On December 19th, the Vermont Labor Relations Board counted the election ballots for the Castleton Vermont Police bargaining unit and when the counting was done the New England Police Benevolent Association (NEPBA) was elected as the exclusive bargaining unit representative for the Castleton Vermont Police. NEPBA scored a unanimous vote from the local, over America Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).  The members wanted a union that would be able to address the needs of Police ...

NEPBA Critical Incident Response Team activated in Cohasset, Massachusetts.

On December 27, 2018 approximately 11:30 pm NEPBA was notified of a critical incident request from The Cohasset Police Department via NEPBA’s Critical Incident Response Line. Critical Response Team Coordinator Russ Taylor was alerted that The Cohasset Police Department had a critical incident that required a response from NEPBA’s Critical Response Team.

At about 11: 35 pm Russ Taylor made contact with Cohasset Police officers who apprised Taylor of the situation. At that ...

NEPBA Attorney Tom Horgan recently won a significant arbitration decision on behalf of one of NEPBA’s newly acquired groups, the UMass Boston Police Patrol NEPBA Local 280.

NEPBA Local 280 is comprised of both patrol officers as well as Dispatchers for the UMass Boston police Department. The grievant is an active NEPBA union member who was hired by the University in September of 2012 as a full-time public safety Tele-Communicator and who was later promoted to Dispatch Supervisor. The grievant had ...