Police unions are the one of the most important guardians of law enforcement in the United States—negotiating salary, benefits and most importantly protections for their members.
Advocates say the effort is aimed at changing the role of law enforcement in communities in America following countless deaths of African Americans in police custody.Police unions are one of the most important guardians of law enforcement in the United States -- negotiating salary, benefits and most importantly protections for their members.
Jamie McBride, leader of Los Angeles Police Protective League, LAPPL, the union that represents Los Angeles Police Department officers, speaks at a news conference, June 5, 2020, at the LAPPL offices in Los Angeles. This week, the unions representing several New York City police departments, such as the Police Benevolent Association, and other unions representing law enforcement in the state issued a letter condemning the state's legislature for its newly passed police reform bills.
John George, President, Fraternal Order of Police, Oklahoma City, gestures as he speaks in support of Oklahoma City Police Chief Wade Gourley, June 2, 2020, in Oklahoma City. “They think if there are collective bargaining changes, that they will lose their rights in negotiating salaries or other benefits for their officers if the reforms go through," McDevitt said."They come from a place where if management doesn’t want it, then they have to fight it."
Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York President Pat Lynch and representatives from other NYPD and law enforcement unions holds a news conference on June 9, 2020, in New York.New York police unions received criticism this week after a press conference denouncing proposed legislative action and decrying the treatment of their members in which many in attendance were white males.
"The union has to see if they don’t represent the community they won’t have legitimacy in negotiating table," McDevitt said.
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