Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) and Mayor Lori Lightfoot are sharply divided over the details of a proposed law to give all people who have been arrested a list of legal service providers after their arrival at police stations.
Hairston wants the list given and a call allowed within an hour, but the mayor, according to the draft of a substitute ordinance shared with the Herald, would extend the police three hours.Â
Hairston first introduced the bill last year, but it was revived this past summer during a City Council scuffle over whether the National Guard should be sent to the city. The ordinance is currently in the Public Safety Committee, which held a subject matter hearing for it on Monday, Dec. 14.Â