Labor Unions, Management Innovation and Organizational Change in Police Departments

John DeCarlo has over 35 years of active policing experience and retired recently as a chief of police in Connecticut. Dr. DeCarlo teaches and conducts research into policing methodologies at John Jay College in New York. He received his PhD from The City University of New York Graduate Center. Michael Jenkins is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Scranton. He received his Ph.D. from Rutgers School of Criminal Justice, completing his dissertation under the mentorship of famed "broken windows" theorist Dr. George Kelling. He currently teaches courses and conducts research on innovations in policing.

• Preface.- Introduction.- The History of Police and Unions.- Union implications for police professionalism.- Objectives.- Police employee organizations.- Structure of Labor Relations in Police Organizations.- Methodology.- Results.- Police union impact on innovation.- Police union impact on legitimacy and community relations.- Summary.