by Ron DeLord | Mar 12, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
CLEVELAND (AP) — Members of a volunteer commission responsible for making recommendations about how Cleveland police officers treat citizens say the panel is finding its footing after a rocky start. The creation of an independent Community Police Commission is...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 12, 2016 | Police, Politics, Unions
The Suffolk County Police Department in New York, one of the largest and highest paid in the country, has been under federal scrutiny for years, and it got worse recently when its chief was arrested. The Justice Department, under U.S. Attorney Robert Capers, arrested...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 12, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A massive liability of at least $1 billion threatens to ruin Dallas finances this year. Back pay lawsuits by Dallas police officers and firefighters date back decades, but two of the cases are finally set for trials in August and December. Attorney Ted Lyon represents...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 12, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Pittsburgh police union and Mayor Bill Peduto’s administration squabbled Thursday over a controversial agreement that permitted suspended officers to collect overtime pay for hours they haven’t worked. Fraternal Order of Police Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 26, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
You have no First Amendment right to videotape or take pictures of police officers without a specific, critical reason for doing so, according to a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The court ruled Friday in Fields vs. City of...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 26, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
First it was an ultimatum. Now it’s an olive branch. A week after Miami’s police union president urged police departments across the nation to follow his lead and boycott Beyoncé concerts, Javier Ortiz now wants to sit down with the pop icon and mend fences. Speaking...
