Shame on you, Dan Duffy!

This is Dan Duffy. He is the police chief of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and he has just violated the terms of his employment: on his day off, he arrested a man with a joint! No, it's not that Scranton is a sanctuary town for druggies. Mr. Duffy's offense is that he is management, and the Scranton police have a union, and they don't want managers doing workers' jobs for fear the city won't need as many cops on the beat. So they've filed a grievance against him.  "[T]he union president said the chief, as member of management, should not actively root out crime or randomly patrol neighborhoods while off duty because it violates union agreements that protect rank-and-file officers' employment. The union is concerned city administrators will have more leverage to lay off police officers because 'Chief Duffy will step in' and do the work, Sgt. [Bob] Martin said." You can see why they're not worried that he might fight crime while actually on the job: nine to five, he's probably too busy handling union grievances. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford