Scott Olson/Getty Images(CHICAGO) A battle pitting the mayor of Chicago and the superintendent of the police department against some officers defying a vaccine mandate for all city employees heads to a courtroom on Wednesday where the police union is asking a judge for a temporary restraining order. The courtroom showdown comes even as police Superintendent David Brown said compliance with the COVID-19 shot mandate by officers and civilian employees of his agency went up to 67% on Tuesday from 64% a day earlier. "I will say and do anything to save an officer's life," Brown said during a news conference on Tuesday. "If it takes going through a counseling session, going to a no-pay status, going to internal affairs or a direct order, if that's what it takes, I'm willing to do it." As of Tuesday, about 2,000 officers had yet to upload their vaccine or testing status on a city online portal and, so far, 21 officers have been stripped of their police po
A judge who ordered the president of Chicago’s police officers’ union to stop publicly encouraging his members to disobey the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Wednesday refused the union’s request to recuse herself from the case.
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The specific issue to be discussed at Wednesday's hearing is whether Judge Cecilia Horan should recuse herself from the case. Over the weekend, the FOP realized that Horan is associated with the city's Gay and Lesbian Bar Association. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is a lesbian.
In a memo issued by Chicago s police department a day after officers were required to disclose their vaccine status, officers were informed elective time off will be restricted.