by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Senators representing Baltimore are pushing to put two civilian members with full voting rights on police trial boards in the city to increase the department’s public accountability. Baltimore’s Senate delegation met briefly Friday to discuss an amendment...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Howard County’s auditor is recommending the county clearly delineate the purpose of union leave after a Feb. 24 investigation found employees of the sheriff’s office misused union leave. The administration is exploring options to recover misused taxpayer...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 13, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
One of the chief architects of an omnibus police accountability bill said Tuesday that she’ll push for changes to provisions advocates say would move the state backward. Sen. Catherine E. Pugh told her Senate colleagues that “there’s always room for...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 7, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
An high-ranking Baltimore police union official was reassigned from patrol work to building security after a coalition of city activists demanded his firing for what they considered “offensive” tweets posted to his personal Twitter account. The activists...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 7, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is recommending 11 changes to Maryland’s Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, which critics say is too protective of officers accused of wrongdoing. In a letter sent to state Sen. Catherine E. Pugh and Del. Curt...