Chris Callaway, a Texas Ranger, had seen more than his share of trauma. By 2017, the job had taken its toll, and he took medical leave for alcoholism and PTSD. He transferred back to the Criminal Investigations Division in 2018, then took more leave in late 2019 for inpatient treatment.On January 15
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) filed an improper practice charge after the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) terminated William MacDonald, a Plant Utility Engineer 1 at Hudson Correctional Facility who also served as the CSEA local president.
Christopher Handler, a corporal with the Brunswick Police Department in Maryland, received two letters of reprimand in August 2023: one for a speeding complaint and another for alleged unprofessional conduct toward a supervisor. Neither incident involved misconduct toward a member of the public. Han
Brad Wendt, the Chief of Police of Adair, Iowa, also owned two firearms stores. After obtaining Special Occupancy Tax status allowing him to purchase machine guns, he began writing “law letters” on Adair Police Department letterhead — ninety of them over four years. He claimed machine guns were for
The Village of Hatch Police Officers Association in New Mexico filed a prohibited practice complaint after the Village unilaterally terminated its take-home vehicle (THV) program in September 2025. The program, implemented through a 2020 resolution and general order, allowed officers to take poli
Camille Smicz, a longtime 911 dispatcher for the Deschutes County, Oregon 911 Service District, sought workers’ compensation benefits related to her duties as a dispatcher. “Over her 20 years as a dispatcher, [Smicz] assisted by phone with many alarming and disturbing situations,” and in filing her
On November 12, 2024, Bruce Markovich, the Lansford Borough Council President in Pennsylvania, approached Sergeant Shawn Nunemacher, the FOP Schuylkill-Carbon Lodge 13 representative, as he entered the Borough office. Markovich began speaking first, pointing his finger but remaining outwardly cal
The Director of Unfair Practices for the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission dismissed an unfair practice charge against the City of Camden, holding that the City’s outside labor counsel lacked the authority to bind the municipality to a settlement agreement in the disciplinary matter
On January 23, 2022, Massachusetts’s Medford Firefighters Union President Walter Buckley filed a Step 1 grievance challenging the City of Medford’s refusal to allow firefighter Thomas E. Dunn to assume a light duty position. On May 20, 2022, Buckley filed another Step 1 grievance protesting the Ci
A Clark County juvenile probation officer in Nevada was terminated after a federally required background check revealed that he had failed to disclose prior discipline and had resigned from a previous position while under investigation for misconduct involving juvenile residents. The County determi
Vincent Antenucci, a New Jersey State Trooper, sought to avoid repayment of approximately $29,000 in salary overpayments that accumulated over several years due to an administrative error in his pay classification. After being promoted in 2012, Antenucci was mistakenly placed at a higher salary le
Christopher Cooper, a corrections sergeant assigned on detached duty to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Training Academy and serving as Vice President and Chief Grievance Officer for the Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association (PSCOA), filed a grievance alleging that an into
In 2020, the New York State Legislature repealed Civil Rights Law § 50-a, which, since 1976, had provided absolute protection for police officers’, corrections officers’, and certain peace officers’ personnel records used to evaluate job performance. The same legislative package added amendments to
Matthew Nathe, a correctional officer employed by Orange County in New York and an elected delegate of the Orange County Corrections Officers’ Benevolent Association (OCCOBA), circulated a petition seeking a special union meeting to reconsider the union’s bargaining demands. At the time, the OCCOBA
Kady-Ann Cox, an African-American police officer employed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), filed suit after SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestel terminated her employment in 2019. Cox alleged that the termination was motivated by race discrimination and asserted claim
Steven Matthew Lassiter was a deputy with the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina. The Sheriff’s Office had a policy allowing deputies to seek approval for off-duty employment. In 2017, Truesdell Corporation was awarded a state contract for bridge repair work on I-95. The contract req
The Estate of Donovan Lewis brought a federal civil rights action against the City of Columbus, Ohio, and the Columbus police chief, alleging that Lewis’s fatal shooting by a police officer resulted from an official policy or custom of racially discriminatory policing and excessive force. The compla
On November 4, 2024, the City of Pleasantville, New Jersey, passed Resolution 177, updating its vehicle use policy to prohibit personal use and commuting with police vehicles except for essential Department heads. Eight days later, on November 12, Police Chief Stacy Schlachter issued a memorandum in
In October 2023, the Onondaga County Sheriff’s administration in New York proposed changing the work schedule for deputy sheriffs in the Custody Department from an eight-hour day, four-days-on, two-days-off schedule to a ten-hour day, 4-3-4-4 schedule. Chief John Drapikowski conveyed the proposal
Officer Farouqah Idris, a correctional officer employed by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, served as vice president of her local union and AFSCME’s designated co-chair of the Labor-Management Committee (LMC) at Maryland Correctional Institution–Jessup. Under th
Matthew Keil, a deputy sheriff in Chesapeake, Virginia, was demoted following an internal affairs investigation into a jailhouse incident involving inmates and subordinate deputies he supervised. After his demotion, Keil requested access to records related to the investigation, including interviews
On March 21, 2024, Deputy “RG” emailed the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon payroll office and the Multnomah County Corrections Deputy Association president, requesting to withdraw his union membership and cancel his dues deductions. Two other deputies followed suit around the same time
William Shelton was a police officer employed by the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) in Ohio. Outside of his police duties, Shelton also performed as a rap artist and maintained several public social-media accounts. Although supervisors were aware that Shelton made music, his public Y
The Ohio Township Police Association in Pennsylvania filed a grievance after Ohio Township refused to place a police officer (Officer) on administrative duty under Pennsylvania’s Act 59, which governs the treatment of law enforcement officers experiencing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder