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Basics Regional Training: Gloucester
MASSACHUSETTS COALITION OF POLICE & SANDULLI GRACE, P.C.
2025 BASICS REGIONAL TRAINING SEMINAR
Atlantic Ocean Room at the Elks at Bass Rocks
101 Atlantic Road, Gloucester
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
AGENDA
(9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
1.) Registration/Continental Breakfast (9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.)
2.) Welcome by President Scott Hovsepian (9:30 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.)
3.) The Nuts and Bolts of Running Your Union – Tim King, MassCOP In-House Counsel (9:35 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.)
4.) POST: Legal and Practical Considerations (10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.)
5.) COFFEE BREAK (10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.)
6.) How to Draft and Process a Contractual Grievance (11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.) with Sandulli Grace attorneys – John Becker, Casey Berkowitz and Laurel Goldstein.
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- Attempts to resolve informally
- Drafting the grievance
- Required elements of a grievance
- Keeping up with deadlines
- Grievance v. ULP
- Past practice v. Contract language
7.) Working Lunch: Rule 14: (11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
- Handling Employee Discipline Issues: (12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.)
- Contract language
- Civil Service v. contractual just cause arbitration
- How to appeal discipline
- Internal affairs interviews and report writing
- Criminal charges
- The Brady List
- Police reform
- Legislation update
8.) Interim Bargaining and ULPs (1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.)
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- Interim bargaining, MSBs, and ULPs (such as: BWCs and social media policies)
9.) Q&A Session (2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
Networking and Open Bar (beer and wine) – 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cost – $75 per person
(For inquiries regarding financial assistance, please contact Julia at jmp@masscop.org.
Agenda and topics subject to change.
For further information, contact Julia at jmp@masscop.org
