On-Site Training Catalog - Labor Courses - Fraternal Order of Police

The Fraternal Order of Police Difference: FOP vs. Competing Labor Organizations
Time: 1 hour
Audience: FOP members and non-members

To help members and non-members understand why law enforcement officers should join the FOP and not another law enforcement organization.

Rights of Officers
Time: 2-6 hours (Depends on how much time is available. 2 hours gives a good overview; 6 hours allows the instructor to go in depth)
Audience: FOP members and non-members

This course discusses the rights of law enforcement officers and how to enforce those rights. Included in the rights discussed are:

Americans with Disabilities Act
Contractual rights (if any—depends on audience to whom the course is presented)
Civil rights
Fair Labor Standards Act
Garrity—right to representation
Property rights
Right to associate (form FOP lodges)
Weingarten—right to pre-disciplinary hearing

How to Represent Members
Time: 2-4 hours
Audience: FOP members and non-members

This course will cover the basics in representing others.

How to serve as an advocate
How to put your personal feelings aside
Duties of fair representation

For Lodges That Do Not Have Collective Bargaining:

What Do You Need in Legal Provisions for Collective Bargaining?
Time: 2-4 hours
Audience: FOP members and non-members

This course identifies what the legal requirements are that should be in every law that grants collective bargaining rights.

How to Obtain Collective Bargaining Rights
Time: 2-3 hours
Audience: FOP members and non-members

This course identifies the actions that a lodge should take to obtain collective bargaining rights, including:

Guidelines for petition initiatives
Lobbying
What to look for in governing documents
What does government document say or not say?
City charters
County charters/governing documents
State laws

Processing Grievances
Time: 2 hours
Audience: FOP members

This course discusses the duty of fair representation and teaches lodge leaders how to represent members in the grievance process.

Preparing Your Lodge to Be the Bargaining Agent
Time: 2-4 hours
Audience: FOP lodge leaders and members

This course discusses how a lodge can prepare itself to be a bargaining representative. The course includes a discussion on how to handle non-sworn members of the agency and sworn non-members of the lodge.

Strategies and Tactics for Representation Elections
Time: 2 hours
Audience: FOP members

This course overviews ways that lodges have been successful in winning representations elections. The course identifies the steps that should be taken by lodges including how to craft and deliver your message.

For Lodges That Do Bargain Collectively:

Processing Grievances
Time: 2-4 hours
Audience: FOP members and non-members

This course will discuss the duty of fair representation and how to handle non-dues-paying bargaining unit members.

How to Arbitrate Grievances
Time: 2-4 hours
Audience: FOP members

This course will teach members how to determine which grievances should proceed to arbitration and how to present evidence to an arbitrator. The 4-hour session includes presenting a grievance to an arbitrator.

The Economics of Negotiations
Time: 2-8 hours
Audience: FOP members and non-members

This course is designed to cover all economic issues a lodge will face in negotiations. The course can be focused on specific areas such as:

How to determine comparables
How to review a political subdivision’s financial situation
How to cost out a proposal
Use of outside consultants: financial, healthcare, pensions

Role of Third Party Neutrals
Time: 2-4 hours
Audience: FOP members and non-members

This course will cover the use of third party neutrals including:

How they are selected
How they view the issues
Presenting your case for maximum results
Examining and cross-examining witnesses
Mock negotiations with use of an actual third party neutral (in the 4-hour course)

Labor Relations
Time: 2-4 hours
Audience: FOP members and non-members; management representatives may be invited by a lodge

Contract negotiations need to be supplemented with a process that can be used when negotiations are over. This course will overview successful labor relations programs and will provide a framework for the process.

Legal Ethics
Time: 2 hours
Audience: Legal counselors

This course is designed to have legal counselors discuss the ethics of representing law enforcement officers in a variety of situations.

Recent Developments in Law Enforcement Labor Law
Time: 1-3 hours
Audience: FOP members and legal counselors

This course will cover new court decisions that affect the representation of members.

On-Site Training Catalog – Labor Courses

Presented by the Education Services Committee

Labor-Related Courses

For Lodges That Do Not Have Collective Bargaining:

For Lodges That Do Bargain Collectively:

For Lodges That Do Not Have Collective Bargaining:

For Lodges That Do Bargain Collectively:

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