by rondelord | Mar 9, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
OKLAHOMA CITY — Owasso Police Lt. Mike Denton elbowed the suspect three times in the face, dragged him face-down by the handcuffs and stepped on his head. The June 2011 incident, caught on video, prompted the Owasso Police Department to fire the veteran officer for...
by rondelord | Mar 9, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Negotiators representing the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Police Officers Association held collective bargaining talks Friday, the first such face-to-face meeting since Nov. 3. The City, which is seeking significant concessions to reduce runaway health care...
by rondelord | Mar 9, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Year in and year out, Clark County shells out six-figure pay to a small group of employees who step away from their regular work to handle matters for their unions. The system of paid union leave offers flexibility: County employees can attend legislative sessions,...
by rondelord | Mar 9, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Consolidating police forces — an idea being pushed by Delaware’s chief justice — isn’t a novel concept across America, and has been employed with varying degrees of success in dozens of jurisdictions. More than 40 years ago in Nevada, the Las Vegas police merged with...
by rondelord | Mar 9, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
In the summer of 2013, Seattle journalist Dominic Holden, a reporter for The Stranger, filed a complaint with Seattle’s Office of Professional Accountability, saying a police officer tried to harass and intimidate him. The OPA sustained his complaint, saying the...
