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Despite a freeze on police discipline cases, the superintendent of the Chicago Police Department late Thursday issued a lengthy, stern critique of the city agency that probes police misconduct, accusing investigators of leaning on “personal opinions and speculation.” That leads to unfairness, Chicago police Supt. Larry Snelling said. “When we speculate, when we add our personal opinions, then ...

CHICAGO — Despite a freeze on police discipline cases, the superintendent of the Chicago Police Department late Thursday issued a lengthy, stern critique of the city agency that probes police misconduct, accusing investigators of leaning on “personal opinions and speculation.” That leads to unfairness, Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling said. “When we speculate, when we add our ...

The Fraternal Order of Police's motion for summary judgment was filed after alderpersons voted once again to reject an arbitrator's finding that officers facing dismissal or suspensions over one year have the right to circumvent the Chicago Police Board.

The battle over police discipline stems from an arbitrator's finding that state labor law affords the union’s rank-and-file members the right to seek “final and binding arbitration,” like other public sector employees.

CHICAGO — As the fight over the future of police discipline in Chicago carries on, attorneys for the largest Chicago police officers’ union have asked a county judge to extend a moratorium on more than a dozen pending disciplinary cases involving CPD officers. The motion to extend the stay on police board hearings was filed Tuesday by attorneys for the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7, the ...

Thursday’s vote — after an emotional debate that forced Mayor Brandon Johnson call for decorum four times — reaffirms the Council’s symbolic commitment to police reform and accountability, but the victory for Mayor Brandon Johnson and his allies may be both short lived and pyrrhic.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is urging City Council members Thursday to reject an arbitrator's decision allowing a closed hearing in favor of one that allows for "public transparency and accountability."

Chicago police union President John Catanzara said Mayor Brandon Johnson’s City Council allies put off the vote so Judge Michael Mullen can “do their dirty work for them” by enforcing the arbitration option.

Facing threats of a legal battle from the city’s rank-and-file police union, aldermen again deferred a decision Wednesday over the future of serious discipline for officers accused of wrongdoing. A parliamentary maneuver to “defer and publish” a vote on the matter was made by allies of Mayor Brandon Johnson, marking the latest chapter in a contentious dispute over arbitrator Edwin Benn’s ...

For the second time in two months, the Committee on Workforce Development voted to reject an arbitrator’s ruling that would allow CPD officers accused of serious wrongdoing to bypass the Police Board in favor of arbitration, which would be held behind closed doors.