Contract: The City has still not
given the Lodge its full proposal yet.
When it does, the Lodge will call in the Unit Reps and go over both
proposals. Then both will be put
side by side on the web site for everyone to see. The Lodge and City have meetings scheduled for
29 Nov and 03, 05, 06, 13 and 14 Dec.
Manpower: In City Council budget
meetings, the only concern voiced by the aldermen was police manpower. The old budget force was 13,500. In
this new budget, the number is 12,500.
We have at this time 11,800 officers of all ranks. The City has hired 275 new officers
this year so far. We have had 579
retirees this year and the City says that it will hire 400 more officers this
year and 500 next year.
Pension News: CA 49 failed this
past election. This would
have put new language in pension
reform along with a required 3/5 vote majority for passing pension legislation.
The veto session from 27 Nov to
06 Dec will not likely have any new pension legislation. We Are One spent $385,000 to inform the
public about CA 49. The State
Lodge is a member of this group.
Class Action: We have two suits going on. The first involves officers who buy
time from past jobs with other agencies or military time to get 20 years of
service. They are being denied the
premium free health care benefit.
The other is on Light Duty.
Briefs have been submitted and the Lodge hopes to have a decision in
January.
Arbitration: Monday we submit
briefs for IPRA taking too long for investigating complaints. We have over 1000 complaints waiting to
be heard and that doesn't include over 6000 grievances for PO's as action Desk
Sgt's, also the sixth and seventh straight working days for NATO.
If you are working in a Dist like
024 or 015 and you are sent to 016 for the tour, even if you get a car and
taser first from your Dist of assignment then go to 016, it's still a
detail. It must be put out
for bid by the highest seniority, failing to get any bids, it goes to the least
senior on the watch. If that didn't
happen senior officer and the detailed officer should grieve the assignment for
time and a half!
ET units 377 and 477 are going to
combine into Unit 277 on 06 Jan 13.
They will pick watches and furloughs as one unit. This will also happen for Units 012 and
013, which will also be combining as 012.
All officers will go to 012.
Lodge News: Trustee Harold Brown
was found to be guilty of violating Lodge rules at a hearing on 16 Oct 12 and
expelled from Lodge membership.
Trustee Ron Shogren was also charged but found not guilty.
020 Dist: Watch Bids will be
posted on 26 Nov and Furlough picks will be made 11 Dec.
Good
News: In the last FOP News Letter
there was a story about two responding officers from the 024th District that
were assessed 4k in punitive damages, an officer serving a summons that was
ordered to pay 8k in punitive damages and the sergeant that was ordered to pay
10k in punitive damages. The City
was able to negotiate a settlement and the punitive awards were put aside.
