City of Hollywood high crime area. Thanks […]
Facebook, the social network giant, has agreed to pay the city of Menlo Park where it’s based more than $200,000 a year over the next three years for their own police officer. According to a report by CBS San Francisco station KPIX-TV, the officer will work out of a new substation near the social networking […]
Check out this 6 minute video from NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton talking to the 35,000 plus sworn personnel about his goals for the Department, his expectations of his officers, and most importantly the crucial role law enforcement plays in our democracy and why the job, for all its downsides, is one of the most rewarding […]
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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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