NCJ Number
15497
Date Published
1974
Length
82 pages
Annotation
GUIDELINES EVOLVED FROM A SYMPOSIUM SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CHIEFS OF POLICE, THE POLICE FOUNDATION, AND THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS SERVICE.
Abstract
FOUR KEY ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED: (1) THE ROLE OF LABOR AND MANAGEMENT IN THE LABOR RELATIONS PROCESS; (2) PROFESSIONALIZATION AND UNIONISM IN LAW ENFORCEMENT; (3) PRODUCTIVITY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND (4) KEY ISSUES IN POLICE UNIONISM--NATIONAL UNIONS, STRIKES, DISCIPLINE AND CORRUPTION. FOUR DISCUSSION SECTIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE ISSUES WERE SELECTED. EACH SECTION WAS COMPOSED OF THREE SUB-GROUPS: (1) MAYORS/CITY MANAGERS/COUNTY EXECUTIVES, (2) POLICE CHIEFS AND (3) POLICE UNION OFFICIALS. THE DISCUSSION SECTIONS MET FOR ONE-AND-A-HALF DAYS. THE PROPOSED POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS WERE THEN PREPARED THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE SECTION MODERATOR, RESOURCE PERSON(S), AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH SUB-GROUP IN THE DISCUSSION SECTION. THESE PROPOSALS WERE THEN REVIEWED BY ALL THE SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS AT A PLENARY SESSION. MEMBERS OF THE SESSION APPROVED, DISAPPROVED OR MODIFIED THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS. THE LABOR RELATIONS GUIDELINES CONTAINED IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS REPORT REPRESENT THE CONSENSUS OF THE PLENARY SESSION ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS DEVELOPED BY THE DISCUSSION GROUPS. THE SECOND SECTION OF THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE CONCEPT PAPERS PREPARED BY SEVEN KNOWLEDGEABLE PRACTITIONERS IN THE FIELD OF POLICE LABOR RELATIONS. THESE PAPERS WERE USED AS A GUIDE FOR THE DISCUSSIONS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POLICE LABOR RELATIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)