by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
As an advocate for victims of police brutality and their families, Michelle Gross has alternately worked with and needled Minneapolis city officials. During 30 years of activism, Gross has pursued many, if not most, ways for residents to improve police accountability,...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 8, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Only a fool would try to argue against the virtues of putting more cops on the streets. It’s like arguing that your family wouldn’t benefit by expanding a basic home security system to include remote surveillance, motion sensors and a panic button. Such extras hold...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The president of the Cleveland Ohio police union warns that cops and convention goers are “sitting ducks” at the 2016 Republican National Convention. The City of Cleveland is ill-equipped to handle the thousands of professional leftist, Black Lives Matter, and other...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Ohio State Troopers Association overwhelmingly rejected the state’s contract offer, with 92 percent voting against ratification. The vote, which closed Wednesday night, was 1,491 to 127, union officials announced Thursday. The state and Ohio State Troopers...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Officer Joe Belfiore climbed into a patrol car one day in 2003, early in his career with the Metropolitan Police Department, and was greeted with a peculiar question from his field training officer, a veteran of more than 15 years. It’s a routine courtesy question for...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a law that allows municipal workers to live outside city borders, ending a longstanding policy in Milwaukee that required workers like teachers, police and firefighters to reside there. The court’s 5-2...
