by rondelord | Aug 12, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
San Bernardino has reached a deal with the police union representing in a significant breakthrough for the two parties that had been at odds since the city filed for bankruptcy just over three years ago. The five-year agreement was approved unanimously by the City...
by rondelord | Aug 12, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Politics, Unions
CITY HALL — An ongoing fight over disability pension reforms for uniformed city workers has put a spotlight on the process that enables a huge percentage of retiring police officers and firefighters to claim such benefits. “When you’ve got a system...
by rondelord | Aug 12, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Every city from Walla Walla to Opa-locka is planning to spend big bucks to buy little body cameras to record the work of its police persons. The tab in Denver will be $6 million-plus. And no one has seemingly considered the cost of storing, categorizing and retrieving...
by rondelord | Aug 12, 2015 | Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Kelly Gottschalk was a month into her job as director of the Dallas police and fire pension fund when the latest numbers started arriving. She knew there’d be problems. But things were heading from bad to worse. It came just as her staff and consultants were...
by rondelord | Aug 12, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A Riverside County sheriff’s policy that bars deputies from viewing their body camera videos immediately after a “critical incident” is supported by the ACLU, a lieutenant said Friday. “Law enforcement agencies do not often seem in agreement with the ACLU on a variety...
