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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has handed down an important First Amendment ruling involving social media – in a law enforcement case out of Hampton, Virginia. The case, Bland et al v. Roberts, originally produced headlines that had ...

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A paramedic for Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp. (MONOC) has lost a federal court lawsuit that alleged her employer illegally accessed and used a Facebook post to discipline her. Deborah Ehling worked for MONOC since 2004. In June, 2009, in the ...

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Five DC firefighters are in hot water over some controversial comments they posted on Facebook. The controversy began when a firefighter posted a photo of a DC police officer who had just issued the firefighter a traffic ticket. Along with ...

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  A firefighter from Ada, Oklahoma has been arrested for allegedly directing threats on Facebook at a police officer who arrested his wife. Vincent Jason Smeltz, 42, was arrested Tuesday on charges that he used a computer system to inflict ...

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  Miami Dade’s Brian Beckmann is once again a captain, courtesy of a long awaited arbitrators ruling handed down today. Just about a year ago, the case made news when Captain Beckmann posted some remarks about the Trayvon Martin shooting ...

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It has been a long wait, but Miami Dade Fire Captain Brian Beckmann finally had his day in court… or more correctly his day before an arbitrator… to review his Facebook related demotion. Last spring, Captain Beckmann posted a comment ...

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The convoluted disciplinary case of a Bourne, Massachusetts firefighter that included grievances, unfair labor practices, civil service proceedings, state court proceedings, and even a Federal lawsuit has been resolved. In February, 2011 firefighter Richard Doherty was terminated over a number ...

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“I don’t agree with what he put, but I can’t discipline someone because of something that they said.”  With those words, Fire Chief John McGuire last night announced he would not be disciplining Swansea firefighter Kody Koudelka over a Facebook ...

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Elected officials in the Village of Swansea, Illinois are not happy about a Facebook post by a volunteer firefighter. FF Kody Koudelka is accused of making the obscene post about the village board. Following a request by Fire Chief John ...

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The case of Hialeah Firefighters IAFF Local 1102 vice president Eric Johnson is back in the news with word of his discipline on charges related to his social media activities. Johnson got into hot water over some photos he posted ...

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A Texas flight medic who was terminated for a Facebook post has lost her appeal. Janis Roberts, a flight medic for Careflight, was terminated after she posted on the Facebook walls of two coworkers, paramedic Robert Sumien and helicopter pilot ...

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Additional details have been released on the controversial Facebook post that cost one Columbus, Mississippi firefighter his job and caused 3 other city employees (2 firefighters and one police officer) to be disciplined. Dave Statter has been on this since ...

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I received a very timely and thought provoking question for today’s burning question: Is clicking “Like” to a Facebook post making a public statement sufficient to get someone in trouble? I should probably start by asking – who do I ...

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The Seattle Fire Department is investigating a photo posted on Facebook that some are calling funny but others are calling embarrassing, perhaps conduct unbecoming.

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