The federal agency said dozens of firefighters earned a flat rate between $200 and $250 a day regardless of frequent overtime. Backpay checks will range from $101 to $14,000. A private firefighting company in northeastern Oregon will have to pay $180,000 following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation. KL Farms, also known as Fire LLC, […]
The Pleasanton Police Department has reassigned officers in the special enforcement, crime prevention and traffic units for the time being in order to cover patrol duties due to a shortage in staff. Pleasanton Police Chief David Swing told the Weekly the move is temporary and that while the units are not currently active, the department […]
As the Rochester Police Department looks to boost its roster of officers, it has run into an obstacle: The vast majority of recruits have failed the agency’s physical agility test. During a Rochester City Council meeting, Chief David Smith said that over the past year, 800 people applied to become Rochester police officers. The department […]
The vice chair and two commissioners of Philadelphia’s Citizens Police Oversight Commission resigned Tuesday, with the vice chair claiming a “toxic” environment of “petty power moves” has prevented any progress. The agency, created by City Council in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in response to calls for police accountability, is now missing a third […]
