by Ron DeLord | Feb 14, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Jane Clary was certain she was going to die. She says a man robbed her and her friends at gunpoint a few hours after the Super Bowl on Lower Greenville. He ran away with their cash and they called the cops. After two calls and about 45 minutes of waiting, they just...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 14, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Pensions, Police, Politics, Unions
If you know one of the board members of the Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund or the still-new administration team for the pension fund, you might send them a note of thanks today – along with a couple of Advil. Much depends on whether the pension fund’s new...
by Ron DeLord | Feb 7, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Dallas Police Chief David Brown pulls no punches, because, at this point, he simply cannot afford to. “The pension fund is a very serious problem,” he said Tuesday, referring to what Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings calls “the billion-dollar hole” in the middle of the...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 14, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Dallas city council members grilled Police Chief David Brown on Monday over his claim that he needs more cops. At a Public Safety Committee meeting, council members Philip Kingston and Adam McGough challenged Brown’s assertion that a lack of officers has led to slower...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 28, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The Fort Worth Police Department could now make up a fully staffed unit out of Dallas officers they snatched up this year. Six out of seven of the Fort Worth department’s newest hires come from the Dallas Police Department, Fort Worth Sgt. Steve Enright said in an...
