Just in time for the election season, the Supreme Court has strengthened the rights of the nation’s 22 million public employees to protect them against being demoted or fired for supporting the wrong political candidate in the eyes of their supervisors. “The Constitution prohibits a government employer from discharging or demoting an employee because the […]
PORTLAND, OR – The 911 caller had reported a man with a samurai sword, lunging at people on the waterfront. It was evening, and when the police arrived, they saw the man pacing the beach and called to him. He responded by throwing a rock at the embankment where they stood. They shouted to him […]
Allegations of unbecoming conduct and violations of social media policy have been sustained against a veteran Jacksonville police lieutenant who posted derisive images and racial epithets on a photo and video posting site account. The Sheriff’s Office did not find that she was racially biased in her treatment of others in her job, but by […]
NAPLES, FL – Steve McInerny, the former chief of the Naples Fire-Rescue Department, ordered staff to erroneously change fire reports and said firefighters should let structures burn to convince the City Council the department needs more money, the head of the fire union claims in investigative documents released Wednesday. City Manager Bill Moss cut the […]
A former Rhode Island firefighter who claimed that colleagues discriminated against her because of her sexual orientation and gender was awarded more than $800,000 in federal court Monday. Lori Franchina filed a civil-rights lawsuit four years ago in the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island against the City of Providence and the local firefighters’ union. […]
