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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday the city has filed a complaint to stop police from potentially striking in reaction to layoffs due to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. 

CHICAGO (AP) -- Police officers in Chicago will not be ordered to go home if they defy the city's requirement that they report their COVID-19 vaccination

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police leaders and the mayor say that officers will not be ordered to go home if they defy the city's requirement that they report their COVID-19 vaccination status or be placed on unpaid leave. Police spokesman Tom Ahern's comments follow a video posted by the police officer's union in which the union president urged his members not to report their vaccination status by Friday's deadline and suggested that officers might be sent home. Ahern says he doe...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday she ordered her office to file a complaint against Chicago’s police union and its president, John Catanzara, “for...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday the city has filed a complaint against the Fraternal Order of Police and its president, asking a judge to stop police from "engaging in, supporting, and encouraging a work stoppage or strike."

"Officers will continue coming to work until they are told otherwise (and) that they are no longer on pay status."

Chicago Police officers write up cyclists for riding on sidewalks in Black and Latino areas far more often than they do in predominantly white communities, a new study found.

Chicago Police officers write up cyclists for riding on sidewalks in Black and Latino areas far more often than they do in predominantly white communities, a new study found.

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Despite having less bike infrastructure than other neighborhoods, Chicago police issued citations for biking on the sidewalk eight and three times more often in Black and Latino neighborhoods, respectively.