ABSTRACT
It may fairly be said upon examing personnel administration over the past quarter of a century that all other events are in the penumbra of public sector unionism. The literature in the field is extensive, particularly that relating to the police due to the perceived urgency of maintaining the delivery of their services. A great deal of variety exists, both by title and operation, in police employee organizations. The literature includes references to activity on the police front by such groups as the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the California Alliance of Police Associations, the Assembly of Government Employees, the Buffalo Silver Shield Club, the Fraternal Order of Police, the Wisconsin Professional Policemen’s Association and the Service Employees International Union. Understanding is enhanced by order. The purpose here is to provide a typology of police employee organizations so that from the presently existing diversity significant relationships may be seen and made more readily understandable.
