- Police unionization leads to a substantial increase in violent incidents of misconduct. Researchers examined a court decision that gave collective bargaining rights to sheriffs' deputies in Florida in 2003 and found detrimental effects. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3095217 1507 comments science
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- George Floyd Death: Minneapolis Police Union Blocked Reform https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/melissasegura/police-unions-history-minneapolis-reform-george-floyd 671 comments
- How Police Unions Became Such Powerful Opponents to Reform Efforts - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/us/police-unions-minneapolis-kroll.html 175 comments
- Police unions face backlash from some labor activists - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-06-15/police-unions-george-floyd-reform 59 comments
- How to Actually Fix America's Police - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/how-actually-fix-americas-police/612520/ 15 comments
- The Infuriating History of Why Police Unions Have So Much Power – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/08/police-unions-minneapolis/ 8 comments
- Police unions have helped shield officers from accountability. Now they're facing an unprecedented backlash | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/us/police-unions-contracts-shielding-bad-cops-invs/index.html 7 comments
- Conservatives and Liberals Might Join to Fight Police Unions https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/police-unions-reform-conservative-george-floyd-protest-black-lives-matter.html 7 comments
- Police unions have helped shield officers from accountability. Now they're facing an unprecedented backlash | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/us/police-unions-contracts-shielding-bad-cops-invs/index.html?amp%3Butm_content=2020-07-03t02%3A16%3A02&%3Butm_medium=social&%3Butm_source=twcnn 6 comments
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