Comments on: No More ‘All Hands on Deck’ for D.C. Cops, Ruling Says

By: Chief Lanier takes credit for 13% overtime budget decrease « D.C. Police Union

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:15:52 +0000

[...] each officer. The estimated cost to the taxpayers for each AHOD is somewhere between $1.5 million (read more) and $4.3 million in penalty overtime (read more). (The city billed the federal government $4.3 [...]

By: D.C. Police Union corrects FOX5 report on Department 13% overtime budget decrease « D.C. Police Union

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:16:37 +0000

By: Marciela

Marciela — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:18:15 +0000

I am so glad people are starting to see Fenty and his bandits for what they appear to be: lawless bandits who have no regard for the laws they were elected and/or appointed to uphold. It is a disgrace that our nation's capital continues to be an example of stupidity, ignorance and a blatant disregard for right and wrong. So let the lawsuits flow, let the settlements flow and let November 2010 come so Fenty can be the one term mayor he is now in reality.

By: Ward 5

Ward 5 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:37:42 +0000

Because they're being paid to incarcerate people who disobeys the law - does that mean they too don't have to follow it. I mean why should anyone? You ignore the law - gives other the right to assume they can too.

By: Is Keeping AHOD Worth a $3M Budget Hit? - City Desk - Washington City Paper

Is Keeping AHOD Worth a $3M Budget Hit? - City Desk - Washington City Paper — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:35:06 +0000

[...] an arbitrator ruled that the D.C. police department’s “All Hands on Deck” initiative violated the officers’ contract and must be stopped. Chief Cathy L. Lanier promptly announced [...]

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Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:48:27 +0000

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By: Vox Populi » District Digest: Tony Perkins, the least-lucky weatherman ever

Vox Populi » District Digest: Tony Perkins, the least-lucky weatherman ever — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:39:05 +0000

[...] saying it violated contracts. This week, an arbitrator sided with the officers, ruling that AHOD must end and officers must be paid overtime for the previous AHOD [...]

By: Our Morning Roundup: RIP, AHOD; You Won’t Be Missed - City Desk - Washington City Paper

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:24:30 +0000

[...] do it ARE TIRED OF DOING IT SO MUCH. ” If you’re disappointed that AHOD is kaput–and at least one of you is–then you obviously never had anything to hide and are probably an incredibly boring person. [...]

By: Tired of Them

Tired of Them — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:33:49 +0000

So Her statement is the same as Fenty/Nickles....we don't care what the arbitrators, superior court or the court says. We have law degrees so we know better. Because we have law degrees, that means we dont have to follow the law right? Dummys

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:05:54 +0000

LANIER ORDERED TO RESCIND
ALL HANDS ON DECK

The Fraternal Order of Police, Metropolitan Police Department Labor Committee (FOP) is pleased to announce that it has prevailed in the first of several arbitrations involving Chief Lanier’s All Hands on Deck (AHOD) initiative. In an opinion released today, Arbitrator John Truesdale ruled that AHOD violated the FOP’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (Agreement) and D.C. law. The Department has been ordered to rescind AHOD for 2009 and to pay FOP members for violating their rights.

Arbitrator Truesdale determined that Chief Lanier “did not honor and support the commitments contained” in the Agreement and the Department; 1) violated the rights of members by improperly changing days off and tours of duty; 2) failed to bargain with the FOP; and 3) failed to follow D.C. law. As a result, the Department has been ordered to rescind the Teletype authorizing AHOD for 2009, notify all members of the Department it has done so, and to compensate all members for violating their scheduling rights during each AHOD in 2009.

As you know, the Chief has constantly taken credit for the reduction in crime and violence in the District, heralding her AHOD initiative as part of the basis for the reduction. As every real police officer knows, however, the reduction has been a result of the day to day hard work of police officers, not public relations stunts such as AHOD or the violations of constitutional rights in the Trinidad quarantine zones. If AHOD deployments were really responsible for a reduction in crime, then the Mayor would have moved for hiring enough officers to provide AHOD-levels of manpower everyday. Instead the Mayor just submitted a budget cutting the number of police officers by 10% over the next year through attrition (and cutting police retirement benefits).

It is important to remember that this is just one of the hundreds of violations that the FOP has been forced to arbitrate. This is going to be a long fight. Chief Lanier and Mayor Fenty have made it clear that they do not respect the Agreement, working police officers, or the rights of employees. This decision will, hopefully, be the first in a long line of arbitration decisions that will put an end to faithless and dishonorable practices of this Administration. Because the Department will not meet its obligations under the Agreement and D.C. law, arbitrators and judges will have to be asked to compel it to do so.

A copy of the Arbitrator's opinion has been sent to each Chief Shop Steward. Please contact them for a copy of the opinion. Under the Agreement, the Department has 20 days in which it may appeal the decision to the Public Employees Relations Board.

By: The Advoc8te

The Advoc8te — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:24:39 +0000

I appeciate and look forward to the All Hands on Deck. I love seeing the officers out and about and working hard to make the community safer. I hope they can work this out.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:31:55 +0000

This is another example of the lawlessness that dominates the Fenty administration, his Chief of Police and Attorney General. They have been wrong on the law in every major case that they litigated and have been smacked down by the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals for DC, DC Superior Court, the Public Employees Relations Board, and arbitrators. If we cannot count on the AG and the Chief to follow the law, we are doomed. This is about the rule of law nothing else. Keep holding them accountable Baumann.