CHICAGO — Confronted for the second time in as many months with the future of police discipline, aldermen deferred voting Wednesday on a contract measure to allow officers accused of serious misconduct to have their disciplinary cases heard behind closed doors. They separately voted to approve $8 million in settlements, including a wrongful death and police misconduct case. The unexpected move .
The Council rejected the ruling, which allows Chicago police officers accused of the most serious misconduct to have their cases decided in closed-door arbitration. The arbitrator reaffirmed his original decision, returning it to the Council for a second vote, which could come Wednesday.
Attorneys for Chicago’s police superintendent have taken legal action to ask a Cook County judge to reverse a recent Chicago Police Board ruling that cleared a controversial police officer of wrongdoing — the first time in the consent-decree era that the city and its police boss have made such a request. County court records show the complaint for administrative review was submitted on behalf .
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