by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Unions
The city of Portland, Oregon, and the local police union have reportedly arrived at a tentative deal on a new three-year-labor contract, one that would increase the top salaries for various positions by three percent a year for three years, bringing max pay to about...
by Ron DeLord | Sep 20, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The New York Times editorial board on Saturday issued the paper’s strongest call yet for reforming police union contracts that often prevent officers from being held accountable when they harm civilians. Positioning the issue as fundamental to the maintenance of...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
The LAPD Police Commission, a civilian review board that works with the Chief of Police to oversee the department and help set policy,voted unanimously yesterday to implement new “use-of-force policies that emphasize de-escalation and the use of minimal force in...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics
At tonight’s Democratic presidential debate in Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) pledged that if elected, deaths while in police custody would trigger an “automatic” federal investigation. NBC News moderators Lester Holt and Andrea Mitchell presented the...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 7, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Did last month’s mistrial of an officer charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore man who died of a severed spine while in police custody, reveal a paradox that limits the potential of achieving serious police reform through the legal...