Strip-Searching CO Gets Correction Sued, Ripped By MARK TOOR | Posted: Monday, June 17, 2013 A five-year-veteran Correction Officer is suing the city in Federal court, saying he was strip-searched by his supervisors in an effort to find contraband. “I have never had someone take one of my members into the Warden’s office in front […]

Rikers guard sues after being forced to strip during drug search Correction Officer Elio Soto claims he was subjected to a series of searches by his supervisors while on the job, including a squat-and-cough test to see if he was carrying drugs. Soto says that none were found and that his car was also searched. […]

OATH Judge Rules On Behalf of a Correction Officer By MARK TOOR | Posted: Monday, June 10, 2013 The Department of Correction failed to prove that an encounter between a Correction Officer and an inmate was not a use-of-force incident, and therefore charges that the CO filed a false report should be dismissed, the Office […]

Rule Nassau Can’t Set Time Limit On COs Trading Shifts THE CHIEF-LEADER By MARK TOOR | Posted: Monday, February 25, 2013 5:00 pm Nassau County cannot unilaterally restrict its Correction Officers from participating in shift swaps that occur more than three months apart, the Public Employment Relations Board ruled in a decision that the union’s […]

By MARK TOOR | Posted: Monday, February 25, 2013 5:00 pm Nassau County cannot unilaterally restrict its Correction Officers from participating in shift swaps that occur more than three months apart, the Public Employment Relations Board ruled in a decision that the union’s lawyer said could signal a change in the way management-rights clauses are […]

By MARK TOOR The head of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association expressed outrage last week over the $2-million bail set by a Criminal Court Judge for a CO charged with shooting his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend. “Never in my 20-plus years in law enforcement have I ever seen or witnessed such an outrageous miscarriage of justice in […]

THE CHIEF-LEADER COBA Head Furious Over High Bail Set For CO in Shooting Posted: Monday, January 14, 2013 5:00 pm | Updated: 10:17 am, Tue Jan 15, 2013. By MARK TOOR The head of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association expressed outrage last week over the $2-million bail set by a Criminal Court Judge for a […]

With over 60 plus Correction Officers showing their support in the court room for fellow Correction Officer Dale Moore, the COBA along with their legal team, today successfully convinced a Kings County Supreme Court Justice to drastically reduce Officer Moore’s bail, which had been originally set at $2 million to $150,000. Following the judge’s decision, […]

Brazilian construction worker received compensation of $ 6.5 million in US The accident occurred on January 26th, 2009, when M.V. settled wooden boards (plywood) on top of a 14 feet high ladder, in Long Island, NY After crossing the Mexican border illegally eight years ago, the Brazilian immigrant M.V., who asked not to be identified, […]

Judge to Westchester: Don’t Need Disability For 207-c Checks By MARK TOOR | Posted: Monday, April 2, 2012 5:00 pm A State Supreme Court judge told Westchester County last week that it had to pay salaries and medical benefits to injured Correction Officers without requiring them to prove they were disabled by their injuries. The […]