FOP Appeals Arbitration Ruling

We recognize the FOP's intent....as long as everyone alsoe recognizes the spin that will be applied from the "progressive" lib-tards:

• Chicago’s largest police union has given formal notice that it will appeal a court ruling that would open hearings on major disciplinary cases to the public. In a court filing, lawyers for Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 said they would challenge an order by Cook County Judge Michael Mullen issued last month.

  That order pared back a 2023 ruling by a labor arbitrator that gave officers facing dismissal or long-term suspensions the option to have their case decided by an independent arbitrator instead of the Chicago Police Board. The arbitrator’s ruling also required the city to pay officers who were suspended while their cases were pending, a provision that also was rolled back by Mullen’s order.

  Mullen had said before releasing his ruling that he expected it would please neither side.

  Mullen affirmed officers’ right to have an arbitrator decide their fate in serious cases, but he did say those hearings could be open because of the public interest in misconduct by police.

The argument that the politicians are going to make is that "secrecy" prevents oversight.

Arbitrator Benn has said the city is unlikely to prevail in court, and that this may result in years of litigation. It's going to be a long and bumpy road, outlasting our careers for certain and thousands of others.