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This month’s cases:

Firefighter Entitled To Unemployment Benefits After Firing For Use Of Medical Marijuana, City of Waterbury, 216 Conn.App. 717 (2022).

No Privacy Interest In On-Line Videos, Mason v. City of Waco, 2023 WL 1926984 (W.D. Tex. 2023).Behind The Blue Curtain Podcast

Officer's Facebook Lawsuit Survives Motion To Dismiss, Bresnahan v. City of St. Peters, 2023 WL 310208 (8th Cir. 2023).

'Me-Too' Issues Must Be Arbitrated, Cook County, 2022 WL 18549609 (Ill. App. 2022).

In this month's podcast:

Article: Evidence On Measures To Reduce Excessive Use Of Force By The Police (h/t to PORAC).

Firefighter Schedule Change Illegal Discrimination, IAFF, Local 365 v. City of East Chicago, 2022 WL 17829283 (7th Cir. 2022).

Sergeant Has Privacy Interest In Dropbox Account Created With Employer’s Email, State v. Bowers, 2022 WL 17984985 (Wisc. App. 2022).

Workers Comp Limitation On Stress Claims Not Unconstitutional, Matthews v. Industrial Commission of Arizona, 2022 WL 17172180 (Ariz. 2022). (Article 18, Section 8 of Arizona State Constitution)

Officer's Suicide 'Line Of Duty' Death, In re Lannon, 2022 WL 17747778 (Minn. App. 2022).

It's a new year and the times, they are a-changin' here at LRIS. In this month's podcast:

* An announcement from Will Aitchison.

* No Religious Freedom Exception To Photographs In Uniform, Swartz v. Sylvester, 2022 WL 17090374 (1st Cir. 2022).

* City To Pay $1.6 Million For Firefighter Staffing Violation, East Cleveland IAFF 500 v. City of East Cleveland, 2022 WL 16635231 (Ohio App. 2022).

* Backpay Can Include Overtime, Stockli v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety, 2022 WL 16937444 (N.C. App. 2022).

* Court Upholds Chicago Police Vaccination Requirement, Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge No. 7 v. City of Chicago, 2022 IL App (1st) 220346-U (Ill. App. 2022).

* Officer Loses Job To Facebook Post, Kirkland v. City of Marysville, 2022 WL 17413720 (6th Cir. 2022).

* Union Fails To Timely Demand To Bargain Over Pension Changes, Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs, 47 PERC ¶ 84, (Cal. PERB 2022).

This month's cases:

Not Unconstitutional To Bar Recording IA Interviews, Hils v. Davis, 2022 WL 16731082 (6th Cir. 2022).

Firefighter Loses Free Speech Lawsuit Over Voicemail, Millspaugh v. Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services, 2022 WL 17101337 (11th Cir. 2022).

Unsubstantiated Rumors Do Not Start Bill Of Rights Statute Of Limitations, Shouse v. County of Riverside, 2022 WL 16646827 (Cal. App. 2022).

Reasonable Accommodation And Cold Baths, Bright v. Martin, 2022 WL 16712874 (E.D. La. 2022).

PTSD Caused By Shooting, Not Gradual Stress, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department v. Marx, 2022 WL 17185093 (Nev. App. 2022).

Cases:

The City of Oklahoma City and Devin Frazier decision, City of Oklahoma City, FMCS Case No. 210710-08292 (Rubinett 2022).

Ex Parte Advice From Decisionmaker’s Wife Violates Due Process, Johnson v. Department of the Air Force, 2022 WL 4456279 (Fed. Cir. 2022).

Court Allows Employer To Seize Corrections Officer’s Guns, Anderson v. Molina, 2022 WL 14890243 (S.D.N.Y. 2022).

Reasonable Accommodation And A Corrections Lieutenant’s Job, Tate v. Dart, 2022 WL 14229458 (7th Cir. 2022).

Court Upholds Anti-Fraternization Rule, Lewis v. Smith, 2022 WL 10965839 (5th Cir. 2022).

What’s going on with the Consumer Price Index?

Cases:

Waiver Of Bargaining Rights Need Not Be In Writing, Portland Fire Fighters’ Association, 321 Or. App. 569 (2022).

