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The future of police discipline in Chicago is scheduled for a City Council vote for the third time Wednesday after a committee voted to reject a Fraternal Order of Police contract measure that would allow officers accused of serious misconduct to have their disciplinary cases heard behind closed doors. The committee’s 10-5 vote tees up another chapter in the back and forth between City Hall ...

Confronted for the second time in as many months with the future of police discipline, aldermen deferred voting Wednesday on a contract measure to allow officers accused of serious misconduct to have their disciplinary cases heard behind closed doors. They separately voted to approve $8 million in settlements, including a wrongful death and police misconduct case. The unexpected move not to ...

“He’s a coward,” Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara afterward. “You had your attorney tell the judge you’re calling the vote. Call the vote. But he didn’t do it.”

CHICAGO — Confronted for the second time in as many months with the future of police discipline, aldermen deferred voting Wednesday on a contract measure to allow officers accused of serious misconduct to have their disciplinary cases heard behind closed doors. They separately voted to approve $8 million in settlements, including a wrongful death and police misconduct case. The unexpected move ...

The Council rejected the ruling, which allows Chicago police officers accused of the most serious misconduct to have their cases decided in closed-door arbitration. The arbitrator reaffirmed his original decision, returning it to the Council for a second vote, which could come Wednesday.