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Analysis reveals police union contracts yield big payouts
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An analysis by The Asbury Park Press and ProPublica sifted through hundreds of contracts.
An analysis by The Asbury Park Press and ProPublica sifted through hundreds of police union contracts and found that despite reforms, loopholes and clauses can still yield big payouts for officers, and even bigger financial burdens on those towns.
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Analysis reveals police union contracts yield big payouts
Clip: 2/10/2021 | 5m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
An analysis by The Asbury Park Press and ProPublica sifted through hundreds of police union contracts and found that despite reforms, loopholes and clauses can still yield big payouts for officers, and even bigger financial burdens on those towns.
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