Police hiring, training, and disciplinary requirements in Glendale, Arizona
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This page provides an overview of policies related to the hiring, training, and discipline of police officers in Glendale, Ariz. It is part of an analysis of police union collective bargaining agreements and related arrangements with police unions concerning hiring, training, and disciplinary requirements in the 50 states and top 100 cities by population.
Background
Ballotpedia in 2023 examined the collective bargaining agreements, statutes, and regulatory codes governing the 50 states and the top 100 US cities by population through the lens of a series of research questions related to police hiring, training, and discipline.
Some of the hiring, training, and discipline standards 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.
Results
The tables below link to each question Ballotpedia used to analyze the states and cities and indicate how Glendale handles police hiring, training, and discipline. To see the provisions Ballotpedia used to support these results, click here.
===CBA basics===
| CBA basics | Results |
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| Is there a CBA with the police union? | YES |
| Is the current CBA publicly available online? | YES |
Discipline and accountability
| Discipline and accountability | Results |
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| Does the CBA forbid the transfer or reassignment of an officer as a form of discipline? | NO |
| Do officers have a right to request third-party arbitration for grievances, including over disciplinary actions? | NO |
| Does the CBA contain provisions related to discipline for misconduct? | YES |
Primary discipline authority: Chief of Police; Types: Memo of expectation, counseling, memo of correction, written correction, suspension, demotion; Restricted aspects: Limited to a timeframe of three years for non-punitive discipline and five years for punitive discipline; Challenge/appeal process: Formal request to chief of police for relief from post disciplinary periodDiscipline is defined as informal corrective actions (memo of expectation, counseling), corrective discipline (memo of correction, written), or punitive discipline (suspensions, demotions, etc.) | |
| Does the CBA explicitly allow for a state ombudsman outside particular police departments to hold law enforcement officers accountable for misconduct? | NO |
Legal limitations or provisions
| Legal limitations or provisions | Results |
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| Does the city CBA prohibit felons from becoming law enforcement officers? | NO |
| Are there any statutes or regulations that prohibit collective bargaining with police unions? | NO |
Training and counseling
Community relations and oversight
| Community relations and oversight | Results |
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| Does the CBA reference citizen review boards? | NO |
| Does the CBA have provisions related to community policing? | NO |
Investigations
| Investigations | Results |
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| Does the CBA contain provisions related to misconduct investigations? | YES |
| Does the CBA require notice to officers of investigations? | YES |
Conditions: N/A; Timeline: Must be notified within 3 days of a signed complaint; Content: N/A | |
| Does the CBA determine a timeline for investigations? | YES |
Timeline to launch: N/A; Timeline to conclude: 120 days Investigations must be completed within 120 days measuring from the day the officer is given notice of the investigation to when the officer is served with a final finding or notice of intent to discipline. If an investigation lasts longer than 120 days, the officer and unions must receive an update on the status of the investigation and a projected timeline to completion. Such an update must be given every 30 days. | |
| Does the CBA contain provisions related to compensation during misconduct investigations? | NO |
Evidence and records
| Evidence and records | Results |
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| Does the CBA have provisions related to the use of body-worn cameras or body-worn camera video evidence? | YES |
Officers are allowed to view camera footage before an interview. The CBA also describes the access to camera footage and requires officers to be notified before releasing footage. | |
| Does the CBA regulate processes for retaining officer disciplinary records? | NO |
Qualifications and evaluation
| Qualifications and evaluation | Results |
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| Does the CBA require performance evaluations? | YES |
Evaluations completed by HR | |
| Does the CBA restrict licensing procedures for law enforcement officers or departments? | NO |
Union authority
See also
Footnotes
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