Rss feed

Download PDF Here

On August 18, police officers in Westport voted 42-5 in favor of switching union representation from AFSCME Council 4, AFL-CIO, to the National Fraternal Order of Police, the nation’s largest police union. And they were not the first to do so this year. According to the State Board of Labor Relations, six police unions in Connecticut have voted to jump ship from their current union for the Fraternal Order of Police. Among them, North Branford, Farmington, Rocky Hill and New Canaan. ...

The Connecticut State FOP is proud to endorse the following candidates for their respective positions: Brian Farnen Laura Devlin Tony Hwang Joanne Romano-Csonka

BY RED JAHNCKE ON OCTOBER 22, 2020 Source: https://www.the-red-line.com/ Originally Published in The Wall Street Journal President Trump challenged Joe Biden in the first debate to name one police endorsement he’d received. Mr. Biden couldn’t—virtually all police organizations have endorsed Mr. Trump. Police groups are endorsing Republicans at every level of government, many for the first time and by overwhelming votes. The nation’s largest police organization, with 355,000 mem...

I sat there in disbelief while watching a candidate for President of the United States. “So instead of anybody coming at you and the first thing you do is shoot to kill, you shoot them in the leg.” There was not a lot of thought put into that statement. Why were law enforcement professionals so upset with these remarks? Well, to simply put it, shooting people in the arms or legs is just not done. In fact, I could not locate any time in history where officers were ever trained in this manne...

Though there have been many scares about what can happen to children or teenagers on the internet, adults should be safe as well. There is no limit to the amount of risk adults come in contact with such as sexual predators, criminals who are seeking out your personal information on social networking sites, buying habits, frequently used sites, and many others.Here are some tips to help prevent you from being a target:Do not share things such as email addresses, usernames and passwords.Do not us...