Week 6 discussion
DQ1
Police Unions
Unions for police officers vary significantly from state to
state and even from department to department. Some unions are extremely
powerful and are able to secure numerous benefits for their members through
collective bargaining and binding arbitration. However in some state is illegal
for police officers to form a union or engage in collective bargaining.
Please familiarize yourself with the learning resources and
do some additional research so you can answer the following question:
You are the chief of a city police department with 120
officers. The relationship between the officers, supervisors and administrators
is generally good, although you have your share of issues as any department
does. One of the officers just informed you that your officers have voted to
form a union (which is legal in your state). He assures you that it is not
because of anything you did as the chief; they simply want to speak with a
unified voice. You are now meeting with the mayor of your city to brief him
about this development. He asks you if you are for or against this new union?
You must choose a side. How would you respond? Why?
You must support your response with at least one reference
from this week’s learning resources and one additional outside reference.
DQ2
LEOBR
BEFORE YOU ANSWER THIS QUESTION, please understand that:
LEOBR ONLY applies to administrative investigations of
misconduct, NOT criminal investigations.
While I am not an expert on the laws of every state, LEOBR generally
does not offer protections during criminal investigations.
Unlike a criminal suspect who can invoke his Fifth Amendment
rights and refuse to answer the questions of an investigator, an officer can be
ordered to answer a questions related to an administrative investigation and,
in some cases, can be fired for refusing to answer.
Many states have what is known as a Law Enforcement Officers
Bill of Rights. In summary, these statutes protect police officers who are
charged with misconduct by providing them with certain rights (procedures that
must be followed, prohibitions on what the department may do, etc.). In light
of the Freddy Gray case, Maryland legislators just made changes to the LEOBR.
Please review the learning resources for this week. Also,
please read the article shown below that provides a good overview of the LEOBR.
Then discuss the following:
1. From the perspective of a police chief, is there a
specific part of the LEOBR that is particularly troubling or that you believe
interferes with your ability to manage the agency? Why? How would you change
it?
2. From the perspective of a police officer, is there a
particular part of the LEOBR that you believe is especially important for your
protection? Are there additional protections that should be added to the LEOBR
to protect police officers? Why?
LEOBR Overview:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/27/law-enforcement-bill-of-rights_n_7153106.html
Maryland’s LEOBR:
http://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2010/public-safety/title-3/subtitle-1/3-104/
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