POLICE BENEV. ASS'N OF SAVANNAH v. Brown

Benham, Chief Justice.

The Police Benevolent Association of Savannah (“PBAS”) and seven Savannah police officers filed a petition for mandamus, asking the trial court to order the Savannah city manager, appellee Michael B. Brown, to recognize the PBAS as the chosen bargaining representative of the rank-and-file Savannah police officers, and to commence bargaining with the PBAS under Savannah’s “Guidelines for City’s Relationship with Unions.” After concluding that the City of Savannah could not be required to recognize the PBAS as the officers’ collective bargaining agent, the trial court…