gotten away with collective bargaining agreements that protect bad behavior, and fight most reform efforts. As outrage over unjust law enforcement tactics grows, it’s important to understand how police unions -- and the bargaining agreements they push -- prevent us from holding bad cops ...
Many who support giving officers the tools they need to do their jobs and keep communities safe also recognize that some police unions have a history of protecting bad cops. UNION MEMBERSHIP FALLS IN 2019 DESPITE GROWING APPROVAL "I think it becomes very convenient for politicians ... to simply...
Public Cops a Raw Deal; Police Unions Says Tweed-Byron LAC Hampered by Lack of Resources
TRADE UNIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BLACKLISTED Trade unions arose during time of the industrial revolution and British Empire, Smith said. As dynastic fortunes were made in the slave trade, Parliament – an institution then comprised solely of the very wealthy – was passing the Combinations Acts to ma...
This video from Occupy Boston, of protesters chanting “Who do you protect? Who do you serve?” is exactly right. Those are the questions we want cops asking each other in the privacy of their squad cars, and asking themselves late at night when they can’t sleep. We want them discussi...
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Now don’t get me wrong, unions are not all bad. Not even police unions. They can help protect those officers in the event of false allegations and helping to protect pensions. But when you have some law enforcement officers making less than $11 an hour and having to work copious amount...
“We have to disband the unions. Forget defunding the police, we have to defund the unions. Because those unions are so powerful that the good cops are scared. They’re too scared to tell. What if the bad cop is a lieutenant and you’re a second-year cop? You’re going to turn ...
Free Essay: There is potential for these cameras to be a win win, to protect the citizen from public misconduct, and protect the officers from false...
Over the years, politicians who wanted to make a difference didn’t. They were too beholden to the police unions and the police vote. I wrote a letter to President Bill Clinton in 1994 addressing this very issue, saying that honest cops have never been rewarded, and maybe there ought to ...