by Ron DeLord | Nov 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Michael Ryan spent 15 years at Baltimore’s Civilian Review Board as an investigator charged with looking into resident complaints of misconduct against police officers. Only Ryan, himself a former city cop, stopped leaving the office about five years ago. Ryan,...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The salary scale for Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputies must be fixed, or the agency will continue to lose experienced personnel to counties with better pay, and have greater difficulty recruiting new deputies, according to union leaders, who are pushing...
by Ron DeLord | Oct 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
State Sen. the Democratic nominee for Baltimore mayor, says she wants the General Assembly to strengthen a law that allows civilians to serve on panels that hear cases against police officers accused of misconduct. The law, which takes effect Oct. 1, allows civilians...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
More than a dozen members of the Harford County Deputy Sheriff’s Union blasted Harford County Executive Barry Glassman’s administration for not funding deputy raises in the proposed 2017 budget, challenging Glassman’s claims that the budget...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The process by which police officers are disciplined in Maryland has long been shrouded in secrecy. But bills passed by the legislature this year should allow citizens more of a peek behind the curtain. Civilians will be included in the training process for officers,...