Unions are a tool - a means for labor to organize and exercise power to see to the best interests of its members. Ideally that functions as a way for labor to

Unions are a tool - a means for labor to organize and exercise power to see to the best interests of its members. Ideally that functions as a way for labor to negotiate with management for humane working conditions, etc, and for worker solidarity. Any tool can be abused. Plus police unions really do seem like a special case. In part because the profession of policing is one big special case, because they themselves are part of our system of law. Which really all should go without saying - I would hazard a guess that you already know most of what I am telling you :).