Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is asking a City Council committee on Thursday to reject an arbitrator’s ruling that would allow the union for the city’s rank-and-file cops to contest the most serious police discipline cases behind closed doors.
The committee hearing has been anticipated for months with city officials warning the ruling would undermine police legitimacy and with union leaders talking up the ruling as a matter of basic fairness for over-scrutinized officers. As the council takes up the dispute, here’s what you need to know.
