by Ron DeLord | Mar 13, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
U.S. Rep Michael Capuano has reintroduced the “Sean Collier Bill,” a proposed law that would give the families of campus police officers killed in the line of duty the same benefits as those of regular community officers. “It doesn’t happen that often, but when a...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 14, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Jerry Flynn, a Lowell cop on leave while serving as executive director of the New England Police Benevolent Association, said his organization’s executive board has chosen to boycott President Obama’s Labor Day breakfast address in Boston today to make a statement...
by rondelord | Dec 17, 2014 | Labor, Politics, Unions
Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association president Tommy Nee was ousted last night in a landslide that saw more than 1,100 of the city’s patrolmen vote. Newly elected union president Pat Rose, a patrolman in Dorchester’s C-11 district, beat the long-serving union boss...