At last week’s meeting of City Council’s Audit and Finance Committee, chair Alison Alter thanked city staff for their work over the past several years to ensure a sound pension system for all...
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – May marks Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness of the issue and reduce mental health stigma. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Ser...
Taser maker and police contractor Axon has announced a new product called “Draft One,” an AI that can generate police reports from body cam audio. As Forbes reports, it’s a brazen and w...
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling’s decision not to discipline nine police officers tied to the right-wing extremist group the Oath Keepers is being reviewed by Chicago Inspector Gen...
During the 2024 legislative session, lawmakers passed a sweeping bill addressing issues important to Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis. Patronis is also the state’s fire marshal, a...
A Portland Police Association-backed ballot initiative that would have asked voters to require the city to boost patrol officers and establish a detoxification center is unconstitutional, a j...
For the first time, a Colorado police agency is utilizing Axon artificial intelligence in order to complete their daily police reports. Fort Collins Police Services is in the trial phase, with ne...
IAFF Local 1148 represents firefighters in the City of Meriden, Connecticut. The parties were bound by a CBA spanning July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2015. The parties exercised a wage reopener provisi...
IAFF Local 1148 represents firefighters in the City of Meriden, Connecticut. The parties were bound by a CBA spanning July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2015. The parties exercised a wage reopener provisi...
James Taylor and Sheldon Scott were police officers in South Bend, Indiana. Taylor began in 1993 and was promoted to detective in 2005. He received numerous disciplinary actions, warnings, and re...
Justin Kerschner began working as a Corrections Officer in 2012, most recently at the State Correctional Institution at Frackville, Pennsylvania (SCI-Frackville). Kerschner was a member of the Pe...
The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) is a federal statute which sets forth requirements for qualified retired law enforcement officers to concealed-carry firearms throughout the United...
Ryan Chapman is a Deputy in the Caddo Parish, Louisiana Sheriff’s Office (CPSO). In March 2021, CPSO received a tip about the whereabouts of Chad Deloach, a wanted felon with an active arrest w...
Stanley Mason worked as a police officer with the City of Waco, Texas Police Department for about 25 years until his resignation in 2019. Beginning in 2016, he hosted a Facebook Live broadcast, a...
Brandon Lauck is a firefighter for the City of Columbus, Ohio Fire Department. In 2021, Lauck took an examination for a lieutenant promotion. The CBA between the City and Lauck’s union, IAFF Lo...
Robert Hendricks is the local vice president of the Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association (PSCOA) at Progress Community Corrections Center (PCCC). In February 2021, Lieutenant Allen...
Kenneth Hagel was a police officer in the Borough of Sea Girt, New Jersey Police Department. He began working full-time at the Department in 1993, while also working as a Navy reservist. Hagel wa...
Piscataway Township and the Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 93 are parties to a CBA covering the employment of Township police officers. The CBA includes the following policy regarding...
The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C. and the Fraternal Order of Police negotiated a contract spanning October 1, 2020, through September 30, 2023. That contract included (1) new...
From Washington:Question: To what extent does “other duties as assigned” allow an employer to go? Is this all encompassing or what are the limitations? We hear this question a lot from our gu...
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors this week unanimously ratified a three-year collective bargaining contract with county firefighters — Loudoun’s first-ever collective bargaining agreem...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Fire Union rank-and file members have voted no on the contract negotiated with the city, Union President Jeff Taylor said. According to Taylor, 51 percent of firefi...
https://lris.com/recent-developments/2024/05/louisville-firefighters-vote-no-on-new-5-year-contract/
ATLANTA – The life expectancy of a police officer is only 66 years, according to the Atlanta police union. The organization is asking the mayor and city council to address that disturbing ...
The Austin Police Association can only watch the lawsuit over the future of the Austin Police Oversight Act play out from the sidelines following a decision by the 3rd Court of Appeals last wee...
LEWISTON, Maine — When in an emergency, you want help to arrive as soon as possible. As frontline workers themselves, Lewiston firefighters in the union said it has higher expectations for the ...