Yes, police unions need to be heavily regulated since they have so much power both politically and in terms of what kind of levers they can pull. For example, t

Yes, police unions need to be heavily regulated since they have so much power both politically and in terms of what kind of levers they can pull. For example, there was a story about Minnesota police slowing down their responses to areas in which their city council representative voted against the interests of the police union. But the narrow question of whether the police need a union or not, I think they do because they need representation etc., the same reasons why any employee, public or otherwise, needs a union.