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Richard Poulson, LRIS

A monthly podcast from LRIS that provides in-depth coverage of trends in public sector labor relations.

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  • 22 episodes
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  • Avg 1 hr
  • English

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  • Mar 6, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min

    First Thursday, March 2025

    In this month’s podcast, Rick discusses an important free speech case involving a fight over a police association’s logo and speaks with police defense attorney Lance LoRusso about a use of force case being decided by the Supreme Court. 00:01:41 — What’s going on with LRIS. 00:02:50 — Union logo free speech case (FOP Pennsylvania State Lodge v. Springfield Township). 00:14:32 — Lance LoRusso talks about the Blue Line Lawyer Institute and its upcoming Force Forum on May 20-22 in Jekyll Island, Georgia. 00:30:27 — Rick and Lance discuss a Barnes v. Felix. This use of force case on the Supreme Court’s docket is about whether courts should apply the “moment of the threat” doctrine when evaluating an excessive force claim under the Fourth Amendment.

  • Feb 6, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    First Thursday, February 2025

    This month’s podcast explores the connections between all workers, whether public safety or civilian, federal or state, public or private. Rick Poulson is joined by his colleague Joe Richardson to discuss this with a focus on a recent union-busting case out of Douglas County Colorado. 0: 03:43 – What’s going on with LRIS? 0:06:08 – A bit of labor history, Part 1: The Boston police strike of 1919 0:12:38 – A bit of labor history, Part 2: PATCO strike of 1981 0:25:10 – Joe Richardson introduction 0:28:27 – Case: FOP Lodge 47 v. Douglas County and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office

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