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The city’s top cop pushed back at a police union head calling for his resignation over a series of incidents in which cops were sprayed with water
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has repeatedly clashed with the police union
Some police oppose civilian oversight boards on the grounds that civilians are not qualified to understand police issues
The new three-year contract requires two civilian volunteers to serve on all oversight review boards, along with three sworn officers
Police Chief Carmen Best has called the tentative contract reached in August crucial to retaining and recruiting officers.
The union will no longer actively refer officers to attorney Daniel Herbert
Other changes include 3 percent annual raises for officers and a return to a shift schedule of five-day work weeks
“To portray our [officers] with such an inappropriate manner is very unfortunate,” Lt. Gene Ryan wrote
Chief Frank Fowler cites the schedule as one of the reasons why the department needs to hire more officers to fill shifts
The city of West Linn was initially ordered in July to pay at least $100,000 in back pay to a former officer
Leaders of Chicago’s police union told Mayor Rahm Emanuel he had turned his back on them
The president of a Detroit police union spoke out against the city
Lt. Danita Pettis claims the president of the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge told officers she was promoted because of her complaints about racism and sexism
The union says Officer Duffy’s termination is “another example of the witch hunts that have been occurring against union officials and members within the Department.
The SEC is suing the developer of the stalled $4.4 million Fort Worth Police Officers Association headquarters for operating a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme
The police union was a vocal supporter of Trump during the 2016 election
Chicago’s police union says its head will meet members of Trump’s administration and that the city’s deadly violence is expected to be on the agenda
Chief Cameron McLay angered some rank-and-file officers by speaking at the Democratic convention in July
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