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.
Cops are taught to be prepared for anything, but who would expect this? A monkey biting the hand of Aransas Pass Officer Keith Moore in Texas when he reached in to a car to hand the driver the ticket. The monkey seems to charge out of nowhere and in a split second bites the officer’s […]
Here are some thoughts from a “Pension Spiker.” I am a conservative. I support organizations representing my worldview with my money and time. The Goldwater Institute, Sal DiCiccio and I probably vote for the same political candidates and embrace similar beliefs. I am also a retired Phoenix Police Officer, a Reserve officer and a Phoenix […]
“I’ll have a junior Western bacon-cheeseburger, six carrots and a bucket of oats.” – Fort Worth Police Officer Shelby Meza (Mounted Unit) on
Extreme weather is the new normal in the United States. Whether it’s Katrina, Sandy, or Irene, the Oklahoma tornadoes, floods, heat waves, droughts, or fires, the impact has been intense and it’s been devastating. Most surveys report that Americans are not doing enough to prepare for the next disaster. And no group is more vulnerable […]
Check out this opinion piece printed in the June 9 edition of The New York Times where Richard Viguerie sounds like he is worried about prisons being harmful to prisoners and their families. His real motive is to turn the public against the prisons and jails run by our states and counties. Viguerie and his […]
As someone who understands the tremendous job that police officers do, it has been very difficult for me to watch the powers-that-be making people in the law enforcement profession scapegoats for our current economic problems. Reporters and pundits at every newspaper, magazine, radio and television talk show have been relentless making the case that it’s […]
And it costs an officer his life. See his union president call a press conference and go into a justifiable rage. San Francisco POA’s Gary Delagnes.
Watch this 30 second public service announcement produced by the Dade County PBA which aired on local television stations. The PSA was done in both English and Spanish. The Dade County PBA represents officers who wear both blue and tan uniforms hence the two videos with the officer wearing both uniforms. Would like to know […]
As New York City was ramping up security after the bombings at the Boston Marathon, the NYC PBA, reciprocating for help the city received from Boston officers after 9/11, sent food trucks and a crew up to Boston to help in any way they could. Joining them were several officers from the Port Authority […]
City says, “The devil made me do it!” San Jose offered no raises to its officers despite the fact that cops are leaving in droves to find other jobs – over 150 officers have left for other agencies in the last 2 years. The city claims they can only offer a zero wage increase. “We […]
In Cincinnati, Ohio, the Tea Party effort to destroy pensions for city employees was soundly beaten at the polls by a coalition of police, fire, labor unions, elected officials, and even the Chamber of Commerce. It was a great victory for the people of the city and a sign of hope for the world that […]
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
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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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