Tulsa, OK
Source: https://www.cityoftulsa.org/media/20960/fopjan1_2023-june30_2024.pdf
CBAs marked "Yes" address a given topic or question or "No" do not address that topic or question. Or there is no CBA, the CBA is unknown, or a FOIA request was denied.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Does the CBA require or incentivize college or post-secondary education? | YES |
| Summary: Incentive pay for post-secondary education | |
| Does the city CBA prohibit felons from becoming law enforcement officers? | NO |
| Does the CBA require or incentivize law enforcement officers to learn first aid skills? | NO |
| Does the CBA have provisions related to firearms training? | NO |
| Does the CBA have provisions related to training with tasers or other nonlethal weapons? | NO |
| Does the CBA require law enforcement officers to learn any martial arts? | NO |
| Does the CBA require law enforcement officers to submit to regular psychological counseling/evaluation? | NO |
| Does the CBA require performance evaluations? | NO |
| Does the CBA restrict licensing procedures for law enforcement officers or departments? | NO |
| Does the CBA reference citizen review boards? | NO |
| Does the CBA limit union authority to pay and benefits issues? | NO |
| Does the state/city CBA require law enforcement officers to do driving training regularly? | YES |
| Summary: "All officers shall be provided eight (8) hours of Law Enforcement Driver Training (LEDT) each calendar year to be scheduled by the Training Academy personnel." | |
| Does the state/city CBA require law enforcement officers to do driving training regularly? | YES |
| Summary: "All officers shall be provided eight (8) hours of Law Enforcement Driver Training (LEDT) each calendar year to be scheduled by the Training Academy personnel." | |
| Does the CBA require law enforcement officers to take regular mental health training? | NO |
| Does the CBA have provisions related to community policing? | YES |
| Summary: A member of the FOP will be in charge of "community-related training" and "various community initiatives that would benefit the Lodge, the Tulsa Police Department and the City of Tulsa." | |
| Does the CBA forbid the transfer or reassignment of an officer as a form of discipline? | NO |
| Does the CBA give the union the power to approve or disapprove new training programs for law enforcement officers? | NO |
| Does the CBA have provisions involving the union in the process for promotions, unit assignments, and transfers? | NO |
| Summary: Employer retains right to hire, promote, transfer, assign | |
| Does the CBA have provisions related to the use of body-worn cameras or body-worn camera video evidence? | NO |
| Does the CBA contain provisions related to misconduct investigations? | YES |
| Summary: Discipline; Officer bill of rights under investigation. Officers under investigation will be updated every 90 days | |
| Detail: Article 11 allows for reduction of accrued vacation time as "an effective means of corrective discipline which does not impose financial hardship on the Employee and does not create a manning problem for the Employer." | |
| Do officers have a right to request third-party arbitration for grievances, including over disciplinary actions? | YES |
| Summary: Condition: Disciplinary action may be appealed through the grievance/arbitration procedure; Selection: Both parties alternately strike names from a list provided; Provider: The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service provides a panel of seven arbitrators; Arbitrator authority: The arbitrator's decision is final and binding | |
| Detail: Disciplinary action appeals must be filed within 10 days. Grievances may be appealed to arbitration within 10 days of the grievance procedure decision by written request to the human resources director. | |
| Does the CBA contain provisions related to discipline for misconduct? | YES |
| Summary: Primary discipline authority: City of Tulsa, Police Department; Types: Suspension, demotion, dismissal; Restricted aspects: N/A; Challenge/appeal process: Union grievance procedure, Civil Service Commission, or arbitration | |
| Detail: Employees will be notified of charges prior to interrogation and will be allowed union/legal representation. Officer will be informed at 90 days regarding status of investigation if not resolved. | |
| Does the CBA explicitly allow for a state ombudsman outside particular police departments to hold law enforcement officers accountable for misconduct? | NO |
| Does the CBA regulate processes for retaining officer disciplinary records? | YES |
| Summary: Record storage: City-specific database; Storage authority: N/A; Types of records: Counseling documentation, Division Letters of Reprimand, Department Letters of Reprimand and Vacation Reductions, and Suspensions and Orders of Demotion; Timeline: Counseling documentation and Division Letters of Reprimand are purged and expunged after 1 year, Department Letters of Reprimand and Vacation Reductions are purged and expunged after 3 years, Suspensions and Orders of Demotion are purged and expunged after 5 years; Access and use: Employees have access to personnel files; Use in decisions: N/A | |
| Detail: "if the discipline relates to dishonesty by the Employee being disciplined the time periods for purging and expunging shall be increased to two years for counseling documentation, two years for Division Letters of Reprimand, and five years for Department Letters of Reprimand, and seven years for Suspensions, Vacation Reductions, and Orders of Demotion." | |
| Does the CBA require notice to officers of investigations? | YES |
| Summary: Conditions: N/A; Timeline: N/A; Content: Must include allegations and the nature of the investigation; name of complainants; rank, name, and command of the Officer in charge of the investigation; the interrogating Officer; and all persons present during the interrogation | |
| Does the CBA determine a timeline for investigations? | NO |
| Does the CBA contain provisions related to compensation during misconduct investigations? | NO |
| Are there any statutes or regulations that prohibit collective bargaining with police unions? | NO |
| Is there a CBA with the police union? | YES |
| Is the current CBA publicly available online? | YES |