ORLANDO, FL — Orlando District Fire Chief Alissa Baussan has initiated legal action against the City of Orlando, alleging workplace discrimination and retaliation.Baussan has been with the Fire Department for more than two decades and worked her way up to the District Fire Chief position. She conte
MADISON, WI – Today Representatives Bob Donovan and Clinton Anderson, along with Senators Jesse James and Brad Pfaff, introduced LRB-2712. The bill creates a pilot program providing grants to small law enforcement agencies that would cover labor costs and unreimbursed training costs associated with
BALTIMORE — Labor negotiations are getting contentious between Baltimore City and the local Fraternal Order of Police.On May 29, members of the Baltimore Police union rejected the City’s latest offer by a resounding 99.4 percent. Both parties are attempting to renegotiate an expiring Memorandum of U
The head of the Houston Police Department has formally rescinded a policy requiring officers to make at least one traffic stop per day, just before a City Council vote that could outlaw such quotas. In a memo to Mayor John Whitmire’s office, Police Chief Noe Diaz said the directive no longer aligns
BOSTON, MA — A state agency determined that a female police officer in Bridgewater was unlawfully passed over for promotion and should ascend to a lieutenant position with nearly two years of back pay.As the NBC10 Boston Investigators first reported last year, Kelly Chuilli accused the police chief
SEATTLE, WA — Former Seattle police Chief Adrian Diaz filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Seattle and Mayor Bruce Harrell, alleging he was wrongfully terminated for refusing to fire at least one officer without due process at Harrell’s command and was retaliated against with a rushed inves
BROOKLINE, MA — Brookline firefighters this week took to the sidewalk outside Town Hall to protest a decision by the town to reduce minimum staffing levels.Town leaders say the change is necessary to ease strains on the town budget caused by ballooning firefighter overtime. The firefighters union sa
US President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted on fraud and bribery charges.A jury found former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins guilty of accepting more than $75,000 (£55,000) in bribes last December, in exchange for making several businessmen into
Brookline, MA — Brookline firefighters this week took to the sidewalk outside Town Hall to protest a decision by the town to reduce minimum staffing levels.Town leaders say the change is necessary to ease strains on the town budget caused by ballooning firefighter overtime. The firefighters union sa
Southbridge, MA — The state Department of Correction is lowering the minimum age requirement to become an officer from 21 to 19 in hopes of expanding recruitment while the workforce continues to confront dangerous conditions.Officials announced the age adjustment as the officers’ union slammed the d
Albany, NY — The New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association has filed a lawsuit against the Division of State Police, alleging that former Trooper Jamie Kasper was wrongfully terminated due to retaliation and gender bias following a positive drug test.Continue reading at News 6
Raleigh, NC — Proposed pay increases for city staff, including Raleigh police officers, reflect a new study that most employees and the public haven’t seen. City Manager Marchell Adams-David based the recommended increases in her $1.78 billion recommended budget on a new classification and compensat
Rochester, N.Y — Nearly half of those fired during the illegal statewide correctional officer’s strike earlier this year have applied to potentially get their jobs back.Around 3,300 formal complaints have been filed by correctional officers who were fired March 11, according to James Miller, directo
Augusta County, VA — A former Augusta County deputy is suing Sheriff Donald Smith in federal court for $5.35 million amid allegations he created a hostile work environment, violated the former employee’s constitutional rights and sent him numerous text messages, some of which were allegedly sexually
Cincinnati, OH — Several high-ranking Cincinnati police officers are suing the city and Police Chief Teresa Theetge on claims the department’s leadership is discriminating against White lieutenants in making assignment decisions.The lawsuit, filed on May 19 in federal court in Cincinnati, alleges th
The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday that it is moving to drop police reform agreements, known as consent decrees, that the Biden-era department reached with the cities of Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis. The court-enforceable agreements were born out of probes launched after the 20
NEW YORK — The unions representing the FDNY’s Emergency Medical Services workers are endorsing Justin Brannan’s campaign for city comptroller, a move that highlights a rift unfolding inside the Fire Department’s labor ranks over who to back in the competitive race.Leaders of the two EMS unions, Loca
LOS ANGELES — A key committee of the Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to cut the number of employees targeted for layoff by Mayor Karen Bass by more than half, bringing the total down to an estimated 650.The council’s budget committee took steps to save more than 1,000 jobs by pursuing an array
AKRON, OH — Akron officials say the city cannot accept a fact finder’s recommendations in ongoing contract negotiations with the police union without imperiling its finances.Akron City Council voted 11-2 on May 16 to reject the report, meaning differences the city and union have been unable to overc
LOS ANGELES — The family of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the law enforcement agency after he died from being critically injured in a fire that broke out inside a mobile gun range.Deputy Alfredo “Freddy” Flores died April 20 after enduring third-
HOUSTON, Texas — With a historic pay raise for Houston police officers expected to be approved on Wednesday, the organization representing Harris County deputies is sounding the alarm, warning that the wage gap could trigger a mass departure from the sheriff’s office, endangering public safety.Less
AKRON, OH — Akron officials say the city cannot accept a fact finder’s recommendations in ongoing contract negotiations with the police union without imperiling its finances.The council majority’s vote came after Akron Mayor Shammas Malik told them the city cannot currently afford the requested wage
PORTLAND, OR — Polling conducted last month on behalf of business interests shows more than two-thirds of Portland voters would support a ballot measure requiring the city to maintain a police force at the same scale as other large U.S. cities—in effect, nearly doubling the number of sworn officers.
BEAUMONT, TX — Some Beaumont residents seem to have their own issues with the city’s firefighters’ union after multiple people took the public comment period at a recent City Council meeting to express concerns regarding a vote of no confidence in Fire Chief Earl White.At the Beaumont City Council’s
