AND THE BEAT GOES ON - PATROLMEN'S UNIONISM IN NEW YORK CITY

• NCJ Number: 15409
• Author(s): M A LEVI; S YOUNG
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 99 pages
• Grant Number(s): GI38004
• Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A HISTORY OF THE PATROLMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION'S (PBA) TRANSFORMATION FROM A STRONG LINE ORGANIZATION TO A DE FACTO UNION.

Abstract

THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE PBA WAS ABLE TO REPRESENT ITS MEMBERS AT THE BARGAINING TABLE IS TRACED THROUGH A DECADE LONG CONTROVERSY OVER PATROL ALLOCATION. THIS DEPLOYMENT ISSUE REVEALS HOW THE UNION DEVELOPED A COLLUSIVE BARGAINING CAPABILITY. COLLUSIVE BARGAINING IS A PROCESS WHEREBY THE NEGOTIATORS REACH AN AGREEMENT RELATIVELY EASILY AND THEN SELL THAT AGREEMENT TO THEIR SUPPORTERS. THE PATROL ALLOCATION STORY IS TRIPARTITE. FIRST FORMER POLICE COMMISSIONER M. MURPHY ATTEMPTED TO REVISE A 1911 STATUTE AND INSTITUTE A FOURTH PLATOON TO WORK FROM 6 PM TO 2 AM. IN 1969 MAYOR LINDSAY SUCCEEDED IN ESTABLISHING A FOURTH PLATOON, BUT THEN HAD TROUBLE MAKING IT WORK. THE THIRD PART DEALS WITH POLICE COMMISSIONER P. MURPHY'S ACQUISITION OF A NEW 24-SQUAD DUTY CHART AND THE ENSUING REALLOCATION OF MANPOWER.