Firefighters working for the Wilmington Fire Department in The City of Wilmington, Delaware, are represented by IAFF Local 1590. For more than three decades, the Department had prohibited sick leave abuse under General Rule 15:11, classifying such misconduct as a Class F Violation subject to progres
Richard Schneiter, a deputy warden at the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, was discharged after posting memes on his personal Facebook page that denigrated Muslims. The memes, visible to over 1,200 Facebook friends — many of whom were current or former Department employees — included one compari
Daniel Corbo, a police officer in East Pikeland Township, Pennsylvania, alleged that the District Attorney’s Office placed him on a Brady list that barred him from testifying in any court in Chester County, effectively jeopardizing his employment.Corbo alleged that his inclusion on the list stemmed
On March 1, 2023, the County of San Bernardino’s Chief Probation Officer, Tracy Reece, announced that probation officers would be placed on 30-day rotations in juvenile detention facilities due to staffing shortages and safety concerns following a violent incident at the ARISE facility on February 2
An employee of the City of Las Vegas lodged a complaint against Deputy City Marshal Sergeant John Arvanites, prompting an internal investigation. Deputy City Marshal Sergeant Jonathon Burdette was identified as a witness in the same investigation. Due to the nature of the allegations – harassment an
In 2023, private plaintiffs and the State of New York reached a settlement agreement with the City of New York, the New York City Police Department and its leadership, and NYPD officers in their individual and official capacities regarding police actions and practices in response to demonstrations t
James Prudenti, a Park Ranger II and Sergeant in Charge of Firearms Training and Certification for the Suffolk County Department of Parks, was terminated on July 27, 2022, after abruptly leaving a meeting with his supervisor, Steve Laton, to seek union representation. The United Public Service Emplo
On April 11, 2024, Lieutenant Mark Tennancour and Dan Thenell, the attorney for Franklin County Corrections Guild/Washington Fraternal Order of Police, organized a lunch meeting during a mandatory training session for corrections staff of Franklin County, Washington. The meeting was approved by Sher
IAFF Local 2216 and the City of Compton, California, were bound by an MOU that included provisions for premium pay. Under Article 26 of the MOU, firefighters “regularly assigned” as paramedics received a percentage of their base pay as additional compensation, while fire captains and engineers maint
Alexander Smith, a Christian firefighter and Air Mask Technician for Atlantic City, New Jersey, sued the City after being denied his request to wear a beard, which he believed was mandated by his faith. “Smith believes men should grow and maintain beards based on the teachings of Holy Scripture and
John Babcock had been the president of the Newton Police Association in Massachusetts between 1996 until his promotion in 2009; by 2014, he had a new leadership role as vice-president of the Newton Police Superior Officers Association, and by 2016, he was leading that union as president. That year,
Thomas Scott, the Chief of Police in Jenkintown Borough, Pennsylvania, since April 2022, initiated a performance evaluation system in late 2022. At that time, no formal evaluation system was in place, though sporadic evaluations had occurred up to 2012. On October 27, 2022, Chief Scott emailed Jenki
The 2011 CBA between the union representing New Haven, Connecticut, police officers and the City of New Haven expired on June 30, 2016. The City and Union were unable to negotiate a new agreement before that date. Under state law, the New Haven police officers continued to work under the terms of th
New York’s Ulster County Sheriff’s Employees Association President, Carel Soltys, filed a grievance in October 2022 challenging overtime distribution practices and later disseminated a controversial letter from other corrections officers to union members in December 2022. In between these events, So
Police officers at the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Agency) sought hazardous pay differentials for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing exposure to the virus while patrolling and screening individuals at the facility. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodg
In 2022, three Washington State Patrol (WSP) troopers, Joseph McClain, Linda Allen, and Jacob Payne, brought suit in their individual capacities against the WSP, arguing that the WSP’s commute pay policies violated the state’s Minimum Wage Act (MWA) by failing to compensate them for hours spent com
Martin Misjuns, a Fire Captain and paramedic with the Lynchburg Fire Department in Virginia, posted offensive cartoons on his public Facebook page in January 2021 depicting transgender women in bathrooms and sports. Citizens complained to city officials, describing the content as “vile,” “hateful,”
Chad Rossy, a corporal in the Mount Olive Police Department in New Jersey, who also served as president of the local Fraternal Order of Police, fled suit against the Department, the mayor of Mount Olive, the Council of the Township of Mount Olive, and Police Chief Stephen Beecher, alleging that Beec
In May 2021, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, voters approved a ballot initiative amending the County’s administrative code to impose new restrictions on solitary confinement and use of force practices at the Allegheny County Jail. The ordinance defined solitary confinement as detaining an inmate alo
Joshua Lasley, a St. Louis County, Missouri, police officer, received disciplinary action related to conduct where Lasley “would have been involved in some secondary employment.” This required him to forfeit 24 hours of paid time of (PTO) for alleged misconduct related to secondary employment.Under
Historically, the City of Detroit treated the compensation for firefighters injured on duty, referred to as “Js-time,” as non-taxable sick pay, allowing firefighters to receive refunds on withheld taxes. However, in December 2020, the City announced it would classify Js-time as taxable income effect
A reporter from Voice of OC, an online nonprofit media source, made a public records request to the Santa Ana City Attorney’s office in February 2021. The request sought information about Santa Ana Police Department employees placed on paid administrative leave between 2016 and 2021, including the r
On July 29, 2019, the Rhode Island Department of Corrections announced changes to the DOC’s Absenteeism Management Program (AMP), effective September 1, 2019. The modifications included consolidating discipline tracks into two categories: one for absenteeism, tardiness, and involuntary mandatory ove
In 2016, Gerry Serrano, a former homicide detective sergeant for the City of Santa Ana, California, took a leave of absence to serve as president of the Santa Ana Police Officers Association. During his tenure as president, the City continued to pay him his sergeant’s salary and various pay additive