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Celebrating Police Week 2018

SUNDAY, 13 MAY 2018

This year, from May 13th to May 19th, thousands of police officers, law enforcement professionals, friends, family, and survivors, gather in Washington D.C for National Police Week. In 2017 alone, 129 officers were killed in the line of duty. Since 1791, a total of 21,541 officers have lost their lives in the line of duty.One of the most moving ceremonies is the Annual Candlelight Vigil, where the names of fallen officers will be forever etched into the Memorial Wall. Unlike many memorials in Wa...

What happens when we run out of cops?

THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018

What happens when we run out of cops? This is a question worth asking as it pertains to the safety of our communities, families, and friends. Police recruitment and retention may be one of this countries biggest problems. To read more about what will happen when we run out of law enforcement officers, click on the link below. https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/what-happens-when-we-run-out-of-cops/

Why 2018 could be an especially deadly year for cops

MONDAY, 25 JUNE 2018

"Maybe they forget [officers] have families," Gloria Vega said. "But they're just like everybody else. The only difference is my dad went out there ... he sacrificed his family, sacrificed us having him, to protect people he doesn't even know.” To read the full story, click here.

Week 7 Legislative Update

MONDAY, 23 MARCH 2015

As stated last week the individual legislator bills were finally doled out late Tuesday afternoon – March 17. Senator Roberson's long awaited PERS bill contained a much different approach to "fixing" PERS than Assemblyman Kirner's AB 190. Roberson's bill (not scheduled for a hearing as of tonight) affected only new employees and new retirees hired or retired on or after July 1, 2015. For regular employees it moved the retirement age to 65; it reduced the contribution rate to 2.25%; if increased ...

Are Nevada Local Government Employees Over-Compensated?

WEDNESDAY, 25 MARCH 2015

Should the Legislature Dismantle Public Employee Representation Rights? By Jeffrey H. Keefe, Ph.D.March 25, 2015Executive summaryThis paper investigates whether Nevada Local Government employees are overpaid at the expense of Nevada taxpayers. The research is timely. The Nevada legislature is considering bills that would greatly weaken employee rights to union representation and collective bargaining. Nevada is already an open shop or Right-to Work (RTW) state that greatly diminishes the power o...

Washoe County Sheriff’s Deputies: Police Unity Tour

THURSDAY, 26 APRIL 2012

Article courtesy of the BOLO Report, Thanks for your support! http://boloreport.com A couple BOLO Report staffers attended a fundraiser Saturday evening with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office in Reno, NV. The event was hosted by WCSO deputies riding in the Police Unity Tour and their Sheriff, Mike Haley. “We’ve done several different fundraisers,” one deputy told us, and laughed. “This was our first time we’ve done a wine-tasting.” That deputy is one of the four WCSO riders who will be attendin...

Final Reno, Sparks and county budgets get around severe cuts

TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012

Brian DugganReno Gazette Journal The three local governments in the Truckee Meadows are expected today to consider their final general fund budgets for the 2012-13 fiscal year. While all three are still feeling the effects of the housing bust and subsequent recession, the proposed budgets won’t include the dramatic cuts that have defined local government finance since 2007, Reno, Sparks and Washoe County officials report. All three governments must submit their budgets to the state by June 1. An...