Police-Fire

An Evansville, Indiana district chief who filed suit in federal court last year alleging whistleblower and First Amendment violations has agreed to settle his claims for $13,750. District Chief Keith Jarboe sued claiming he had been retaliated against after bringing to light certain payroll/overtime related improprieties. Chief Jarboe claims his retaliation consisted of a demotion from district chief to safety officer.

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A woman and her minor son are suing two South Carolina fire departments over a post-accident altercation that led to the mother and son being arrested. Julia Hyman and her son, identified in court pleadings as J.H., filed suit earlier this month against the Berkley County Sheriff’s Department, Whitesville Rural Fire Department, Whitesville Rural Fire Department Station 1, and numerous sheriff’s deputies and emergency responders.

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There’s been another volley fired in the ongoing Police Fire Wars, this time in Georgia. The fire chief for the City of Rincon was responding to a vehicle accident involving a gasoline tanker on April 10, 2015 when a Port Wentworth Police Department saw him and gave chase.

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A Chicago firefighter who was the victim of outrageous police misconduct by a group of corrupt officers that included threats to plant evidence against him and get him fired, has passed an important legal hurtle in efforts to hold the individual officers responsible.

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A California firefighter who was fired last year following a police report that he was involved in "gang activity" as a member of a motorcycle gang, has filed suit against two law enforcement agencies and the Sergeant who allegedly informed his fire chief.

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There’s been another incident involving a police officer arresting a firefighter over a line of duty action, this time in Winnfield, Louisiana because the officer did not like where a fire truck was parked at an incident scene.

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On February 4, 2014, Chula Vista firefighter Jacob Gregoire was arrested by a California Highway Patrol officer at the scene of a roll over on Interstate 805. Curt Varone and FF Gregoire’s attorney, Dan Gilleon, discuss the arrest and the ...

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The Fire Service Court, Chip Comstock, Brad Pinsky, John Murphy and yours truly, gave a live 30 minute web chat at FDIC today covering a range of topics, from cops arresting firefighters, firefighters arresting citizens, guns in the firehouse, public ...

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The Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s office has launched an investigation into the arrest of a volunteer firefighter by a local police officer. On March 24, 2014, the firefighter was attending to a sick woman in New Roads, Louisiana when a ...

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A California firefighter who was arrested at the scene of a motor vehicle accident last month because he did not move his engine when requested by California Highway Patrol (CHiPs) has filed an administrative claim with the state claims board ...

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The dash-cam video depicting the altercation between two West Chester firefighters and Chester County Sheriff Alex Underwood and his deputies has been released. Recall we discussed the details of the incident last month that resulted in West Chester Fire Chief ...

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There has been yet another police-fire wars incident, this time in South Carolina, and this time two firefighters ended up in jail. That makes three police-fire war cases in the news in the past 2 weeks!!!! Fire Chief Andy Martin, ...

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Its been a busy week fire law wise with a number of stories breaking that are certainly of great interest. So many cases…. so little time…. Let’s start with the newest police fire wars case, this one out of Chula ...

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Today’s burning question: I responded to a motor vehicle roll-over accident. While attending to a patient I found drugs, cash and a drug pipe in his car. I collected the items and gave them to a police officer, who instead ...

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