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Carthage police officers seek recognition as bargaining unit; city administration to prepare council bill
Summary
Representatives of the Carthage Police Officers Association and 21 signature cards presented a request that officers be recognized as a bargaining unit affiliated with the Southwest Missouri Fraternal Order of Police Regional Lodge 27; city administration will prepare a council bill for the public safety committee.
Shelby Howard, speaking on behalf of the Carthage Police Officers Association, told the Public Safety Committee during the Jan. 14 meeting that a majority of the city’s police officers have requested recognition as a bargaining unit and asked the city to recognize Southwest Missouri Fraternal Order of Police Regional Lodge 27 and the Carthage Police Officer Association as their exclusive bargaining representatives.
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