Update from Your Chief Steward JULY 2018

CID Chief Shop Steward Marinos Marinos

TABLE OF CONTENTS
The month of June was very busy for the DC Police Union. Aside from the
normal monthly Executive Council Meeting a quarterly General Membership
Update from the Council Page 1
Meeting was held. The General Membership Meeting was the first one held
with the 2018-2020 Leadership in office.
PDS Subpoenas on Officers Page 2
At the June Executive Council Meeting Secretary and Bargaining Chair
Darrick Ross informed the Council that bargaining is “still on-going”. That is Ensuring Safe Working Cond Page 3
typically a very good sign when negotiating a collective bargaining
agreement. Chairman Stephen Bigelow reaffirmed that statement, and let Calendar / Upcoming Events Page 3
the Council know that the government is showing a willingness to negotiate
that might not have been seen with other labor unions in the city.

Also during this meeting, Vice Chairman Medgar Webster reported that
Legislative Chair/Judiciary Chair/CID Shop Steward Greg Archer and he met
with Ward 8 Council Member Trayon White recently. During the meeting
Council Member White stated he will attend a meeting in the near future
where he will meet Union members who were offended by his inappropriate
statements.

During the June General Membership meeting which was held on Friday,
June 29, 2018 at the First District, the Chairman provided updates on various
grievances. According to the Chairman the “Lateral Hire Group Grievance”
has already been heard and the Union is awaiting the Arbitrator’s decision.
The “Cadet Group Grievance” is being prepared and the arbitration Hearing
should be held in approximately five months. Also the “PST/Redeployment
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will be providing updates on these issues as they develop.
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DC Police Union CID Stewards

Marinos Marinos, CID Chief Shop Steward 202-276-8509 mmarinos@dcpoliceunion.com
Russell Mullins, CID Shop Steward 202-487-3760 mullinsrejrdcpu@gmail.com
Gregory Archer, CID Shop Steward 202-664-2842 gharcher4685@gmailcom
Justin Bolding, CID Shop Steward 202-604-3366 jnbolding@gmail.com
DC Police Union, Newsletter, February 2017
Adam Shaatal, CID Shop Steward 301-915-4283 Shaataldcpu@gmail.com
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Raj Dohare, CID Shop Steward 614-352-6332 rkdohare@yahoo.com
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Also during the General Member Meeting a motion
was passed for the DC Police Union to endorse DC
City Council Members:
• Anita Bonds – At Large
• Elissa Silverman – At Large
• Phil Mendelson – Council Chairman
• Jack Evans – Ward 2
• Kenyan McDuffie – Ward 5
• Charles Allen – Ward 6
The motion passed 17 in favor to 11 against. As your
CID Chief Steward I spoke against this motion. During
the discussion phase of the motion
Legislative/Judicary Chair Greg Archer made a
request that the Union leadership produces literature
for our members to outline the work the newly
endorsed politicians have done for the Union.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns
please feel free to contact me.
VCB Detectives talk to OCME on scene
PDS is Now Trying to Subpoena Officers’
Personal Cell Phone Communications
Gregg Pemberton, Treasurer
Recently, the Union became aware that investigators
from the DC Public Defenders Service were
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responding to MPD officers’ personal homes and
serving subpoenas on those officers. The subpoenas
sought to obtain communications on officers’
personal phones that PDS believed could show bias
they could use on cross examination in trial. The
alleged communications were completely unrelated
the criminal case for which the subpoenas were
issued.
PDS is not only serving the subpoenas on the officers,
but also demanding the officer’s personal phones be
turned over to the investigators. The justification
being provided by PDS is that a Court Order
authorizes the search and seizure of the officers’
personal phones by PDS. Luckily, the officers were all
savvy enough to refuse to comply with the unlawful
request and contact the Union.
Once the Union was notified, we got our own lawyers
involved and sent them in to represent the officers at
the next hearing. The situation was able to be
resolved, but not necessarily permanently. All
members should been keenly aware of these
underhanded and illegal tactics being carried out but
PDS.
While PDS had a subpoena and a Court Order
seeking certain alleged text messages, PDS
attempted to enforce the Court’s order far beyond
what I believe the order authorizes and, in violation
of the Fourth Amendment, PDS has attempted to
seize and to search the officers’ personal cell phones.
The U.S. Supreme Court, in Riley v. California, held
that a search warrant (not a subpoena) is required to
search a cellular phone. It is ironic that PDS, who
repeatedly rely on the rights granted under the
Fourth Amendment to ensure that law enforcement
complies with their clients’ Constitutional rights,
would so blatantly disregard the Fourth Amendment
rights of officers and attempt to seize and to search
their phones without proper legal authority.
Subpoenas do not allow the seizure and or search
of cell phones. Should you end up on the receiving
end of one of these Court Orders or subpoenas,
respectfully accept the paperwork, assert your right
to counsel, state that you are requesting a hearing on
the matter, and immediately contact a Union official
so we can get our lawyers involved. DO NOT turn
over your cell phone.
The Union is currently taking a number of actions to
rectify and adjudicate this issue which will be
enumerated at a later date. For now, be aware of this
issue (and make sure your coworkers are aware as
well), and always carefully examine any document
served on you by anyone. Again, should you receive
one of these subpoenas, do not turn over any
property and immediately contact a Union Rep so we
can get our lawyers involved.
VCB Detectives brief Command Staff at a homicide scene
Ensuring Safe Working Conditions Inside DC
Government Buildings
Adam Shaatal, CID Shop Steward
As a member of the Criminal Investigations Division,
it is not uncommon that you may need to investigate
a crime in harsh weather or in an environment that
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lacks adequate climate control for long periods of
time. However, your MPD office area should be
comfortable given the fact that it’s where a detective
has to compose important investigative documents
that will one day be used as evidence inside a
courtroom.
One of the goals for the CID Shop is to be more
visible than in past terms and visit every CID unit’s
office on a regular basis. During the past month, CID
Stewards identified offices that were extremely hot,
and not conducive to productive work. CID Stewards
were able to make contact with the Director of MPD
Facilities and present these issues. The Director was
extremely responsive to the concerns of the Union
and had the issues resolved almost immediately.
If there are any concerns about safety or heath issues
in your office, from the air temperature to leaks
coming from the ceiling, or even things like mold or
ventilation, please contact one of your CID Shop
Stewards. We will contact management to have it
corrected as soon as possible. The CID Shop also
communicates with the Chairperson of the Union’s
Safety Committee and will keep her updated on any
safety issues identified.
MPDC Investigators Class Circa 1975
CALENDAR AND UPCOMING EVENTS
July 11th 7:00 pm FOP 1 Lodge Meeting
July 17 11:00am –until FOP 1 Taco Tuesday (Free for LEOs)
End of September (TBA) Union General Membership