Yale Police reach a tentative settlement with the University: The University and the union representing its police officers reached a tentative contract settlement Tuesday, capping 14 hours of negotiations at City Hall and 26 months without a new contract. The contract talks -- the first since June -- were marked by renewed efforts to reach a settlement, with higher-level University administrators coming to the bargaining table and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. acting as a mediator between the two sides. The full negotiating team for the police union and union members must sign off on the contract before it is implemented. Members of the Yale Police Benevolent Association -- the union representing 55 police officers -- have been renewing their contract on a monthly basis since it expired in 2002. YPBA chief steward Christopher Morganti expressed mixed feelings about the proposed contract and uncertainty about whether members would accept it. 'I think parts of it are very good, parts of it are less than what we tried to get,' he said. 'I think it's really going to be up to the members.'