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NAPO
PRESIDENT TOM
NEE TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE
On
May 23, 2007, NAPO President Tom Nee testified before on the Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs regarding the role of
the federal government in helping communities prevent and respond
to violent crime. Mr. Nee addressed three issues in his testimony
that are of increasing concern to NAPO and law enforcement: the
decrease in funding for vital Department of Justice state and local
law enforcement assistance programs witnessed over the past several
years; the additional duties taken on by local law enforcement agencies
in the post-9/11 era; and finally, the recent increase in crime
rates experienced by communities nationwide.
He called on the federal government to reverse the downward
spiral in support of state and local law enforcement grant programs
and to recognize the important impact having more police on the
streets has on crime.
NAPO was the sole law enforcement organization invited to speak on behalf of
rank-and-file enforcement at this hearing.
[click here
for Tom Nee's testimony in pdf format]
PAUL NUNZIATO, PORT AUTHORITY
PBA, TESTIFIES
BEFORE CONGRESS ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
On
June 5, 2007, Paul Nunziato, Vice-President
of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, testified before
the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions
on “Ensuring Collective Bargaining Rights for First Responders:
H.R. 980, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act”. Specifically, Mr. Nunziato
addressed the issue of collective bargaining and homeland security
efforts, using his experience, and that of his fellow officers with
the Port Authority Police Department, in responding to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Congress needs to understand that collective bargaining rights
are crucial to the protection of the health and welfare of public
safety officers and their families, and that these
rights in no way represent a danger to national security.
NAPO was the only law enforcement organization asked to provide a witness to
be the voice for law enforcement at this hearing.
[click
here for Paul Nunziato's testimony in pdf format]
Within a three week period,
NAPO
was honored twice to be the sole law enforcement organization to
testify before Congress on behalf of the rank and file law enforcement
community concerning the issues of federal assistance for state
and local law enforcement and collective bargaining.
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