by Ron DeLord | Jul 19, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R) and Rep. Roger Williams (R-Tex.), both hard-line conservatives, condemned critics of recent officer-involved shootings and suggested that they bore some responsibility for the shooting deaths of five Dallas police officers on...
by Ron DeLord | Jun 26, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Fire, Labor, Police, Politics, Public Employees (Non-Sworn), Unions
Montgomery County Council President Nancy Floreen, who led the effort this spring to trim previously negotiated pay raises from public employee union contracts, is proposing legislation to bring what she calls more “balance” to the county’s collective bargaining...
by Ron DeLord | May 17, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
Legislation set to be introduced to Congress on Thursday would create a new national standard for when police officers can use deadly force and require police academies to teach officers de-escalation techniques — the latest in a series of measures to be proposed...
by Ron DeLord | Apr 10, 2016 | Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
With tensions high over police shootings, an influential Washington police think tank recently proposed a new approach: retraining officers to avoid conflict whenever possible and stressing the “sanctity of life” of everyone involved, not just the officers’. While...
by Ron DeLord | Mar 27, 2016 | Collective Bargaining, Labor, Police, Politics, Unions
In a fascinating paper made public earlier this month, University of Chicago law professor John Rappaport points to a powerful but unlikely resource that is quietly reforming police departments across the country: the insurance industry. Many cities take out policies,...