Nicole Lucas is a police officer in Delray Beach, Florida, who, by June of 2020 had several years of undercover narcotics experience. The Police Department
In October 2020, several police officers of the Prince George’s County Police Department in Maryland filed an internal complaint against a fellow police officer identified
Four Seattle police officers (referred to in the Court’s opinion as “the Does”) attended former President Trump’s “Stop the Steal” political rally on January 6,
Patrick Fehlman was the interim Chief of Police in Neillsville, Wisconsin in 2019. In 2020, Neillsville hired James Mankowski as the permanent police chief, and
DeRay McKesson is a leader of the Black Lives Matter movement. Throughout 2015 and 2016, McKesson participated in Black Lives Matter protests in Baltimore, McKinney,
Police officers in the St. Peters Police Department in Missouri created a text messaging group to update each other about local Black Lives Matter (BLM)
Brian Errington was an officer with the Reading, Pennsylvania Police Department for 15 years. In later years, he got involved in workplace disputes that led
Anthony Copeland, a former firefighter of 26 years, was elected mayor of the City of East Chicago, Indiana in 2010. Shortly after he was elected,
Thomas Swartz was a firefighter working for the Bourne Fire Department in Massachusetts. All members of the Department had an identification card as well as
Shaina Kirkland served as a patrol officer with the City of Maryville’s police department in Tennessee. While in that role, Kirkland periodically used her Facebook
Cincinnati residents may lodge police misconduct complaints with the City’s Citizen Complaint Authority. The Authority consists of a team of investigators, an executive director appointed
Scott Millspaugh was a firefighter for Cobb County, Georgia. Millspaugh assisted with the scheduling of staff in his battalion and regularly discussed staffing with his
Calvin Lewis was a captain with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana. In 2007, Lewis met a woman referred to by the Court
The Plain View Project (PVP) was started in 2016 by a group of Philadelphia attorneys who believed that what they identified as racist and religiously
It is hard to overstate the impact on public safety employee free speech rights produced by the 2006 decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos. In Garcetti,
Sergeant Silvia Cotriss worked for the City of Roswell, Georgia. The City began investigating Cotriss when it received a complaint that she was flying a
On December 4, 2019, East Chicago Fire Chief Anthony Serna (who has since retired), acting at the direction of Mayor Anthony Copeland, issued a memorandum
George Forbush is an officer with the Sparks Police Department in Nevada and is a member of the Sparks Police Protective Association. The Association’s contract
Scott Specht works as a fire marshal for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), where his primary responsibilities involved investigating the origins of fires.
Sean DeCrane started as a firefighter with the City of Cleveland’s Division of Fire in the 1990s, eventually working his way up to battalion chief.
Randall Knight was a probation officer for Nassau County, New York. Knight was terminated by the County in 2015 for his conduct during two incidents.
Gerald Olbek was the deputy chief of the Wildwood Police Department in Florida. After a series of events that included a fire at the Department’s
Sabrina Tice began working for the Sheriff’s Department in Lincoln County, Oklahoma as a full-time deputy in 2012. Charlie Dougherty was the elected Sheriff. Tice’s
Michael Gala is a Deputy Assistant Chief with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). On May 18, 2020, Gala met with Chief of Department
You know a court’s opinion will be anything but run-of-the-mill when it begins: “Social media has allowed Americans to connect with friends in far-flung places
