The U.S. Conference of Mayors took direct aim at police unions, saying the collective bargaining agreements they negotiate are an obstacle to police reform and to regaining public trust
That finding in a report could escalate tensions in the national debate over police use of force and racial inequality that burst into nationwide street protests following the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
“We’re at the inflection point, and unions need to be part of the solution,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, chair of the conference’s working group on police reform and racial justice, told a news conference. “Police cannot be effective, they cannot do their job, if they do not have the community on their side.”
Too many collective bargaining agreements enable investigations to be covered up or delayed, or the purging of disciplinary records, Lightfoot said.
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