NJSPBA President Pat Colligan, Vernon Township Local 285 State Delegate Keith Curry and I participated in a National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) conference in Florida recently. As many already…
Read MoreNJ STATE PBA LEGAL CORNER By Robert A. Fagella, Esq., Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. State and federal courts in New Jersey continue to broaden – almost exponentially – possible causes of…
Read MoreCorrections By Brian Dawe On July 29, more than a dozen union officials from around the nation and representatives from labor organizations in Norway, Australia and New Zealand joined together…
Read MoreNJ STATE PBA LEGAL CORNER By Robert A. Fagella, Esq., Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. The courts have often struggled with the level of proof necessary to send a case to…
Read MoreIt is Summer 2021, the fifth anniversary of the July 7, 2016, Dallas, Texas ambush on law enforcement that left five officers dead and the second anniversary of the murder of…
Read MoreAs you see on the cover this issue, we are exploring the war on police. Whether you want to call it defunding, diverting or reimagining, the experiment has proven to…
Read MoreIn negotiations, the PBA and the governing body proposals won’t be the same. This requires a method to estimate and compare the costs of the offers. The way to do…
Read MoreNJ STATE PBA LEGAL CORNER By Robert A. Fagella, Esq., Paul L. Kleinbaum, Esq. On June 7, the Supreme Court issued its decision affirming the Appellate Division’s decision and upholding…
Read MoreWe are serving in difficult times. We face all the traditional dangers of our jobs – crime, drugs and violence – with the added dangers of working during a pandemic.…
Read MoreLegislative Report The New Jersey Legislature is rapidly approaching the June 30 deadline for passage of the state budget and the unofficial start to the pre-election summer recess. This time…
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