Law enforcement, police unions, and the future : educating police management and unions about the challenges ahead / by Ron Delord and Ron York (With Seven Other Contributors).

A message to police unions : the road does not go on forever and the party eventually ends -- Storm clouds were brewing -- Police unions are the duck-billed platypus of the labor movement -- Police unions 101 -- Police unions at the crossroads -- The leadership challenge -- Membership education -- It is now or never for police unions -- Challenges for police union leaders -- Pray for peace, but prepare for war -- The power of police unions : it ain't what it used to be, but it's all you have to survive in the new reality -- Rethinking political action -- What every union leader needs to know about dealing with the media in a high profile incident -- Confrontations should be the last resort and not an opening salvo during any impasse -- Not all confrontation tactics are created equal -- What every bomb thrower needs to know before you light the fuse -- Three reasons union leaders fail -- It is time for police unions to step up and embrace reforms -- The paradigm shift -- Recruiting : it's a whole new ball game -- If officers want qualified supervisors they have to accept real promotional schemes -- The beatings will stop when morale improves -- All roads to reform lead back to training -- Law enforcement, police unions, and the future -- Introduction -- Police compensation -- Barriers to officer mobility -- Removing the financial barrier to officer mobility -- How you perform your job -- Changes needed in the police profession -- Police union are becoming obsolete -- Some final thoughts on the future of policing -- National and international perspectives on the current issues impacting policing -- Introductory remarks -- Disorganized labor / Ron DeLord -- How to defuse police violence? one simple answer has been overlooked : hire more women officers / Katherine Spillar -- Body cams, dna, smart phones and the nfl / Larry Watts -- The challenge of change : the second battle of the alamo / Greg Brockhouse -- Response to perf's "30 guiding principles" document / Missy O'Linn -- The police union response to perf's "30 guiding principles" / Brian Marvel -- Public pensions -- the australian experience / Mark Burgess -- The international police union environment.

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