31.   In some other states, police unions have fought the tide of complaints by filing libel suits against those who accuse the officers.

32.   Instead of holding the bill to help the police union apply more pressure, he should join with Giuliani in urging a quick veto.

33.   It is said to be quite unusual for a police union to be named as a defendant in a lawsuit charging police brutality.

34.   It was the fifth time in a year that Pataki had vetoed legislation endorsed by the police unions, and this veto was in many ways the most dramatic.

35.   It was pushed through an accommodating Legislature by the police union, which expects a state-appointed hearing officer would be more lenient.

36.   J.C. Stamps, the chief labor negotiator for the police union, said those officers frustrated by the cutbacks would not necessarily be sorry to see Thomas leave.

37.   Just days after a basketball-related riot in L.A., a police union announced it will be joining protesters at the Democratic convention.

38.   Last summer, after the trials seemed finished, when the city and the police union had put the money in his pocket, he got out of town.

39.   Kerik said he did not feel he had to consult the police unions before making such a major announcement.

40.   Leaders of the police union testified Monday that the proposal would speed up the disciplinary process.