by rondelord | May 30, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md., issued a press release on Friday declaring that he vetoed six pieces of legislation, including major reforms to Maryland criminal justice law. The governor, who campaigned on a promise to limit government overreach to win his upset victory...
by rondelord | May 30, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Late Thursday and early into Friday the Connecticut Senate debated and eventually passed a measure that would increase workers’ compensation for cancer diagnoses and post-traumatic stress disorder for first responders. “What it will do is allow people to...
by rondelord | May 30, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
For the Dallas Police Department, a picture is worth 500 words. Police officials this week released a new one-page general order — an official directive to officers — on the right of the public to photograph police activity. The officials said now that mobile devices...
by rondelord | May 30, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Kansas City Police Department has quietly changed its training for responding to volatile situations, arming officers with something other than a gun: distance, discretion and diplomacy. Even as the backlash from the high-profile police shooting in Ferguson...
by rondelord | May 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing released its final, 116-page report on Monday after six months of work. And the boldest proposal made by former Attorney General Eric Holder was nowhere to be found. The study included dozens of recommendations for...
