by Ron DeLord | Mar 12, 2016 | Police, Politics, Unions
The Suffolk County Police Department in New York, one of the largest and highest paid in the country, has been under federal scrutiny for years, and it got worse recently when its chief was arrested. The Justice Department, under U.S. Attorney Robert Capers, arrested...
by Ron DeLord | Nov 10, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics
Amid the recent pressure on police to wear body cameras, one thing is often overlooked: Not all cameras are created equal. In fact, cameras vary a lot — and the variations — some contentious — can have a profound effect on how the cameras are used and who benefits...
by rondelord | May 4, 2015 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Chuck Canterbury, the national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, about changing law enforcement and the rioting in Baltimore. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: For more, we turn to Chuck Canterbury. He’s the national president...
by rondelord | Feb 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Late last month, during a meeting of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, a shoving match broke out among members of the public — some of them off-duty police officers. The cause of the tension was a proposal to create a new civilian oversight authority for the police....