Sentences with phrase «public complaints against»

Inquiry or investigation committees of self - regulating professions may wish to assess the extent they provide robust reasons when dismissing public complaints against registrants.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is still waiting to hear on its complaint to the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP.

Paul E. Kennedy, Chair, Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP, has released his final report on RCMP Use of the Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW)(i.e. Tasers).

When a female lawyer files a public complaint against her firm alleging gender discrimination, the firm's response tends to fit a standard model: a denial of any discrimination and a confirmation of the firm's commitment to advancing women lawyers.

To begin the process of launching a public complaint against the police, the nature of the complaint must be outlined in writing, signed and addressed to the Chief of Police and delivered to any police station in the city of Edmonton or to the Police Commission Office.

If the police do not follow these rules, then see our pamphlet on «How to Initiate a Public Complaint Against the Edmonton Police Service.»

If you are thinking about launching a public complaint against the police, it is important to write down detailed notes of the incident as soon as possible after it happens.

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While the USPTO does not investigate complaints or participate in any legal proceedings against invention promoters / promotion firms, under the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999, the USPTO will provide a public forum for the publication of complaints concerning invention promoters / promotion firms.

This week, The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) announced that it had filed a human rights complaint against Canadian mainstay Air Canada, alleging «systemic discrimination and harassment» against its members.

Because the abuse documented at the Seaboard facility is in stark contrast to statements on the company's website about animal care, The HSUS filed legal complaints against the company with the SEC and FTC urging the agencies to require that Seaboard stop misleading its shareholders and the public.

Bullied and bludgeoned by weeks of intense public debate over a longer school day, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at Citypublic debate over a longer school day, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at CityPublic Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at City Hall.

A New York State Division of Human Rights public hearing has been set to hear testimony in a sexual harassment complaint filed against Huntington Highway Superintendent Peter Gunther.

Cuomo has made a few public appearances since U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued criminal complaints against nine people, including several close to Cuomo and two major upstate real estate developers.

In announcing that he would use his power to have Schneiderman investigate sexual harassment complaints against Weinstein, Cuomo said: «It is critical not only that these cases are given the utmost attention but also that there is public confidence in the handling of these cases.»

What: A guilty plea by Howe was unsealed when Preet Bharara announced a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on public corruption charges against nine people in September 2016.

Corrupt procurement and award of honours is legislated against by the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 and the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 [31] and the Metropolitan Police investigated the three complaints that they had received under these Acts.

Cuomo's made a few public appearances since U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued criminal complaints against nine people, including several close to Cuomo and two major upstate real estate developers.

Following the release of the footage on social media and the subsequent public condemnation, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, reported Bishop Obinim to the Accra Regional Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVSSU), while another person also lodged a complaint against the bishop at the Tema Regional Police.

FRMC, an entity that controls millions of public dollars that just last year adopted commonly accepted standards of transparency, figures in the state's criminal complaint against former president Alain Kaloyeros, who is alleged to have rigged the state - sponsored nonprofit's bidding processes to favor certain companies for construction - related contracts.

The complainants (who at the moment will remain anonymous) even alleged that they was willing to go to News 12 and the Journal News to expose the actions of Mr. Lafayette concerning the process to challenge the signatures, fraudulently having people on Democratic voter rolls and abusing his absolute power over the voting process as Westchester democratic chairman, Mount Vernon City Committee Chairman and Westchester County Democratic Commissioner of Elections which they felt was illegal in nature and the DA's office was against the complainants going public with their complaints.

ELIZABETHTOWN — An Essex County department head has filed a complaint against Moriah Town Supervisor Thomas Scozzafava over a letter to the board read at a public meeting.

On Wed., Jan. 20th, parents of 13 students, along with Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James, City Council Education Committee Chairperson Daniel Dromm and five legal assistance nonprofits, filed a federal civil rights complaint against Success Academy for systemic practices that violate the rights of children with disabilities.

«The criminal complaint should be unsealed because it is a public record, the public has a right to know the specifics of the criminal allegations against Nojay, and because the continued sealing of the record could imply that Nojay has received preferential treatment in death that others do not receive,» attorney Christopher Thomas wrote.

The body tasked with investigating complaints against the police is unable to do its job and has perilously little public trust, an influential committee of MPs said today.

Donald Trump is suing the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, arguing it has violated state law by not responding to his complaint against AG Eric Schneiderman within 45 days of its December, 2013 filing.

On social media, his supporters curse rebellious Labour MPs and a hostile media for turning the public against him, but even if these complaints aren't entirely unfounded it's besides the point.

