Legal Opinion
Local 346, International Brotherhood of Police Officers v. Labor Relations Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 14, 1984PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
In Baker v. Lawrence, 379 Mass. 322 (1979), we held that G. L. c. 149, § 19B, 2 permits a police department to require police officers suspected of criminal activity to submit to polygraph testing under threat of discipline. We now hold that G. L. c. 150E does not require a city or town to negotiate with the union over the police department’s decision to use polygraph examinations in the investigation of criminal activity by police officers. Therefore, we affirm the decision of the Labor Relations Commission (commission), dismissing a complaint of prohibited practice filed against the town of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- First National Maintenance Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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- Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- School Committee of Newton v. Labor Relations Comm.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Central City Education Ass'n v. Illinois Educational Labor Relations BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
- City of Worcester v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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- City of Miami v. FOP Miami Lodge 20District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
- Afscme v. IslrbAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989
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