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As the official information vehicle for PB & PA Unit 6, it is important that we keep the Union members in tune and up to date. The following is for your benefit and the Union as a whole:
It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to notify a Union Representative for all matters where you believe some type of discipline may be forthcoming. Please contact a Union Board member if you are subject to an investigation so that our Union Lawyers are notified in a timely manner.
Your RIGHT to have a Union Representative present during matters of discipline and questioning are allowed due to the Weingarten Ruling in 1975. Click the link to read up on the information.
Weingarten Rights
"Your Rights Against Self-Incrimination"
When you are involved in an incident, and you prepare any written report to the Department, (e.g., Officer's report, incident report, witness statement, insurance form) or give any oral statement to another employee arising, from the incident, YOU HAVE BEEN COMPELLED TO DUE SO by the Department mandate. Such compelled statements are subject to the Garrity Rule which precludes their use as evidence in criminal proceedings in which you are charged with a crime arising from the incident.
IF YOU ARE GIVEN YOUR MIRANDA WARNING, any statements you make thereafter are voluntary and not compelled; they would not be subject to the Garrity Rule and could be used against you in court.
Garrity Rule in summary
Pertinent State and Federal Laws
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Officer Rights 
