Prohibition.
Denver City Charter, art. IX, § 9.8.17
in effect§ 9.8.17 - Prohibition.
(A) Neither the bargaining agent nor the Police Officers, nor any person acting in concert with them, will cause, sanction, or take part in any withholding of services to the City by means of a strike, walkout, sitdown, slowdown, stoppage of work, abnormal absenteeism, or other method. Therefore, all such actions are expressly prohibited.
(B) Violation of any provision of Subsection (A) of this Section 9.8.17 by the bargaining agent of the Police Officers shall be cause for the City to terminate a collective bargaining agreement with the bargaining agent upon giving written notice to that effect to the chief representative of the bargaining agent, in addition to whatever other remedies may be available to the City at law or in equity.
(C) Violation of any provision of Subsection (A) of this Section 9.8.17 by any Police Officer shall be just cause for discipline of the Police Officer, in addition to whatever other remedies may be available to the City at law or in equity. All provisions of Section 9.4.13 and its Subsections shall apply to any disciplinary action under this Subsection.
(D) No Police Officer or person seeking to become a Police Officer shall be appointed, promoted, reduced, removed or in any way discriminated against because of affiliations or nonaffiliations with an employee organization; provided that it shall be allowable and it shall not be in violation of this Charter for an agreement between the bargaining agent and the Corporate Authorities to require as a condition of employment the payment by Police Officers to the bargaining agent of an amount not to exceed the normal dues and assessments required of members of the bargaining agent so long as the City is adequately indemnified and held harmless as part of the agreement.
(Charter 1960, C5.82-17; added March 20, 1995)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIHORU_SUBTITLE_BCH_ARTIXEM_PT8COBAPO_S9.8.17PRFetched: 10/27/2026