Outgoing Binghamton Mayor Matthew Ryan said he would not run for state Senate, but instead today announced he was filing a complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics against the man he considered unseating, Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous.

The state's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday; while its proceedings are secret, good - government groups have filed formal complaints against Lopez and it is expected commissioners will weigh authorizing an investigation.

Since that complaint is sealed, the public may never know what the charges are that were pending against Nojay.

But, the governor told the paper the federal complaint against Silver adds to the public's cynicism about government.

In the last 15 years alone, at least nine public sexual misconduct complaints have been made against Assembly members and their staff.

The City Council members who have gone public with complaints that they were penalized for criticizing Quinn's decisions include Queens Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., who said he saw funding for his district dry up after he spoke out against Quinn's proposal to rename the Queensboro Bridge after former mayor Ed Koch.

On a conference call this afternoon, after touting the state's improved credit rating, Governor Andrew Cuomo was asked if he was bothered by a New York Times report over the weekend that the Assembly had used public money to settle a sexual harassment complaint against Vito Lopez earlier this year.

To do so would only encourage vexatious complaints against MPs and other public figures.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board, the police watchdog agency investigating the misconduct claim against Pantaleo and others, is also seeking the minutes — not for public use but for private investigative reasons.

Speaking to the Guardian, Smith said women who made sexual harassment complaints told the party hierarchy more than once they would go public if no disciplinary action was taken against Rennard.

In February, Public Advocate Letitia James announced plans to file a complaint with the New York State Human Rights Divison against Stonehenge Village's management company, which permits only its market - rate tenants to use the building's gym, as previously reported.

The National Organization of Women and the good - government group Common Cause formally asked the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics to look into the circumstances surrounding Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's handling of sexual harassment allegations against Assemblyman Vito Lopez, and Silver's decision to quietly settle an earlier complaint against the Brooklyn Democrat with a $ 103,000 payment.

Trump, in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, argued the Joint Commission on Public Ethics has violated state law by not responding to his complaint against Schneiderman within 45 days of its December, 2013 filing.

Quinn said he intends to hire a lawyer to file a complaint against Nevergold for organizing a secret meeting that should have been made public.

JCOPE Releases Report on Lopez Scandal to Legislative Ethics Committee The New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics sent to legislators its long - awaited report on sexual harassment complaints against sitting Assemblyman Vito Lopez.

Cuomo's made a few public appearances since the US Attorney, Preet Bharara, issued criminal complaints against nine people, including several close to Cuomo and two major upstate real estate developers.

Although the amount of the settlement was never made public, the funds were provided by the Congressional Office of Compliance, an agency set up in 1995 to resolve labor and other disputes, including sexual - harassment complaints, brought by congressional staffers against lawmakers.

The state senator, whose turf covers not Maspeth but neighborhoods like Bayside and Whitestone, read a scripted speech that sounded like a laundry list of middle - class outer borough complaints against the present administration: from de Blasio's «narrow - minded anti-motorist» Vision Zero program, to his opposition to bringing the city into line with the rest of the state's two percent property tax cap, to his allegedly insufficient support for co-ops and small senior centers, to the influence of high - power political consultants at City Hall, to the lack of public transit options in the deepest reaches of the city (which the state controls), to his purported failure to shield small businesses from rent hikes, to — yes — his scrapped plans to convert the Holiday Inn into a homeless shelter.

Later, as an engineer for a Silicon Valley software company, he defended his dog, Paco, against a neighbor's noise complaints by logging barks on a spreadsheet (the numbers vindicated Paco, showing he was not the source of the public disturbance).

When a parent or community member reaches out to the DC Public Charter School Board with a complaint against a school, our primary goal is to ensure that the school has

DoE staff members — and public school advocates outside the department — could also try to sway DeVos's handling of other department responsibilities, such as discrimination complaints filed against universities, and investigating sexual assaults on college campuses under Title IX.

Public Advocates joined the American Civil Liberties Union in filing a complaint last year against the Los Angeles Unified School District, accusing the giant district of «undermining» the LCFF by diverting $ 450 million in money for disadvantaged students in 2014 to cover special - education costs for students with disabilities.

A group of pro-charter teachers filed a formal complaint this week with the state's Public Employment Relations Board contending that the teachers union had engaged in unfair labor practices by failing to support them and waging a «nonstop hate campaign» against the charter advocates.

If allegations arise against an employee who is certified under s. 1012.56 and employed in an educator - certificated position in any public school, charter school or governing board thereof, or private school that accepts scholarship students under s. 1002.39 or s. 1002.395, the school shall file in writing with the department a legally sufficient complaint within 30 days after the date on which the subject matter of the complaint came to the attention of the school.