by Alan Shapiro | Dec 1, 2013 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
On Friday afternoon, the Waltham Police Patrol Officers and Superior Officers, both locals of the Massachusetts Coalition of Police, the largest police union in New England, held an informational picket at Waltham City Hall. Their message was simple: after more than...
by John Becker | Nov 20, 2013 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
It all began in December, 1999, when the Sheriff of Suffolk County wrongfully terminated a jail officer who, it claimed, failed to report two other jail officers for using excessive force on a prisoner. After 14 years and half a dozen court decisions, the Jail...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Oct 25, 2013 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
Following a settlement in the Boston Police videotaping lawsuit last year[1], design and technology blog site Gizmodo.com posted an article designed to educate readers on legally (and safely) videotaping the police in public. Here’s the article:...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 5, 2013 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
On July 19, 2013, Arbitrator Timothy Buckalew reinstated Millbury Police Detective Kimberly Brothers, who terminated in August 2012 for allegedly “harassing” three residents of the Town. Two women who had formerly dated Detective Brothers’...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Sep 3, 2013 | Labor In The News, Sandulli Grace In The News
On November 2, 2010, Attleboro Police Detective James Cote, who was also President of the Attleboro Police Association, MassCOP Local 352, suffered a cardiac arrest in his home and was in critical condition for days. MassCOP members throughout the state showed their...
by Sandulli Grace Staff | Aug 21, 2013 | In Our Opinion..., Labor In The News
This is in follow up to our blog post concerning the amendment of the civil service residency statute, MGL c. 31 sec 58. Since this amendment was part of the State Budget and since the Budget has an emergency preamble, the amendment to 31 sec 58 was also effective...
