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The Con­sol­i­dat­ed As­so­ci­a­tion of Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice (CAMP) is push­ing back against in­ter­pre­ta­tions of a re­cent High Court rul­ing that sug­gest the Po­lice Ser­vice So­cial and Wel­fare As­so­ci­a­tion (TTPSS­WA) can now seek of­fi­cial recog­ni­tion to rep­re­sent Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Of­fi­cers.

CAMP says such a move would un­der­mine over a decade of le­gal ad­vo­ca­cy for a ded­i­cat­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tive body for the Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Ser­vice (TTMPS).

In a me­dia re­lease, CAMP said the Ju­ly 15 rul­ing—while con­firm­ing the right of mu­nic­i­pal of­fi­cers, along with Spe­cial Re­serve and Tran­sit Po­lice, to join the TTPSS­WA and vote in its elec­tions—does not au­tho­rise the as­so­ci­a­tion to ne­go­ti­ate on be­half of mu­nic­i­pal of­fi­cers.