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  Honoring the Unsung Heroes
  More than 500 law enforcement and corrections officers gathered in Las Vegas for the Public Safety Congress to discuss critical issues like prison overcrowding and use of force in law enforcement.
• AFSCME Public Safety Congress Convenes in Las Vegas Nov. 13-15
  Hundreds of law enforcement and corrections officers are meeting this weekend in Las Vegas for the biennial Public Safety Congress.
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  Alaska Public Service Workers Featured on National Geographic Channel
  The Alaska State Troopers – members of the Public Safety Employees of Alaska (PSEA)/AFSCME Local 803 – are featured in a cable TV series on the National Geographic Channel.
• 2009 AFSCME Public Safety Congress
  The second joint congress of corrections employees and law enforcement officers will be held on November 13-15 in Las Vegas, NV. For more information, a registration/housing form and a "save the date" flyer, download this PDF.
• Cosponsors Needed for the Cooperation Act
  The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (H.R. 413, S. 1611) is a legislative priority for AFSCME. If passed, it will give public safety officers collective bargaining rights in states that do not have them. The bill establishes minimum standards including: the right of public safety officers to bargain over wages, hours and working conditions; a dispute resolution mechanism, such as fact finding, mediation or arbitration; and enforcement of contracts through state courts. Please call your Member of Congress and ask them to cosponsor the bill, if they have not already done so. Download this PDF for a list of cosponsors as of September 28.
• Department of Justice COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP) Awards (141k PDF)
  The COPS Office has awarded $1 billion in Recovery Act funding through its COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP) to state, local and tribal law enforcement to create and/or preserve nearly 5,000 law enforcement positions.
• Fact Sheet: Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (280k PDF)
  The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (H.R. 413) would extend collective bargaining rights to public safety officers who do not currently have them. AFSCME supports this legislation because we are confident it will promote productive partnerships and create a more effective and efficient delivery of emergency services.
• Legislative Update: June 2009 (108k PDF)
  Summary of activity in the U.S. House and Senate that affects Law Enforcement as compiled by the AFSCME Department of Legislation.
• Taxing Health Benefits Could Kill Health Care Reform
  Our stand against taxing benefits is grounded in a conviction that regressive taxation cannot cure our health care ills. Just as importantly, we are concerned that linking an unpopular tax to health care reform could kill our efforts to provide health care for all.
• Cash-Strapped Cities Try Private Guards Over Police
  The City of Oakland, California has joined other cities in dealing with tight budgets by turning over law enforcement responsibilities to private armed guards. (Wall Street Journal, 4/21/09)
• Double Blow for Police: Less Cash, More Crime
  The nation's economic trouble has hit state and local law enforcement, with two out of three large departments reporting budget cuts or hiring freezes. And at the same time, leaders at more than a quarter of the 233 departments that responded to a survey by the Police Executive Research Forum say they are noticing an uptick in property crime that they blame, at least in part, to economic unrest. Local police departments already have been grappling with tighter budgets in recent years as the federal government has shifted funding from law enforcement to homeland security. (Washington Post, 2/7/09)
• The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Law Enforcement
  
• Health Care for America: Which Side Are You On?
  Learn about AFSCME’s plan to guarantee quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
• Next Wave Toolkit
  Learn how to start a new Next Wave chapter, host an event, get involved in the election or find more information.

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