by Ron DeLord | Jun 6, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Taydren Young’s son was seven months old when his father was shot in North Dallas earlier this year. Maria Arteaga-Manuel left behind 22 grandchildren after being killed in her Dallas apartment this month. These are just two of the 60 people who have been murdered so...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
After eight years with the Dallas Police Department, Kenneth King headed west earlier this year in search of a better life. He didn’t have to go far. King is one of eight officers who in recent months have joined the Fort Worth Police Department, where his base salary...
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 | Apr 25, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
Earlier this month, after Mayor Mike Rawlings took the blame for the city’s crime increase, he didn’t get much forgiveness from Charles Terrell, longtime chairman of the cop-boosting group Safer Dallas. The city has “done a horrible job of keeping up with public...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 13, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Dallas Police Chief David Brown said Wednesday that he is confident the City Council wants to grow the police department again. “I do get the sense, unequivocally, that they are supportive of what we need,” Brown said. Brown has already asked for 50 officers above the...
