Rick Poulson covers a potpourri of cases from across the country, including two involving police take-home vehicles.

New Mexico Labor Relations Board Finds Police Take-Home Vehicles Policy A Mandatory Subject Of Bargaining, Village of Hatch Police Officers Ass’n v. Village of Hatch, PELRB No. 128-25, 2026 WL 1031973 (N.M. Pub. Emp. Lab. Rels. Bd. Mar. 19, 2026). (00:06:07)

New Jersey PERC Nixes Union’s Challenge To Revocation Of Take-Home Car Policy, City of Pleasantville,52 NJ PERC 56 (PERC Hearing Examiner Jan. 5, 2026). (00:30:36)

Sheriff’s “Instant Survey” On Schedule Change Not Direct Dealing, In the Matter of Deputy Sheriffs Benevolent Ass’n of Onondaga County, Inc. v. County of Onondaga, 58 PERB ¶4561 (2025). (00:36:43)

City Repudiated Grievance Procedure By Failing To Hold Step 2 Hearings, City of Medford and Medford Fire­fighters Union, IAFF, Local 1032, 2025 WL 4659437 (Mass. L.R.C. July 30, 2025). (00:49:37)