Chronic Offender who assaulted a CO evades Justice

Alpha News is reporting that a chronic offender who assaulted a Lino Lakes CO with a chair and gave him a concussion in 2020 was released four months later.

The inmate was charged with 4th Degree Assault on a Corrections Officer but failed to appear in court. On subsequent arrests since then those charges were never adjudicated!

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Disability danger and don't dare challenge it!

There is major legislation that endangers public employee disability retirement recipients. A hearing was held, many people showed up to testify against it and the Bill's Author, Representative Her seemed visibly angry that they dared to challenge the Bill she had authored!

Called a Police and Fire Bill HF 1234  was broadened out to fundamentally change how disability pensions work for all public employees including the PERA Correctional Plan and the General Group. 

For a synapsis go to the MNCORA Blog.

The Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement (LCPR) held a hearing on March 20th. 

11 people signed up to testify against it including MNCORA. (click on the link  to MNCORA to see video of their testimony on that page).

The only Union to show up to testify against this Bill was MNPEA-see video here. 

It was very educational to watch affected people who's time to testify was cut to just 90 seconds, often choking back tears, not be asked one question by any of the members of the LCPR then to have the following reply from the Author of the Bill.

Below is the response of Representative Her to the people who testified against the Bill she is the Author of. Note she states "There's not one provision in this Bill that is mine!" Yup, don't blame me. She also admits they didn't talk to any individuals because they spoke to their Unions! Apparently individuals are not stakeholders. Also, when someone is on a disability retirement they must resign their job so they usually are no longer a member of a Union. She had a room overfilled with affected people and 11 speakers of whom she didn't bother to ask a single question of.

You can watch the entire meeting here https://youtu.be/SYYvNRRQhpc

Female CO blinded in assault at MCF Oak Park Heights

Fox nine is reporting a female CO was assaulted at Oak Park Heights MCF and lost the sight in one eye. This falls on the heels of 7 other CO's assaulted in three seperate assaults at both Stillwater MCF and Oak Park Heights in recent days.

Fox nine is reporting she "was transported to Regions Hospital for treatment. She suffered significant damage to her right eye and multiple facial fractures. The officer had multiple surgeries to help fix her eye, but the damage was irreversible, and she lost vision in her eye.  

The officer also needs at least four additional surgeries to repair the facial fractures, according to the complaint."

Attacks on Corrections Officers are up in both County and State facilities largely due to low staffing. And the powers that be have chosen this time to attack the disability pensions of PERA Correctional Plan members!

6 CO's injured in 2 assaults one at Stillwater MCF and the other at Oak Park Heights MCF

 WCCO is reporting that six CO's were injured in 2 assaults one at Stillwater MCF and the other at Oak Park Heights MCF!

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PERA recommends change to disability pension!

On March 2nd the PERA Board met and unanimously recommended a major change to the PERA  disability portion of our pension! 

MNCORA opposes this.

Please read here-https://mncoretirementassociation.blogspot.com/2023/03/pera-is-recommending-major-change-to.html