Rick interviews former firefighter and firefighter union leader, Bob Brooks, about his bid to represent Pennsylvania’s 7th district in the congress. They discuss the importance of political involvement by public safety labor and management representatives from all backgrounds.

00:02:16 – What’s next from LRIS

00:05:03 – County Permitted To Assign Probation Officers To Detention Facility Following Expiration Of “Temporary Emergency” Assignment Side Letter, San Bernadino County, 49 PERC ¶ 166 (CA PERB 2025).

00:12:58 – Codification Of Unwritten Work Rule Not An Unfair Practice Where No Change To A Mandatory Bargaining Subject, Jenkintown Borough, 56 PPER ¶ 57 (Proposed Decision and Order, 2025).

00:20:14 – Officer Terminated For Leaving Interrogation To Wait For Union Rep, County of Suffolk, 58 PERB ¶ 4514 (NY PERB 2025).

00:31:26 – Due Process Requires Impartial Tribunal In Brady List Dispute, Corbo v. Chester County, 2025 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 70 * (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2025).

00:45:24 – Interview with Bob Brooks