G. Treatment During Interrogation

All three cities analyzed here, and most other LEOBOR-protected police, have rules about the manner in which police must be interrogated. Interviews will occur during working hours, at the officer's or investigators' workplace, sessions cannot go over a certain period of time without a break, and no foul language will be used towards the officer. This is not to say that police officers under interrogation should be held for long hours, early in the morning, threatened, or cursed at, but these provisions illustrate the “extra rights” to which police unions imagine their members are entitled. Remember that union bosses tell us these bills are about equalizing cops' rights with criminals and providing “a basic level of constitutional protection.” It is not difficult to imagine what those same unions' reactions would be if criminal suspects had to be treated so comfortably.