Town of North Kingstown v. Local 473, International Brotherhood of Police Officers

OPINION

The plaintiff, Town of North Kingstown (town), was granted summary judgment on its complaint for a declaratory judgment. The Superior Court judgment said that a town employee, a police officer under investigation by the town for possible improper conduct while on duty, had no right to have a union representative present during the interrogation. The defendants, Local 473, International Brotherhood of Police Officers, N.A.G.E., and its president, Patrolman Joseph Hart, and vice president, Patrolman Patrick Flanagan, in their official capacities (collectively, the union), appealed. This…