by Ron DeLord | May 4, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
An annual city budget has only so much money to spread among many and competing needs. Property values and sales taxes rise and fall. Infrastructure demands pile up; everything seems to cost more, salary and service, as the population grows. Even in Dallas, with...
by Ron DeLord | May 4, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Today, San Antonio Chief of Police William McManus and San Antonio City Manager Sheryl Sculley announced the start of a new class at the San Antonio Police Academy. This class is actually known as Cadet Class 2016 Bravo. As of April 25 according to an open records...
by Ron DeLord | May 2, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo has been reprimanded, stripped of five days’ pay and warned his job is in jeopardy after his boss said he didn’t follow orders to stop discussing the controversial police shooting of an unarmed teen in February. At the center of the...
by Ron DeLord | May 2, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Two months ago, Miami police union president Javier Ortiz rattled the Beyhive when he called for a boycott of Beyoncé’s upcoming concert at Marlins Park, the first stop on her 40-date Formation World Tour. Ortiz deemed the superstar’s message...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
As president of the San Antonio Police Officers Association for almost a decade, Mike Helle has lobbied city leaders, defended officers accused of misconduct and sometimes sparred with community activists or the police chief. Helle said he prefers to work behind the...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 25, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Is there room in the labor movement for racist, Trump-supporting cops? The single most loathsome figure associated with the NYPD is the head of its police union, who staunchly defends bad cops and fights reforms with inflammatory rhetoric. As the nationwide drumbeat...
