by Ron DeLord | Jan 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
After 5 years of doing the blog entitled “The Gospel According to DeLord” and the newly named “Public Safety Labor News” I have decided to cease operations. The advent of copyright trolls sending out pay me or we will sue letters has made...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Uncategorized, Unions
HOUSTON – All three of Houston’s pension systems for city employees are behind a reform plan put forth by Mayor Sylvester Turner last month, he announced Monday. Turner’s plan called for the city’s cash-strapped system, which pays pensions for police...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Uncategorized, Unions
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Officers Association has approved a new collective bargaining agreement. Out of 1,719 votes cast, 1,218 union members, or 71.86 percent of the membership, voted yes for the new contract with the city of San Antonio, SAPOA...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Uncategorized, Unions
Tacoma City Councilman Robert Thoms looks to his own front yard to explain why he wants the Police Department to replenish its ranks from the recession-induced cuts that slashed almost a sixth of its positions for sworn officers. His family has counted three vehicle...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
When Levar Jones settled with the state of South Carolina in October 2014, the amount seemed surprisingly low — less than $300,000. Jones was shot at four times by state Highway Patrol officer Sean Groubert five months earlier during a traffic stop for a seatbelt...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
All of us on the ALADS Board agree with a recent Los Angeles Times editorial headline: Police officers should help write, not shun, new use-of-force standards. The disturbing fact is that the body of the editorial praised the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) is...
