A police union was dealt a setback in its constitutional challenge to a District of Columbia law prohibiting negotiations over officer disciplinary matters after the US Supreme Court decided not to take up the dispute.
The justices Monday declined a petition by an affiliate of the 350,000-member Fraternal Order of Police to examine a federal appeals court order upholding a police reform initiative the District of Columbia Council passed in summer 2020 following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
In addition to blocking bargaining over discipline, the measure includes restrictions on neck restraints and establishes a commission ...