by Ron DeLord | Jul 23, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Dallas Police Chief, David O. Brown, once said that “trust is hard to earn and easy to lose.” Since taking the reins of the police force in 2010, Brown has taken that principle to heart, transforming Dallas into a national symbol of community policing even as the...
by Ron DeLord | Jan 24, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
As argument commenced at the Supreme Court last Monday, most eyes were on Justice Antonin Scalia. While still the Court’s conservative paterfamilias, union supporters were looking to Scalia as a potential swing vote in their favor in the case, Friedrichs v....
by Ron DeLord | Dec 8, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
When activists associated with Black Lives Matter launched Campaign Zero in September, many policy experts remarked favorably on the policing reforms it encompassed: Now Campaign Zero has announced a similarly impressive effort to clarify its call for “fair police...
by rondelord | May 22, 2015 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing released its final, 116-page report on Monday after six months of work. And the boldest proposal made by former Attorney General Eric Holder was nowhere to be found. The study included dozens of recommendations for...
by rondelord | Dec 17, 2014 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
When Frank Serpico, the most famous police whistleblower of his generation, reflected on years of law-enforcement corruption in the New York Police Department, he assigned substantial blame to a commissioner who failed to hold rank-and-file cops accountable....