CONTRACT UPDATE

rumor has it that the city has been stalling all this time just so they could tell the PBA, not no but he** no you wont be getting the 25 and out.
Time to see if the PBA will flex or hide.

I THINK ITS TIME WE UNITE AND MARCH ON CITY HALL OR BETTER YET AT DOUG THOMAS' HOUSE.
ORLANDO MARCHED AT THEIR MAYORS HOUSE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT A RAISE.
TIME TO SEE WHO THE REAL TEAM PLAYERS ARE.

I agree let me get my walking shoes and do it.... What do you think the turnout would be. I suspect most people would rather B**** than take a stand. I still can't believe there are some officers who aren't part of the union. That means we pay dues yet they get all the benefits we do.... What's wrong with this picture.

WELL WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHO ISNT MEMBERS AND START TREATING THEM AS SUCH.
IF AN OFFICER ISNT A MEMBER ARE THEY REALLY THERE FOR YOU?
WOULD YOU TRUST THAT PERSON WHEN THE HEAT IS TURNED UP?
I AGREE WITH THE MARCHING ON CITY HALL OR THE CITY MANAGERS HOUSE.
IF ANY REPS (CHECO, NICK, DOTY,SISSON, LINK) READ THIS PLEASE POST OR LET US KNOW WHEN AND WHERE TO MEET.
HAS ANYONE HEARD THAT THE CITY TOLD THE UNION THAT THEY WILL NEVER GO FOR A 25 AND OUT?
ASK AROUND.

[AFOR]

The PBA continues to beg the City, like a small child asking for candy. When the City says they aren't ready and our reps are escorted out, I wonder if they can hear the laughing behind them. We shouldn't pretend to be a pitbull when we have demonstrated that we are nothing more than a scared toothless dog. Simply hearing "Stand Strong" over and over is getting old.

the real pba's....all they are interested in is the contract. there is more than that.........help officers out.....we have officer's being shown the door for on the job injuries. you guy's do great on the site with the talk...how about walking the walk? don't just stand bye talking $hit when bother members are losing their job's? action's brother's it's is time to rally round the flag. what are they doing with polk. where's johnny d. has any rep addressed briefing about what they are doing and most important
what we can do for these two brother officer's as well as pba member's? it could be you next ask townsand. you want to show unity/power? slow down no contract no work. answer your call's and no more. write no ticket's, fic's or any self initiated activity. handle your call's correctly if it takes and hour then so be it. they hold one call and act like the city is under siege. let them hold 21 call's and see what happens. instead of feasting somewhere for two hours let bosses handle call's....slow down!!!

HARD TRUTH IS RIGHT..
PATROL COULD GRIND THE P.D. TO A HALT AND THE CITIZENS WOULD COMPLAIN. MAYBE THEN THE CITY WOULD START TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE IMPORTANT.
WE CANT VOTE OURSELVES A RAISE LIKE THE CITY MANAGER OR ATTORNEY. NOR CAN WE GET A SPECIAL LOW INTEREST HOME LOAN BECAUSE WE CANT MANAGE OUR FINANCES.
STANDY AND WAIT UNTIL E & W GETS THEIR UNION UP AND RUNNING STRONG. THE CITY WILL BE WAITING ON THEM HAND AND FOOT.
ITS PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT OUR REPS DO NOT READ THIS BOARD WHICH SHOWS THEIR CONCERN. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THE REPS ATTENTED A BRIEFING OR SENT OUT AND EMAIL THAT SAYS ANYTING BESIDES THE CITY ISNT PLAYING FAIR.
HOW ABOUT AN UPDATE THATS INFORMATIVE.

[Guest8]

Not everyone may be happy with the PBA but the alternative is an organization that's a great place to watch the game and drink beer or trust the city to look out for your best interests. And I think we all know how that turns out. I know people are frustrated with the contract, I'm one of them, but these things can take time. Tampa didn't get where they are in the first couple years of contracts.

As far as a slow down, sounds good. But I wonder how much worse it can get when there are only a handfull of people in a dayshift briefing. For a city pushing to hit the 100,000 mark it doesn't make sense to me to work with so few officer's on the street, often less than 10 for the entire city. Wonder what the citizens would think if they knew the truth, or if they would even care.

well were basically becoming a department that focuses solely on burglaries. standby for the spike in violent crime and street level drug sales when street crimes comes back to patrol.
at least we will have some senior patrol people working when half of cid comes back when they are made to work nights.
looks like were going to have two NET teams chasing ghosts at night instead of focusing on violent criminals like the ROPES unit use to.
well i hope we round up all the crack heads doing the burglaries so we can focus on something else, like, well, um homeless robberies.

i understand that 50% of the department was not here when we voted the p.b.a. in, also the first and last time i saw this durkin guy. but here's a serious question to think about. we as a department voted the p.b.a. in by a democratic style vote. now, when are we voting for our rep's, i've been asking sinco day one and get the p.b.a.'s generic answer....i'll get back too you. being part of a union before and in union 101.....you vote the union in. then a.s.a.p. there is another demecratic style vote for your rep's. any one here ever seen a ballot? these guy's need to be appointed, not annoited......or the first six guy's who show up at the bar!!!!!! has any one of them ever been ten miles near a binding arbitration action. or do they just want too look and feel important with another beeper, that they usually don't answer? we need a vote NOW and people with experiance running this dog and pony show. VOTE, SLOW DOWN, and stand bye your man or something like that, oh wait stand strong.