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
Norman Seabrook served for many years as president of the New York City Correction Officers Benevolent Association (COBA). In that role, Seabrook exercised control over millions of dollars in union funds and occupied a position of trust with respect to COBA’s membership. While serving in that role
On Veterans Day 2021, Lieutenant Lauren Mirizio who was on leave under New York’s General Municipal Law 207-c for an on-duty injury, discovered that she was being followed and photographed by a private investigator working on behalf of the City of Yonkers.The Yonkers Police Captains, Lieutenants, a
To address a chronic inability to meet minimum staffing needs at its correctional facility, Hudson County, New Jersey, unilaterally amended its mandatory overtime policy on June 13, 2024. The new provision stipulated that an officer refusing mandatory overtime citing sickness must comply with specif
The Rochester Fire Fighters Association, Local 1071, in New York filed an improper practice charge alleging that the City of Rochester violated § 209-a.1(d) of the Public Employees’ Fair Employment Act by refusing to bargain over the impact of the City’s issuance of incorrect W-2 forms to bargainin
Current and former battalion chiefs in the Alexandria Fire Department in Virginia sued the City of Alexandria seeking unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The chiefs argued that they were entitled to time-and-a-half pay for “off-schedule” hours they worked beyond their normal shifts.
On March 11, 2020, Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington, D.C., declared a public health emergency. On August 10, 2021, she issued Mayor’s Order 2021-099, requiring District employees to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. The D.C. Police Union and the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Depar
A New Jersey corrections officer’s claims that he was unlawfully disciplined for social media posts criticizing his employer’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives and that his procedural rights were violated during an internal interview were dismissed by the New Jersey PERC’s Director of
David Maiella, a police officer employed by the City of New Castle, Pennsylvania, from 2009 until June 2021, sought a disability retirement benefit under the City’s police pension plan after suffering a back injury in May 2019. Following the injury, Maiella was placed on leave and received benefits
A Michigan State Police Trooper was intoxicated at a Michigan State Police Troopers Association (MSPTA) event and engaged in serious misconduct. Surveillance video showed the trooper placing her fingers into the “anal crevice” of a male coworker, striking another coworker in the genitals, and attem
In 2018, Robert Goldsmith ran for sheriff of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, and had several deputies support his candidacy. Lieutenant Randall Martin did not support Goldsmith. Instead, Martin reported colleagues for unlawfully campaigning for Goldsmith while in uniform, maintaining that their conduc
Firefighters David Barron and Michael Lynch, filing on behalf of a class, alleged that the City of Chicago improperly manipulated promotional procedures for lieutenant positions. For decades, the City’s practice involved creating an eligibility list from examination scores and promoting candidates
In April 2021, Roxboro Police Officer SeanPatrick Leech responded to a report of an unknown boxcutter found in the bedroom of a rape victim. After confirming with the original investigating officer and his sergeant that the item was not involved in the crime, Leech disposed of it. When the District
A dispute arose during the summer of 2023 between the Deputy Sheriffs’ Benevolent Association of Onondaga County, New York (DSBA) and Onondaga County, when the Sheriff’s Office was experiencing staffing shortages in the Custody Division. DSBA leaders proposed a temporary “double time-and-a-half” we
In 2022, voters of Vancouver, Washington, approved a property tax levy known as Proposition 2. The levy was designed to address chronically slow emergency response times by the Vancouver Fire Department. The Department’s plan was to use specific units for low-priority medical calls, freeing larger e
In 2023, the City of Englewood Police Department in New Jersey changed schedules, increasing shift hours from 8.25 to 11 hours per day. This change impacted supervisors’ ability to take vacation under the established past practice, which allowed supervisors to take vacation as long as at least one
In October 2021, Officer Brandon Davis of the Washoe County School District Police in Nevada suffered serious injuries to his head, shoulders, elbows, and knees while breaking up a student fight at Reed High School. He filed a workers’ compensation claim and received benefits under the Nevada Indust
Officer Maria Adamopoulos of the Ocean County Department of Corrections in New Jersey was on temporary disability leave due to a work-related injury from January 2022 through January 2023. Upon her return, she was denied full holiday pay for the thirteen official holidays that occurred during her
The Illinois Appellate Court has affirmed a labor board’s dismissal of a petition seeking to represent police supervisors, holding the board correctly declined to analyze whether a new state constitutional amendment overrides a statutory ban on supervisory bargaining, as such constitutional questio
Sergeant Jeffrey Tagmyer, a Pittsburgh police officer, was subpoenaed as a witness by his union, the Fraternal Order of Police, to testify in a discipline grievance arbitration for another officer, Sergeant Brian Elledge. After the initial arbitration hearing was continued, City Assistant Solicitor
Passaic County in New Jersey employs sheriff’s officers and corrections officers represented by three Policemen’s Benevolent Association locals (PBAs). Collective bargaining agreements that were in effect from 2007 through 2014 provided that “[u]pon retirement, the Employer will continue to provide
In July 2018, the Whidbey News-Times reported that the City of Langley, Washington, had fired Police Chief David Marks in connection with a use of force incident from November 2017. Later that month, Eric Hood submitted a Public Records Act (PRA) request to the City. His request stated:“Please discl
Gregory Garcia was a New Jersey police officer employed by the Wharton Police Department. Following a search of his residence, he was charged with multiple firearms-related offenses. On November 14, 2022, he entered a guilty plea to possession of a large capacity ammunition magazine in violation of