“Peter robbed Paul to pay Mary, unfortunately,” said Detective Don Edwards, president of the Police Benevolent and Protective Association at the Springfield, IL PD. “You know, the money has come in through property taxes and whatever other levies they’ve had over the years, and they’ve decided to spend that money on other things and […]
We all need a union and now thanks to the state of California, the chances have improved we may be able to hold on to our collective bargaining rights. A strongly worded editorial – A Victory Against Dark Money – was published in Sunday’s New York Times, supporting California’s decision to impose $16 million in […]
In Ft. Myers, Florida, voters will decide on Tuesday whether to disband their police force and contract out with the local sheriff’s department. The fate of payments to Ft. Meyers retirees are up in the air. Thomas Leonardo, a councilman, asked City Manager Billy Mitchell look into whether the passing of the referendum will trigger […]
Police, fire unions are top contributors to Modesto sales-tax increase The Modesto Police Officers Association and Modesto City Firefighters Association have raised over $100,000 so far to support a ballot measure to create a one-cent sales tax. The tax will hopefully prevent tough budget cuts over the next few years – but some have criticized […]
A recent attack on your job and pensions appears in the Oct 25 edition of the Spokesman Review out of Spokane, Washington. The headline? “Public unions want moon, sweetened pensions, too.” The piece was submitted by an organization called The Washington Policy Center. These so-called think-tanks are everywhere. The Washington Police Center is just one […]
Here’s a problem everyone wished they had. Five Rhode Island law enforcement agencies are trying to decide what to do with $230 million in cash forfeited by Google. Investigators from local agencies are entitled to the money because they helped a federal investigation into the search engine’s distribution of ads for illegal prescription drug sales. […]
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, with several other California mayors, is trying to get an initiative called the “Pension Reform Act of 2014” onto the November 2014 state ballot. According to an analysis from Rains Lucia Stern, a pro-labor law firm, the initiative will be a disaster for public workers if passed. Their article states […]
Once the trigger is pulled and “post” leaves the barrel, it cannot be taken back. By John “Zeek” Teletchea, Treasurer, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 89, Prince George’s County Maryland Mark Twain said, “a lie can travel halfway around the world while truth is putting on its shoes.” Great words to live by from an […]
On Saturday in Albuquerque a man clad in camouflage clothes wielding an assault rifle asked a bystander to call 911 and tell the police he was waiting for them. When police arrivedhe fired several gunshots at them and stole an Albuquerque police car from an officer who was seeking cover. While he was driving the […]
Phoenix council votes against curbing pension ‘spiking.’ In Phoenix, city leaders are struggling to rein in what they consider abusive practices by some employees, including the ability of senior-level managers to include cell phone plans and car allowances in their pension calculations. There are arguments to be made on both sides – where do you […]
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed’s public-employee pension initiative which would change the California Constitution to explicitly allow state and local governments in a fiscal emergency to cut future retirement costs by lowering current employees’ benefits including pensions is already being blasted by the unions who say that Reed’s proposal will speed government pensions […]
This was the most expensive battle in the 55 year history of the El Paso Officers Association. Does your association have a similar story? If so, let everyone know in the comments section below. It started on April 12, 2011, the beginning of one of the biggest and most expensive battles that the El […]
All over the country, cops, teachers, librarians, nurses, public works folks, to name a few, are pushing back against the failed policy of austerity and the people and organizations that would like to outlaw unions, the 40-hour work week and overtime compensation. In the private sector, fast food workers have been among the most […]
In California a group of mayors is trying to pass a law so they don’t have to pay their city’s employees what they were promised under a contractual agreement when they signed up for the job. If they are successful, the repercussions, not just in California but everywhere else, will be a disaster for law […]
Here’s some good news on the pension fund front from California’s Marin County where the pension fund soared $225 million bringing assets to $1.7 billion. Pension officials had predicted a 7.5 percent return but a rising stock market made the increase more like 15 percent. It’s a story that shows how tied in public sector […]
Police culture changes much slower than the larger culture within which it operates. But as Bob Dylan once wrote, “The times they are a’ changing.” Traditionally police have perceived liberals and left-wingers to be more or less their ideological enemies. That dynamic has been in place for generations – for the most part cops don’t […]
Going four years without a pay raise was bad enough, but when city officials were going to give zeroes for the fifth straight years, members of the Nashville, Tennessee FOP decided they had had enough. Despite a drastic drop in crime, and a lot of reaching out to the Mayor, City Council, and community, the […]
Another day another controversy. Today’s kerfuffle involves a decision by the NFL to prohibit off-duty police officers attending games from carrying firearms. According to an article posted on The Blaze, the new NFL policy reportedly prohibits all law enforcement personnel from carrying their firearms into all NFL stadiums. Police in Cleveland, Ohio said they received […]
We all know Larry King as the host CNN’s “Larry King Live.” But here he is after an arrest in Miami on charges of grand larceny. Larry King was in debt allegedly because of an extravagant lifestyle. Strangely enough there is a connection here to the Kennedy Assassination, as the debt which prompted this arrest […]
Hire more officers and end the quotas. By Patrick J. Lynch, President, New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (PBA) After nearly a decade of debate surrounding the NYPD’s policies on stop, question and frisk — a more accurate phrase than “stop and frisk” — our current political leaders have had ample time to make their […]
Union president says the city is hoarding money. The North Miami Beach City Council imposed new contract terms on the city’s police union last week after management and labor hit an impasse in negotiations. Read about it in the Miami Herald. Here’s just some of the bad news: • Pension benefits for officers would decrease […]
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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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