Chapter 11- Police Administration

Question 1

7 factors that led to public sector collective bargaining:

Answer 1

From 1959 through the 1970s, a number of events combined to foster public-sector collective bargaining.
These significant forces were: 1) the needs of labor organizations, 2) the reduction of legal barriers, 3) police frustration with the perceived lack of support for their “war on crime,” 4) personnel practices in police agencies, 5) salaries and benefits, 6) violence directed at the police, and 7) the success of other groups.

Question 2

Ways police unions impact the community

Answer 2

Discipline and accountability
Police subculture
City or county finances
Local politics

Question 3

Differences between the three models of collective bargaining:

Answer 3

Binding Arbitration Model:
A judgment made by a neutral third party to settle a dispute between labor and management, in which both parties agree in advance to abide by the result (allows public employees the right to select exclusive representatives for the purpose of bargaining with their employees)

Meet and Confer model:
they permit governmental employer and the employees representative to meet and discuss “permissible” topics (wages, benefits, working conditions) pensions cannot be discussed- government employer has the finical decision and no natural impasse resolution mechanism

Bargaining not required model:
found in states that do not statutorily require or allow collective bargaining for law enforcement officers.

Question 4

Who serves on management teams during negotiations:

Answer 4

assistant city manager (legal matters), human resource representative (HR policy), lead negotiator (city’s position), scribe (recorder), senior police commander (chief’s representative)

Question 5

Who serves on union teams during negotiations:

Answer 5

union voice president, union secretor, union treasurer, lead negotiator, union executive board member

Question 6

Four major types of job actions a police union can take and the appropriate administrative actions that can be taken in response by police administrators:

Answer 6

1. The vote of confidence- signal their collective displeasure
2. Work slowdown
3. Work speedups
4. Work stoppages- strikes

Question 7

Understand why many police departments around the country are facing funding cutbacks:

Answer 7

Recent economic crisis and cuts in government funding- many police chiefs do not see the budget cuts of the last few years as a temporary inconvenience but the new normal.