by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Dallas Police Chief, David O. Brown, once said that “trust is hard to earn and easy to lose.” Since taking the reins of the police force in 2010, Brown has taken that principle to heart, transforming Dallas into a national symbol of community policing even as the...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 19, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
For years, the Florida Police Benevolent Association represented thousands of correctional officers and probation officers. That is until five years ago, when those officers voted be represented by the Teamsters Union. “We lost an election in 2011, but we maintained...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
In politics, there’s a maxim that says you keep your friends close but your enemies closer. But what if it becomes easier to simply turn a potential enemy into a friend? That was the most pressing among many questions the Fraternal Order of Police wrestled with at a...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
This has been a tough week for American police. They’re learning the hard way that in today’s world, the cell phone is mightier than the gun. Someone Is Always Watching First, there was Alton Sterling. He made a small living trafficking in illegal goods –...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department will no longer report to the public whether individual deputies are deemed in or out of policy when they shoot suspects, after the union that represents rank and file objected. For months, such data had been available on the...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
MEMPHIS, TN – The new pension plan for Memphis City employees with fewer than seven and a half years on the job is now in place. Mayor Jim Strickland says, for younger employees, the new hybrid pension plan is better. But the police and firefighters association,...
