Opinion ID: 1902272
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Heading: Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI)

Text: In 1985, there were 14 police officers in the BCI. Five were on the day tour, five on the evening tour, and four on the midnight tour. Their duties included checking FBI correspondence to verify fingerprint identification, fingerprinting civilians, processing (i.e., photographing and fingerprinting) prisoners, lifting latent prints from evidence delivered to the BCI, and going to crime scenes to secure latent evidence and take photographs. There were also two civilian clerk typists. The clerk typists would take telephone messages, answer mail, draw files, and prepare correspondence. In spring 1994, two police officers in the BCI retired and, within a month, were rehired as civilians. Except for going to crime scenes, the retired officers performed the same functions at the BCI as they performed when they were active officers. The City's rehiring of retired police officers in the BCI occurred for purely economic reasons because the City attempted to keep the same employees doing largely the same jobs for less pay, and was therefore not a legitimate reorganization. The former officers performed police-related duties such as processing and fingerprinting prisoners. The City was obligated to negotiate with the police unions before it shifted unit work.