Vice-President’s Knowledge Can Waive Union’s Right To Bargain, Syracuse Firefighters Association, 55 PERB ¶ 4551 (NY PERB ALJ 2022).

Corrections Officers Lack Standing To Challenge Sick Leave Confinement Policy, Castro v. Dart, No. 1:2019cv00471 (N.D. Ill.2022).

Kentucky Supreme Court Conversations Between Union And Members Confidential, River City Fraternal Order of Police v. Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, 2022 WL 4397981 (Ky. 2022).

Murder Of Ex-Wife Results In Loss Of Pension Benefits, Peterson v. Board of Trustees, 2022 IL App (3d) 210100-U (Ill. App. 2022).

Post-Retirement Conduct Can Result In Pension Forfeiture, Mahan v. Boston Retirement Board, 2022 WL 4073845 (Mass. 2022).

Policing and police staffing in Portland, Oregon.

Article: The Injustice Of Under-Policing In America

First Federal Appeals Court Plain View Project Case, Hernandez v. City of Phoenix, 2022 WL 3132422 (9th Cir. 2022).

Phoenix And Plain View Project In State Court, McMichael-Gombar v. Phoenix Civil Service Board, 73 Arizona Cases Digest 4 (Az. App. 2022).

Iowa’s New Brady Statute Grants Protections To Officers, https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=89&ba=HF2496

Officer Had No Expectation Of Privacy In Employer Video Equipment, Kilmer v. State of Texas, 2022 WL 3053873 (Tex. App. 2022).

Disagreement With Tactics Not Basis For Claim Against Union, In re Bruder, 55 PERB ¶ 4542 (NY PERB Director 2022).

Union Does Not Breach DFR By Refusing To Bargain Seniority Issue, Barth v. City of Cranston, 2022 WL 3225382 (1st Cir. 2022).

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In this month's podcast:

Religious speech implications of the Supreme Court's Kennedy decision.

Confederate Flag Costs Sergeant Her Job, Cotriss v. City of Roswell, 2022 WL 2345729 (11th Cir. 2022).

Garrity Offers No Protection For Dishonesty, Delaware v. MacColl, 2022 WL 2388397 (Del. Super. 2022).

No Due Process Right To Promotion From Expired List, Cummings v. City of Bridgeport, 2022 WL 1720335 (D. Conn. 2022).

Pre-Disciplinary Hearing Must Precede, Not Follow, Sustaining Of Complaint, Washington v. Shreveport fire & Police Civil Service Board, 2022 WL 1654146 (La. App. 2022).

Officer's Experience With Death And Decaying Bodies Defeats Disability Claim, Mesmer v. Board of Trustees, 2022 WL 946070 (N.J. App. 2022).

How does the Supreme Court decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District affect public safety employees and employers?Mentioned in this discussion: Garcetti v. Ceballos

Other cases discussed:

New Disciplinary Matrix And Procedures Are Negotiable, City of Newark, 2022 WL 2168226 (N.J. PERC 2022).

No DFR Breach When Fire Union Balances Competing Priorities Of Members, Gault v. Portland Firefighters’ Association, 2022 WL 2077926 (Oregon ERB 2022).

No Discipline For Following Lieutenant’s Guidance, Jenkins v. New Orleans Police Department, 2022 WL 2237457 (La. App. 2022).

This month's cases:

Porta-Potty Retaliation, City of Shelton, 2022 WL 1442880 (CT.Dept.Lab. 2022). [Download the decision.]

What Happens When The Employer Fails To Respond To A Grievance? Sun Coast PBA v. City of St. Petersburg, 2022 WL 1521990 (Fla. PERC Gen. Coun. 2022).

No Weingarten Representation When Employer Assures Employee Discipline Not Possible, Canovas v. Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners, 2022 WL 1265867 (Fla. PERC 2022).

Arrest Does Not Necessarily Trigger Weingarten Rights, State of New Jersey, 2022 WL 810182 (N.J. PERC ULP Director 2022).

Sergeant Demoted For Intimate Relationship With Officer, Wolfe v. City of Town and Country, 2022 WL 1165838 (E.D. Mo. 2022).