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Police hiring, training, and disciplinary requirements by state and city

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The index of articles below provides links to more detailed information from Ballotpedia's analysis examining police collective bargaining agreement (CBA) provisions by state, city, and research question. This information can also be explored further on Ballotpedia's Police CBA Dashboard.

Through the lens of more than 30 research questions on topics ranging from police union authority and training to discipline and accountability, Ballotpedia examined the collective bargaining agreements, statutes, and regulatory codes governing the 50 states and the top 100 U.S. cities by population.

Some standards and policies for police officers not established by statutes or regulations arise from negotiations with police unions. Those negotiations are often codified in collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). Those agreements are the contracts that states and cities sign following negotiations with police unions. Some states and cities restrict collective bargaining, but may still negotiate with police unions using other methods. After negotiating with the unions, those jurisdictions sometimes establish police standards through documents including memoranda of understanding or meet and confer agreements.

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Police hiring, training, and disciplinary requirements analysis by state

Police hiring, training, and disciplinary requirements analysis by city

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