California Governor Jerry Brown introduced what he called "radical change" to the pension system Tuesday, a plan that met with stiff opposition from the state's public employee unions.
Read More →Detroit Police officers face a 10% wage cut and increased medical expenses under a city proposal offered today that would supplant the department's existing union contract.
Read More →Officers serving with the San Bernardino (Calif.) Police Department are bracing for severe cutbacks following the City Council's decision to file for bankruptcy.
Read More →A group of retiring California police chiefs have been collecting payments reaching as much as $600,000, in one case, for cashed-out sick and vacation time.
Read More →Stockton, Calif., officials have proposed cutting wages of city employees including police officers and eliminating retiree healthcare benefits in its bankrupty plan.
Read More →Richard F. Bonavita Jr., a former Barnstable County Sheriff's Office assistant superintendent of jail operations, is collecting a $67,000 annual disability pension for an on-the-job arm injury.
Read More →San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has proposed eliminating pensions for new-officer hires, and instead giving them a 401(k) account.
Read More →The comment came during a call which Brown placed to the Los Angeles Police Protective League's Scott Rote asking for the union's endorsement. In the recording Brown also asks Rote about the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association, which on Thursday announced its endorsement of Whitman.
Read More →The union representing California Highway Patrol officers has agreed to reduced pension benefits for new hires, under a plan that will help reduce the state's budgetary deficit.
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