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55 Akron L. Rev. 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/aklr55 and id is 1 raw text is: YOU HAVE THE DUTY TO REMAIN SILENT: HOW WORKPLACE GAG RULES FRUSTRATE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY Frank D. LoMonte* and Jessica Terkovich** I. In tro du ction ......................................................................2 II. Freedom of Speech and the Government Workplace..... 6 A. Government Gatekeeping: Regulator Versus Supervisor ..................................................................6 B. NTEU: Prior Restraints Don't Work at Work...............8 III. The Importance of Access ...............................................11 IV. What Courts Have Said: Untie the Gags........................16 A. Uniformed not Uninformed: Courts Value Officers' Contributions to Public Discourse..............................16 B. Fatally Flawed: Gag Policies Flunk Test of Vagueness, Oveibreadth, Unbridled Discretion............................18 V. Putting Police Policies Under Surveillance.......................23 A. Blanket Prohibitions on Speaking Without Approval..24 B. Policies Lacking Clarity That Exist in a Constitutional Gray Zone................................................................28 C. Narrowly Tailored Policies........................................34 VI. The Argument for Handcuffing Officer Speech................36 A. Less Speech-Restrictive Remedies Exist....................39 B. Supervisors Have Adequate Speech-Specific Enforcement Power...................................................40 VII. Prior Restraints Do Not Serve or Protect: A Way Forward42 Professor & Director of the Joseph L. Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida; B.A., 1992, Political Science, Georgia State University; J.D. (Order of the Coif), 2000, University of Georgia School of Law. **B.A., 2018, Criminology & Law, University of Florida; J.D. (anticipated) 2022, University of Florida Levin College of Law. The authors gratefully acknowledge the invaluable research assistance of Adriana Merino in compiling and analyzing the police department policies on which Sec. V is based.

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