Union Files Complaint Against Chief Who Made Off-Duty Arrest

I have been a strong union backer all my life but this is so utterly ignoant I cannot believe it transpired.Did some union offocial/officials have a slow day and needed fill in time?

this doesnt surprise me. i was just advised by my city director of personell and the police chief that because i injured myself in the line of duty and that i have been placed on light duty, im not to carry a weapon in case i am faced with having to defend myself or someone else's life in a deadly force situation because i may injure the arm i had cut while making an entry. too much liability they say. WTF

What kind of insanity is this? Since when is a sworn peace officer not allowed to make an arrest? Oh, because he's not a due paying member of the union. Those idiots who filed the complaint must be smoking crack. Who doesn't like to see "upper management" getting their hands dirty.? Brings em back down to earth.

As a Union President I have to support my Brothers in Blue in Scranton...I see exactly where he is coming from. The actual complaint is with the City not the Chief.

So the oath he and every other officer took only applies when he's on duty?

Wow, guess this is proof of the "no good deed goes unpunished" phrase. Most cops would love to see their chief out walkin' a beat like the rest of us, but apparently not these guys. Poor decision (and resulting image) by the union

The union for those officers in Scranton just shot themselves in the foot with that grievance! Talk about a punk move. Kudos to the chief for taking action; we've seen a different reaction by the head of a major metropolitan PD here in the midwest not too long ago. It's always refreshing to see a chief actually take on the role of a leader.
Never ask anyone to go out and do anything you wouldn't be willing to do yourself.

Talk about loss of credibility for the union. The Chief set an example that we would all like to see more of. It sounds as though he is an old fashioned, "cops, cop." I remember standing in awe of one of my Lieutenants who took a delayed B&E call when I was a young rookie. He made stops, as did my Chief; made arrests and backed us up. You would see the Chief on the street and it made us feel good to see him as one of us. I hear people complain about how administration has become a group that lives in the Ivory Tower and has built a wall between "Us" and "Them." Here is a Chief doing what he swore to do and serving the citizens, and the union wants to make an issue of it. What if it had been a street-stroke, assaulting an Officer? Is the Chief supposed to ignore that as he is not a "Union member?" Chief Duffy...hats off to you, Sir!