by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Police, Politics, Unions
Both groups help communities and fear being lumped in with the bad apples, says Officer Kristi Weil. There are few jobs that require employees, in the course of performing routine duties, to check in every few minutes to assure co-workers they are not seriously...
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
When members of the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx wore T-shirts with a message seeking change following the deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, who were both fatally shot by police officers last week, they weren’t the only group taking action Saturday....
by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
DETROIT (AP) – (07/11/16) – A white Detroit police detective has been demoted after calling the Black Lives Matter movement “racists” and “terrorists.” Nate Weekley posted the remarks on Facebook in response to the fatal shooting of...
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 23, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The story was reported by Jenna Russell, Michael Rezendes, Maria Cramer, Scott Helman, and Todd Wallack of the Globe Spotlight Team. It was written by Russell. Shadows stretched across the living room, the gray October afternoon giving way to night, as David Hill...
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...
