City HR Boss: Police Oversight Plan Can't be Implemented Without Union Approval

By JAMES PITKIN
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Randy Leonard
LaVonne Griffin-Valade
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parts of the plan are subject to collective bargaining under state law, and can't be implemented without hashing them out with the police union.
That's because changes to police discipline must be bargained with the police union, says Yvonne Deckard, head of the city's Bureau of Human Services.
Dan Saltzman
Rosie Sizer

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