PROFESSIONALIZING POLICE LABOR RELATIONS - THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE TO UNIONIZATION

• NCJ Number: 14151
• Journal: Journal of Police Science and Administration Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1974) Pages: 94-106
• Author(s): J P GIFFORD
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: Northwestern University
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, APRIL 1973.

Annotation

REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE PATROLMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION (PBA), FOCUSING ON DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE PBA WAS RECOGNIZED AS AN EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING AGENT IN 1963.

Abstract

DISCUSSED ARE THE SUCCESSION OF UNITS IN THE DEPARTMENT'S HISTORY WHICH HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR LABOR AND PERSONNEL RELATIONS. THE ARTICLE ASSERTS THAT ONLY SINCE 1971 HAS THE DEPARTMENT BEGUN TO FULLY REGULARIZE AND MODERNIZE THESE RELATIONS, CULMINATING IN A REORGANIZATION IN 1973 UNDER COMMISSIONER PATRICK V. MURPHY.