City and police union still stuck on discipline with one contract negotiation session to go No compromise in sight on reforming appeals process for fired cops; final bargaining session Monday Tags: SAN ANTONIO – The city and police union continue to butt heads over how much power an arbitrator should have to reinstate fired San Antonio police officers. The city’s goal to reform the appeals process and make it harder for fired cops to get their jobs back has been the biggest and stickiest issue of the ongoing contract negotiation. With just one scheduled negotiation session left on Monday, April 19, the two sides still haven’t found a compromise.