First Thursday, September 2025

About this episode

Rick interviews Bob Brooks about his congressional bid and the role of public safety labor in politics.

Rick interviews former firefighter and firefighter union leader, Bob Brooks, about his bid to represent Pennsylvania’s 7th district in the congress. They discuss the importance of political involvement by public safety labor and management representatives from all backgrounds. 00:02:16 – What’s next from LRIS 00:05:03 – County Permitted To Assign Probation Officers To Detention Facility […]

People in this episode

Host: Rick

Guest: Bob Brooks

Topics covered

• political involvement
• public safety
• labor representation
• firefighter union
• congressional bid

Keywords

• firefighter
• union leader
• politics
• Pennsylvania
• congress
• public safety
• labor management

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Pennsylvania, 7th district

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