by Ron DeLord | Mar 12, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
CLEVELAND (AP) — Members of a volunteer commission responsible for making recommendations about how Cleveland police officers treat citizens say the panel is finding its footing after a rocky start. The creation of an independent Community Police Commission is...
by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
CLEVELAND (AP) — Two former Cleveland police chiefs, a former Ohio lieutenant governor, a prominent civil rights attorney and a number of activists are among the nearly 200 people who’ve applied to become members of a commission that will recommend how to...
by rondelord | Jul 6, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey police officers and firefighters could be required to live in the towns they serve for the first five years of their employment if Gov. Chris Christie signs legislation moving toward his desk. The law wouldn’t mandate police...
by rondelord | Jul 6, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Amid increasing national scrutiny over shootings of unarmed minorities by police, citizen complaints about police are at a 25-year low in California, according to a report from the state attorney general. “It certainly creates a...
by rondelord | Jan 20, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s conservative Supreme Court is seeking to reconcile whether 31,000 unionized state employees are covered by a right-to-work law, hearing opposing arguments Tuesday on whether lawmakers stepped on the turf of a panel that regulates...