Power to Rework Criticized Police Contracts Lies With Elected Leaders

Route Fifty: Police unions and their labor contracts with cities are facing scrutiny amid the calls for drastic changes to law enforcement that have swept the nation in recent weeks.

As with previous campaigns to drive policing reforms, advocates across the country have recounted how police unions have thwarted efforts to open up officer use of force records to the public, or fought to preserve often secretive arbitration procedures that frequently reinstate cops fired by police brass for serious misconduct.

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