Police Inspector hears from his pal, a retired Captain, who asks that a relative’s arrest after a scuffle with two police officers go away.  No problem.  2 police officials suspended for alleged cover-up of arrest.

Like many jurisdictions, Stockton, California dug itself a hole in the late 1990’s by assuming that a few banner years’ return on pension investments would continue forever—so why not skip or cut back on pension contributions to pay for other things?  Wrong!  Facing a financial cliff, Stockton then bit on a Wall Street firm’s sales pitch to reduce its pension debt by rolling it over into new, lower interest loans that were a good deal as long as the economy grew steadily, a very bad deal if it did not, which happened, bankrupting Stockton.   http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/business/how-a-plan-to-help-stockton-calif-pay-pensions-backfired.html?smid=pl-share

The New York State Assembly sexual harassment allegations aren’t going away.  Here comes the Times’ finger-waving editorial, with an interesting oversight angle regarding how pay-offs to two female staffers stayed under the radar thanks to closely held accounts and robo-signoffs on money transfers.  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/opinion/the-sexual-bully-in-albany.html?ref=opinion

This story will have legs.  The New York State Assemblyman at its center has already been censured by colleagues more used to circling the wagons when one of their own is accused. But this case is also sucking in the Assembly Speaker relative to secret payoffs to women who complained, so I think we’ll hear more.  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/nyregion/women-employed-by-vito-j-lopez-describe-sexually-hostile-office.html?smid=pl-share

I wouldn’t bet against the “Big Brother” technological fixes Memphis officials are contemplating, even though the rank and file are likely to howl. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/aug/28/memphis-officer-involved-in-crash-on-force-for/