The Chicago City Council deferred a decision on the future of serious discipline for police officers accused of wrongdoing, facing threats of a legal battle from the police union. A Cook County judge has halted all disciplinary hearings before the Chicago Police Board, as the council considers whether to reject an effort backed by the city’s largest police union to change the disciplinary system. This has put the push to fire the officer who killed Adam Toledo in limbo.
A decision by a judge to stop all Chicago Police Board hearings as the Chicago City Council considers whether to reject an effort to upend the system used punish officers means the push to fire the officer who killed Adam Toledo is in limbo. @wttw https://t.co/fAYfnl6gKc
A judge stopped all disciplinary hearings before the Chicago Police Board as the City Council considers whether to reaffirm its rejection of an effort backed by the city’s largest police union to upend the system used for 60 years to punish officers. https://t.co/up0tM1K7sp
Paul Vallas: It’s time to afford the Chicago police the same arbitration rights afforded other state and local public employees in Illinois. https://t.co/JzZSxVjWKN
The future disciplinary forum for determining punishment for #Chicago police officers accused of the most serious wrongdoing is in the hands of a Cook County judge. #illinois #CPD https://t.co/wfquU0FE6w
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. https://t.co/h5tibOgcSg