The Fraternal Order of Police Pennsylvania Lodge, the Springfield Township Police Benevolent Association, and individual police officers Christian Wilbur, Robert Baiada, and Chris Calhoun, challenged a policy enacted by Springfield Township that restricted Township employees from displaying a Thin B
Prior to 2019, the City of Great Falls, Montana had collectively bargained workplace drug and alcohol use and testing policies with all its employees. The existing policy prohibited employee use of alcohol or drugs on city premises or while performing city business, and it allowed for temporary i
The Louisiana State Troopers Association (LSTA) is a labor organization representing over 90% of commissioned and classified state police troopers and a majority of state police trooper retirees.The Louisiana State Police Commission was established by the Louisiana Constitution and vested with br
Mark Meister began employment in a Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) covered position on September 1, 1991, and retired February 1, 2020. On January 31, 2020, for the pay period of January 16 to 31, he received a lump-sum payment for accrued vacation and compensatory time totaling $21,945.0
Sean Fowler and Amber Heidel were corrections officers at the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections at SCI-Huntington. In October 2022, while in the lounge area, Fowler repeatedly questioned Heidel about her injured arm, which required surgery. He nagged her about wanting to touch it, despite her
Mitch Bratton, the chief of police for the Village of Grayson, called the Louisiana State Police to report suspicions that the town clerk was stealing from the town. Louisiana State Police detectives went to Grayson to speak to Bratton and ask him to provide records related to the narcotics fund, b
The Ansonia FOP Local 913 brought a case against the City of Ansonia seeking to vacate an arbitration award. The arbitration stemmed from a disciplinary action taken against Detective Jonathan Troesser, a member of the FOP and an employee of the Ansonia Police Department. Troesser had filed an ano
In 2022, the city council for Baker City, Oregon, voted to discontinue ambulance service through the fire department, opting instead to provide only fire suppression services. Casey Husk, a former firefighter employed by the Baker City Fire Department, disagreed with this decision. He pursued recal
In 2022, the Akron Beacon Journal submitted multiple public records requests to the City of Akron and the Akron Police Department, seeking information related to three separate lethal use-of-force incidents involving Akron police officers.The first incident occurred on December 23, 2021, when police
From Washington:Question: We are researching the potential for limiting overtime hours an officer can work between rest periods. Our concern centers on the wellness and safety of our officers who work significant amounts of overtime outside their normal shifts either through covering shift vacancies
The Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 47, started gathering signatures for a representation election, and on February 7, 2024, the FOP notified the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office that 75% of their employees had voted “yes” for collective bargaining. The FOP also stated that it had met with Sheri
Reginald Brown was employed as a corporal and Interim Chief of Police for the Monroe Police Department (MPD) in Louisiana. On July 6, 2020, just before a contested mayoral election, officers informed Brown of an incident involving alleged excessive force. Brown notified the city attorney, placed the
Aimee Bodge and several other state troopers filed a lawsuit alleging that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had a policy of denying the accrual of benefits, specifically seniority, length-of-service credit, vacation time, and sick time, while an employee was on Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PF
Wayne Brown, a former Tulsa, Oklahoma police officer, brought a Section 1983 action against the City of Tulsa and Tulsa Police Chief Charles Jordan, alleging he was terminated in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment free speech rights and in violation of his equal protection rights.In Sept
In July 2019, Brent Bartlett, a Juneau, Alaska Police Department (JPD) officer, rear-ended Arlene Tripp’s car while Bartlett was off duty. Bartlett was found to be severely intoxicated, with a blood alcohol content of 0.239, nearly three times the legal limit, and subsequently pled guilty to drivin
In March 2020, Deputy Chief Pietro Martino of the Plainfield Fire Department in New Jersey taught a course on COVID-19. Timothy Burkhardt, a firefighter of Asian descent, fell asleep during the class. Martino took this opportunity to mock Burkhardt, asking him if he “just got back from Wuhan, and
Michael Burke was employed by the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office, in Oregon, from 1998 to 2007. His employment was terminated after an unreasonable use-of-force incident that occurred in May 2007. Burke placed a cooperative vehicle passenger under arrest using an armbar, which is a submission t
Between April and December 2020, Arthur Canaii, a firefighter for the Virgin Islands Fire Service (VIFS), requested legal representation from his Union multiple times, both orally and in writing, in response to what he alleged was disability discrimination, sexual harassment, unfair labor practices
Though the dispute in the following case did not specifically involve a public safety union, the implications for public sector bargaining of any kind are plainly apparent.AFSCME Council 25 and Wayne County, Michigan were party to a CBA which provided, in relevant part:“Unless otherwise specified, r
The Plain View Project, which collected Facebook posts and comments made by current and former police officers from across the United States, became publicly available in 2017. The database contained over 3,000 posts attributed to Philadelphia police officers, 593 of which were tied to the plaintif
Rhonda Staton was hired as a police officer by the City and County of Butte-Silver Bow (BSB), Montana in 2001, and she was promoted to detective in 2008. In 2017, she received a verbal reprimand for tardiness, and another in 2018 for refusing to investigate underage drinking at a football game. In
In the summer of 2021, Deputy Sheriff R.L. and his wife attended a party together where R.L. drank and became angry. After they returned home, R.L.’s wife contacted friends and told them that R.L. was drunk and belligerent, having put her in handcuffs and threatened to arrest her. The friends notifi
Nick Martens was a police officer in the city of Marion, Iowa. Martens also served as the president of the Marion Policeman’s Protective Association. In that capacity, Martens sent an email to management reporting a complaint on behalf of a Union member which allegedly contained factual inaccuracie
Leroy Williams, a special police officer with the District of Columbia’s Department of General Services (DGS), was terminated in August 2019 for conduct relating to two unauthorized traffic stops the previous March. Upon receiving a final notice of separation, Williams was presented with three optio