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WTOP has the latest in the kerfuffle between the D.C. Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police: Chief Cathy Lanier confirms that MPD has filed an appeal in an attempt to overturn a September 9th arbiter's ruling that the "All Hands On Deck" program violates the police union's contract with the city. (The FOP claims, among other issues, that overtime pay as a result of AHOD efforts was never paid to deserving officers.) As a result of the appeal, the police department will continue with plans to hold AHOD efforts in November and December. Depending on which agency's statistics one chooses to believe, it's been a pretty good year for Lanier and the police -- a large labor dispute is probably not the note the Chief envisioned ending the calendar year on.
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We went to the Macy's at 12th & G this morning for the Black Friday morning specials. There was a sh
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If I read the article correctly, it seems that the union's contention isn't that All Hands on Deck caused cops to work any more hours, it's just that the Chief of Police changed the cops' schedules in a way the union didn't like. So the union wants cops to be paid *more* for the hours they worked.
Everybody in this story comes off like a jerk: Chief Lanier for running an AHOD program that is little more than a PR stunt, and the FOP for whinily gouging the city because some entitlement-mentality high-tenure cops had to take a Wednesday as their day off instead of a Saturday.
as much as i want to sympathize with the police here (and god knows, i need them on my side), the leader of their union does come across as one big waaaaaaaaambulance.