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 a an effort to find contraband. “I have never had someone take one of my members into the Warden’s office in front of Captains and tell them […]

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, […]