by rondelord | May 4, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
After eight years with the Dallas Police Department, Kenneth King headed west earlier this year in search of a better life. He didn’t have to go far. King is one of eight officers who in recent months have joined the Fort Worth Police Department, where his base salary...
by rondelord | May 4, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The next buzzword in California’s episodic public pension debate: “crowd-out.” As in, “California Crowd-Out: How Rising Retirement Benefit Costs Threaten Municipal Services.” It’s the title of a new report issued by the conservative Manhattan Institute. Leaders of the...
by rondelord | May 4, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Colorado bill that would entitle citizens at least $15,000 in damages if police interfere with their right to record breezed through the House Tuesday with overwhelming bipartisan approval, another step closer to becoming law. While numerous court cases have...
by rondelord | May 4, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Albany – As Baltimore smoldered following the death of an unarmed man in police custody, Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered lawmakers a choice about future oversight of similar controversial cases in New York state. If lawmakers don’t approve his call for an...
by rondelord | May 4, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Chuck Canterbury, the national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, about changing law enforcement and the rioting in Baltimore. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: For more, we turn to Chuck Canterbury. He’s the national president...
