Sentences with phrase «police unions»

Its ongoing review of police union contracts is available here.

Police union leaders, who have been outspoken in their defense of the officers involved, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The longtime executive director of one of the state's largest police unions was fired last month for undisclosed reasons following an internal investigation.

The bill, strongly backed by police unions, would take disciplinary matters out of the hands of local police commissioners and put them before an independent arbitrator.

But the bill will likely hit stiff resistance from police unions.

The closed - door meeting did not offer a resolution between police unions and the mayor, a leader said.

Funny how they aren't against police unions at all.

The powerful police unions have long opposed any changes.

Police unions took the language as an insult to police.

He's won six union endorsements of his own, primarily from police unions.

James O'Neill will meet with police union leaders for the first time since he took over the department.

De Blasio has previously clashed with police unions in the wake of the execution of NYPD cops.

More than 367,000 online letters were sent to the state Board of Parole following its recent decision to release cop killer Herman Bell, the city's largest police union said Monday.

Mr. Donovan insisted he could fairly prosecute police, even after receiving the endorsements of police unions for his campaigns for elected office, including Congress.

And it came despite a meeting convened by de Blasio last week with police union officials in an effort to defuse the tension.

Just as police union leaders and their backers view Mr. de Blasio's desire to address the grievances of minorities who feel unfairly targeted by police as a thinly - disguised pretext to undermine law enforcement, they blamed Mr. Dinkins for undercutting police in an environment plagued with far more crime and unrest.

Lynch isn't saying anything that hasn't been echoed by his fellow police union bosses over the past few weeks amid protests over the Garner verdict, the decision last month by a St. Louis grand jury to not indict now - former Ferguson police officer Dan Wilson for slaying Michael Brown, and the murders of 12 - year - old Tamir Rice and 22 - year - old John Crawford by officers too quick to pull out guns (and too scared of unarmed young black men to take less - drastic action).

You combine that with an actual threat, if there was one, and the move makes a little more sense,» said Rochester Police Union President Mike Mazzeo.

The city police union on Friday called on lawmakers to step in as the parole board is set to release a man convicted of killing three police officers.

Board chair Richard Emery also resigned in 2016 after making controversial remarks, including complaining about police unions «squealing like a stuck pig.»

Mayor Bill de Blasio took a conciliatory tone toward police officers Thursday in his ongoing efforts to mend fences with the NYPD, putting the vitriolic feud with several police union leaders behind him.

On Tuesday, de Blasio is meeting with police union heads in an attempt to repair his relationship with the NYPD.

The head of the city's largest police union also slammed de Blasio and the Eric Garner protesters, saying they had «blood on their hands.»

Obama spoke at the White House daily news briefing, an hour after police unions in Massachusetts called on him to apologize.

Meanwhile, Lynch during the radio interview also slammed Civilian Complaint Review Board Chair Richard Emery — who last week called police unions «pigs» — for working at a law firm that handles cases before the CCRB.

The testimony before the legislature followed a rally outside organized by Birnbaum, North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Carver and other police union officials to complain about the conditions and decry an increase in crime.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino last night accused NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio of making an already bad situation «worse» with his «rhetoric» in an ongoing war of words with the NYC police unions following the Eric Garner grand jury decision.

After calling some police officers «murderers» in a rally protesting police brutality, Tarantino and his movie «The Hateful Eight» became the target of a boycott by police unions across the country.

Suffolk's largest union, the 4,500 - member Association of Municipal Employees, received 3 percent raise in July, while members of police unions received 5.63 percent raises in 2016.

Earlier this year, the city's major police unions called for Emery's dismissal over his private law firm's role in a suit against the city on behalf of a former CCRB plaintiff.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a rally held Wednesday by firefighters and police union members from New York City

Mayor Bill de Blasio's City Hall has been at odds with police unions over a variety of controversies, including his tolerance of anti-police brutality protesters and the subsequent assassination of two officers in December.

After tensions between the rank - and - file police union at the NYPD and the board that hears police misconduct complaints spiked under its former chair Richard Emery, his successor — mayoral counsel Maya Wiley — is stepping in as both antidote and lightening rod.

De Blasio angered police unions with his trip to Hamburg to speak at a protest of the G20 forum attended by President Trump.

The head of the Port Authority police union says Cuomo is treating the State Police as his own private army after a trooper pulled over a speeding car on the West Side Highway — not a common occurrence.

At first, part of the problem they told us was getting police union support contractually.

Police unions oppose to the move.

At least one police union chief says it would be an excellent first step toward mending the rift.

More NYPD cops are abandoning their blue uniforms before getting their pensions, the city's largest police union charged on Tuesday.

Such intimidation is also reportedly evident in migrant camps in Europe, leading the German police union to recommend separate shelters for Christian and Muslim migrant groups.

NYC's largest police union hit the Civilian Complaint Review Board with a sweeping lawsuit that accuses the agency of making an unprecedented illegal «power grab» in its bid to nail cops.

The video became an internet sensation, and Rochester Police Union President Mike Mazzeo believes that was the point.

NYC's biggest police union is demanding a do - over of the recent parole board decision to free convicted cop killer Herman Bell, requesting a hearing on behalf of the widow of Officer Joseph Piagentini, who was assassinated with his partner, Waverly Jones, in 1971.

Todd Kaminsky and 14 police unions announced for Republican Christopher McGrath.