Labor Relations Information System

Rick Poulson interviews attorney Lance LoRusso, founder of the Blue Line Institute. They discuss Lance’s background as a sworn police officer and a police attorney, as well as the current chall...

https://lris.com/2024/05/first-thursday-may-2024/

MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Fire Department launched on Monday, April 29 a new initiative to provide first responders with essential mental health support.  “As everybody’s aware, the fi...

https://lris.com/2024/05/mental-health-support-for-milwaukee-firefighters-new-initiative-launched/

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Columbus police union members and the city have a new contract months after the previous one expired. Councilmembers on Monday unanimously passed the $80.4 million tent...

https://lris.com/2024/05/columbus-city-council-passes-emergency-contract-with-police-union/

Loudoun County firefighters voted to approve their first collective bargaining agreement after 16 months of negotiations with the county, the firefighters’ union announced this week. The Board ...

https://lris.com/2024/05/county-firefighters-ratify-collective-bargaining-agreement/

Rank-and-file Seattle police officers voted in favor of a new, partial three-year contract that, if approved by the Seattle City Council, will give them immediate retroactive raises totaling 23...

https://lris.com/2024/05/seattle-police-union-approves-new-contract-with-retroactive-raises/

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a former Milwaukee police officer was properly fired for posting racist memes related to the arrest of an NBA player that t...

https://lris.com/2024/05/court-upholds-milwaukee-police-officers-firing-for-posting-racist-memes-after-sterling-brown-arrest/

PHILADELPHIA — Police departments across the United States are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd, which le...

https://lris.com/2024/04/police-officer-hiring-in-us-increases-in-2023-after-years-of-decline-survey-shows/

Duty. Honor. Bravery. The excitement of working in a high-stakes job that rarely involves the same situation twice. Investigating cyber crimes and catching predators. Preventing kids from becomin...

https://lris.com/2024/04/new-hampshire-police-departments-face-fluctuating-worrisome-officer-shortages/

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Asheville Firefighter Association has been dealing with the ongoing issue of high turnover, mainly stemming from pay and retention rates — and that means a staff...

https://lris.com/2024/04/asheville-fire-dept-struggle-to-retain-crews-due-to-pay-is-impacting-emergency-response/

WAUKESHA, Wis. — The Waukesha Fire Department is working on a new concept: that they are always hiring. This move comes as the fire department looks to stay ahead of worker shortage. TMJ4 News ...

https://lris.com/2024/04/new-hiring-process-gets-waukesha-military-member-working-as-a-firefighter-faster/

The Metropolitan Police Department is terminating 21 senior officers, including a dozen who had past disciplinary actions. They were all senior police officers who had retired and then were rehir...

https://lris.com/2024/04/dc-police-will-fire-20-senior-officers-including-some-with-past-disciplinary-actions/

Twinsburg is facing an unfair labor practice charge from the union representing the city’s police officers. The charge alleges the city isn’t filling the union’s records requests. The cha...

https://lris.com/2024/04/twinsburg-police-union-files-unfair-labor-practice-charge-against-city/

Louisville Metro Council approved union contracts for police officers Thursday night. Louisville Metro Police Department officers will get multiple raises in the coming years, as part of new cont...

https://lris.com/2024/04/what-is-and-isnt-in-louisvilles-new-police-contracts/

INDIANAPOLIS — Federal funding meant to hire more officers in Indianapolis’ police department has been repurposed to keep the ones they have after the vacant positions went unfulfilled for th...

https://lris.com/2024/04/staffing-woes-impd-drops-100-arpa-funded-positions-to-focus-on-retention/

Top-rated cops who stick around despite being eligible to retire are now getting a sizable bump in pension — as lawmakers try to retain qualified officers after a massive exodus at the NYPD, Th...

https://lris.com/2024/04/top-rated-nypd-cops-to-get-12k-more-each-year-in-pensions-as-city-tries-to-slow-staff-exodus/

The Los Angeles Police Department has graduated an average of 31 recruits in its past 10 academy classes, a Times review shows, about half the number needed to keep pace with Mayor Karen Bass’ ...

https://lris.com/2024/04/lapds-recruiting-woes-laid-bare-only-30-officers-per-class-analysis-shows/

“Relationships matter,” is the core principle by which Chief Marcia Harnden lives and leads. This mantra, while often repeated by numerous leaders, tends to meet skepticism among veterans who...

https://lris.com/2024/04/from-critical-leave-to-officer-napping-how-chief-marcia-harnden-is-shaping-culture-and-wellness/

An arbitrator has ruled that the city must reinstate Ryan Pownall to his former job as a Philadelphia police officer — 1½ years after a judge dismissed criminal charges, including third-degree...

https://lris.com/2024/04/fired-philly-cop-ryan-pownall-whose-murder-case-in-controversial-shooting-was-dismissed-by-judge-can-get-job-back-arbitrator-rules/

The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision this week in favor of a St. Louis police sergeant was almost universally cast as a win for workers, who now have a lower bar for proving discrimination ...

https://lris.com/2024/04/dei-lives-on-after-supreme-court-ruling-but-critics-see-an-opening/

Chicago’s largest police union has given formal notice that it will appeal a court ruling that would open hearings on major disciplinary cases to the public. In a court filing, lawyers for Fr...

https://lris.com/2024/04/chicago-police-union-files-notice-of-appeal-in-case-that-would-open-serious-discipline-cases-to-the-public/

Brookhaven Borough officials have announced that they have placed their police chief on paid administrative leave pending an investigation of internal workplace complaints within the police depar...

https://lris.com/2024/04/brookhaven-places-police-chief-on-leave-amid-acrimony-in-the-delaware-county-borough/

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – A Fayetteville firefighter who died from cancer has been ruled as a death in the line of duty, officials said Tuesday. According to a news release from the Fayetteville Fir...

https://lris.com/2024/04/fayetteville-firefighter-who-died-from-cancer-ruled-as-line-of-duty-death/

Facing a state of emergency since July, some retired Vallejo police officers are starting to return to work full-time, thanks to California Senate Bill SB 1379. The bill — introduced in Februar...

https://lris.com/2024/04/assessing-the-implications-of-retired-vallejo-police-officers-returning-full-time/

Capt. Mark Egloff received the Buffalo Fire Department’s first-ever line-of-duty cancer diagnosis. Thanks to early detection, he’s now cancer-free, back on the job and sharing his story. As C...

https://lris.com/2024/04/i-lucked-out-cancer-screening-partnership-saves-buffalo-firefighters-life/

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An attorney for the city’s largest police union is taking the NYPD’s new uniform policy to task. The Police Benevolent Association has sent a “cease and desist” le...

https://lris.com/2024/04/police-union-challenges-nypds-new-uniform-grooming-policy-report/