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 […]
Story from AZCentral.com submitted by Sean Smoot, Director & Chief Legal Counsel of the PB& PA of Illinois and the Treasurer of NAPO. In Phoenix there’s a ballot measure – Prop. 487 – that if passed will force the city to freeze its pension system and replace it with a 401(k)-style retirement plan for new […]
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 […]
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 […]
Shift work causes disruptions in sleep and so does stress, too much alcohol and caffeine at the end of the day, and lots of other things all of which cops experience more than most. Here’s all the most up to date info on how you can sleep better by a leading sleep expert, Dr. Buxton […]
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 […]
The waters were somewhat calm in San Antonio, Texas recently when the San Antonio Police Officers Association and the city agreed to go back to the bargaining table after stalled contract talks. Now the pot is on full-boil once again. Tempers on both sides flared as each side accused the other of bogus fiscal assumptions […]
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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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