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This week delivered another series of bad headlines in Chicago for Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her Police Superintendent David Brown. The Chicago chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police issued a vote of no confidence for both of them, as well as First Deputy Superintendent Eric Carter. Unlike other recent disputes between law enforcement and City Hall, however, this had nothing to do with supposed police “reforms” that have been proposed or the cutting of budgets. As it turns out, the Chicago PD has been working without a contract since 2017. Efforts at negotiations with the Lightfoot administration have basically gone nowhere. On top of that, during the recent crime surge, officers have been working mandatory overtime on a regular basis and having their days off canceled. It’s apparently these working conditions and the inability of City Hall to resolve these issues that led to the vote of no confidence. For her part, the Mayor shrugged it off. (CBS Chicago)
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