TUCSON (CN) - The deputy sheriff's union sued Pima County, claiming County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry interfered with its membership and exceeded his authority. The union claims Huckelberry refused to certify a petition calling for the Pima County Deputy Sheriff's Association to become the representative for all law enforcement officers in the county's meet-and-confer process.
Huckelberry rejected the petition because it was signed by employees other than deputies, including sergeants and other high-ranking officers, the union claims in Pima County Court.
Huckelberry wrote to the union that the county's meet-and-confer process applies only to deputies, not to all "certified law enforcement officers," as the union claims.
It is the latest in a long-running series of squabbles between the union and the county.
Until 2008, sheriff's deputies were the only Pima County employees not eligible for meet-and-confer. The union says that Huckelberry's "determination to limit rights ... to only deputies is arbitrary and capricious, and an abuse of discretion."
The union is represented by Martin Bihn with Bihn & McDaniel.
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