Following the annual media publication of 2019 city salaries, the Worcester Police Patrolman’s Union, NEPBA Local 911, issued its annual press release explaining that some $12,000,000.00 of police compensation was not salary, but was in fact generated by officers working 244,000 extra hours above and beyond their shifts. Additionally, 2/3 of that money was paid […]
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Nolan Perroni wins court battle for police seniority benefits – NEPBA Carver Police
In 2018, NP attorney Gary Nolan won an arbitration case which overturned a 20-year practice that deprived NEPBA Carver’s police officers of seniority benefits. The town appealed to Superior Court, where NP attorney Peter Perroni defendend the arbitrator’s decision. The Superior Court issued its decision this week affirming the union’s victory in full, which will […]
COVID Update: police asked to enforce mandatory mask rules – new job duties must be bargained first
While many communities fluidly react to the current health emergency, there are mixed messages to first responders about their roles in enforcing fluctuating public health policies. In addition to the anxiety of conducting usual law enforcement activities within the circumstances of a pandemic, police officers are now flooded with such things as calls from anonymous […]