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Providence police union says there was no profiling of on-duty black firefighter held at gunpoint
FOP says "opportunistic" fire union president "recklessly" spread "mistruths in an environment when police are under attack"
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Facts matter – if only someone had read my New Year’s resolution about boycotts
Why is a boycott often the first resort and not closer to the last?
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Police union takes important stand on allowing public access to body-cams
DC's FOP sides with ACLU & freedom of press group against mayor & police chief
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Is the DC plan spreading? New Haven firefighters to team up with cops in neighborhoods
Unions say they weren't consulted about these new roles
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DC firefighter crime watch update: Deputy Mayor Quander defends putting fire trucks on patrol in high crime area.
Paul Quander says there have already been positive results and the anti-crime initiative will continue.
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DC firefighters again assigned to overnight crime watch posts. Latest order came from deputy mayor.
Busy truck company assigned to four hour shift on street corner Friday night into Saturday morning.
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Video: Citizen who lost son praises EMS response but blasts DC firefighters. Tells hearing they are ‘terrorists’ trying to make Chief Ellerbe look bad.
Alvin Bethea's testimony actually shows some progress made by the department after an ugly chapter that was opened 18-years-ago.
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UPDATED – News report: While apologizing to council for giving wrong info on reserve fleet, DC fire chief & dep. mayor again gave wrong info about reserve fleet.
At the same time DC Chief Ellerbe & Deputy Mayor Quander told council there were 4 fully stocked reserve ambulances…
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DC update: Chief & dep. mayor on hot seat. Ellerbe apologizes. 58 of 111 ambulances not operational. Firefighters union says fleet status is due to chief’s negligence.
Deputy Mayor Quander says agency has gone from a "fire department that sometimes handles medical calls", to a "mobile medical…
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