by Ron DeLord | Oct 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
One man was gunned down on New Year’s Eve. Another was shot three times in the back as he ran away. Both men were unarmed. Both were men of color. And both were killed, just seven months apart, by rookie Oakland Police Officer Hector Jimenez. Jimenez was fired...
by rondelord | Aug 22, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois has become one of the first states nationwide to establish wide-ranging law enforcement rules for body cameras, bias-free policing and more data collection on arrests under a measure signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Bruce Rauner. The plan...
by rondelord | Dec 31, 2014 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
That’s been a repeated refrain from protesters, police officers, experts in law enforcement behavior and some top leaders, in the wake of several incidents of unarmed people dying at the hands of police, followed by an armed man killing two NYPD officers. The tone of...