Scranton police file grievance after chief makes off-duty arrest

[The Northerner]

The Scranton police union has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the city for an off-duty drug arrest made by Police Chief Dan Duffy in March.

The complaint, which was filed with the state Labor Relations Board on April 14, takes issue with the chief arresting a man who was allegedly in possession of marijuana because the chief is not a member of the collective bargaining unit and was "off duty" when the March 20 arrest was made.

"I think it's absurd. I'm not going to turn my head on crime that takes place," Chief Duffy said. "I took the same oath (as a police officer) that everyone else took.

"On my day off and I'm driving around as the police chief, and that's wrong?" he asked.

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[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. So it is in the contract that only bargaining unit members can make arrests?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. Police union shoots itself in foot.

[Ian David]

3. How can I sleep at night knowing that someone with marijuana is loose on the streets of Scranton? nt

[jdlh8894]

4. Not only that-

What happened to those 30,000#s of BANANAS!!!!