by Ron DeLord | Feb 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Records detailing police misconduct and serious use of force, long kept confidential, could become public in California if legislation announced Friday is passed into law. State Sen. Mark Leno, seeking to tighten accountability amid a national conversation over police...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
A recent state arbitration decision with the Boston Police’s Detectives Benevolent Society could cost the City $23 million this year in back pay – and another $9 million per year going forward – and now is in front of a frustrated City Council committee. In late...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 26, 2016 | Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House has given initial approval to a bill dealing with donations to unions from public employees. Backers call the legislation, “paycheck protection.” Opponents call it “paycheck deception.” The bill would bar the taking of...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 26, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Should the government be allowed to keep the names of police officers secret from the news media and public? A bill moving forward in Virginia would do that, and it’s drawing sharp criticism from open records advocates who say the names are an important tool in...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 26, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
On January 29, 2016, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) made recommendations for use-of-force evaluation standards that deviate considerably from the Supreme Court’s ruling in Graham v. Connor, and that “agencies must provide comprehensive new training, new...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation overhauling the state’s badly underfunded public safety worker pension plan. Tuesday’s signing comes after the Legislature spent the past two weeks debating and making small changes to the...
