The police union quietly asked to reopen contract negotiations this past week in hopes of securing a salary bump for officers.

Two years after derailing attempts to bolster IPA powers, the San Jose Police Officers’ Association has quietly ceded a compromise.

However, new legislation such as the transparency measures provided by SB 1421 may render the proposed pact feckless.

San Jose may outsource the rest of its workers’ comp unit, which already relies on a third-party contractor to handle half of all claims.

Breaking up is hard to do. Breaking up a fight between the San Jose police union and City Hall could be damn near impossible. In what appeared to be an effort to mend fences and remind people who’s the boss, Acting Police Chief Larry Esquivel recently sent an email this week to his command staff—roughly 50 deputy police chiefs, lieutenants and captains—scolding them for signing on to a letter critical of the city recent actions involving labor negotiations.