City of Detroit v. Detroit Police Officers Ass'n

Detroit Police Officers Association (dpoa) appeals as of right from the Wayne Circuit Court order granting the City of Detroit a writ of mandamus compelling the arbitration proceedings for dpoa and the city to follow a schedule which would allow the arbitration panel to issue its decision no later than March 31, 1987.

In contemplation of the June, 1986, expiration of a collective bargaining agreement between the dpoa and the city, the dpoa requested that the Michigan Employment Relations Commission appoint a state mediator. Merc complied with the dpoa’s request, and negotiations began in…