The outgoing president of the Chicago Police Board urged the City Council on Tuesday to reject an independent arbitrator’s ruling that he claimed would undermine police reform by stripping the board of its most powerful tool.
The August ruling would allow Chicago police officers accused of the most serious wrongdoing and recommended for firings or suspensions longer than a year to bypass the board and take their cases to an independent arbitrator, who might be more sympathetic to their arguments and would hold proceedings on those cases behind closed doors.
