Name: Police unions in Grand Rapids push back on defunding
Brand: michiganradio.org
SKU: michiganradio-org-10
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

Police unions in Grand Rapids push back on defunding

preview

© 2022 MICHIGAN RADIO91.7 Ann Arbor/Detroit 104.1 Grand Rapids91.3 Port Huron 89.7 Lansing 91.1 FlintPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsGrand Rapids police officer unions are pushing back Three city commissioners in Grand Rapids have already said they support cutting the Grand Rapids Police Department’s budget by $9.4 million in the upcoming fiscal year.The police officer’s union says a cut of that size would almost certainly mean layoffs for dozens of police officers."They're looking at potentially losing their jobs for doing their jobs," says Geoff Collard of the Grand Rapids Police Command Officers Association. "And doing them very well here in Grand Rapids."Geoff Collard is president of the Grand Rapids Police Command Officers Association. He says the situation is not the same as when the department had to cut back during the Great Recession.“This is something totally different,” Collard said at a press conference Thursday. “They’re looking at potentially losing their jobs for doing their jobs, and doing them very well here in Grand Rapids.”Still some city leaders say cuts may be coming anyway, because of the city’s worsening financial situation.The unions also questioned some of the reform proposals put forward in the city, like allowing the public to view union contract negotiations.“Sometimes trying to negotiate a contract takes six months to a year,” said Andy Bingel, head of the Grand Rapids Police Officer’s Association. “If you add more people that don’t understand the city budget and basically contract language, it could just complicate, slow things down," he said.But Bingel said the union would be open to talking about it with the city.Dustin Dwyer reports enterprise and long-form stories from Michigan Radio’s West Michigan bureau. He was a fellow in the class of 2018 at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. He’s been with Michigan Radio since 2004, when he started as an intern in the newsroom.Latest StoriesRelated Content

© 2022 MICHIGAN RADIO91.7 Ann Arbor/Detroit 104.1 Grand Rapids91.3 Port Huron 89.7 Lansing 91.1 FlintPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsGrand Rapids police officer unions are pushing back Three city commissioners in Grand Rapids have already said they support cutting the Grand Rapids Police Department’s budget by $9.4 million in the upcoming fiscal year.The police officer’s union says a cut of that size would almost certainly mean layoffs for dozens of police officers."They're looking at potentially losing their jobs for doing their jobs," says Geoff Collard of the Grand Rapids...

public

Dustin Dwyer

michiganradio.org

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

Police unions in Grand Rapids push back on defunding

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS