Police Officer’s Criticism Of Chief Not Protected Speech
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
September 2, 2023
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
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
One might think that speech to a city council is clearly protected by the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment. As two high-ranking police
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.
Jennifer Tyler is a member of the Chelan County Deputy Sheriff’s Association in Washington. When a vice-president of the Association resigned, Sergeant Adam Musgrove ran
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
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
Jamie Marquardt was a captain with City of Cleveland’s Department of Emergency Medical Services. Marquardt had a “private” Facebook page which did not identify him
In March 2016, then-interim Santa Maria, California Fire Chief Scott Kenley first raised the possibility with the Santa Maria Firefighters Association (SMFA) of running an
On December 31, 2013, Paul Carey retired from the Maryland Natural Resources Police (MNRP) after 26 years of service. He began working for Maryland’s Department
James Dumas is a firefighter at St. Tammany Parish Fire District No. 3 in Louisiana, and is the vice-president of the firefighters’ union. In May
The Borough of Carteret, New Jersey and Local 47 of the Police Benevolent Association are parties to a collective bargaining agreement. Salvatore Renda is the