Catanzara wants three former firefighters now on the council Nick Sposato, Anthony Napolitano and Jim Gardiner to back Erin Jones, a CPD detective challenging state Sen. Rob Martwick, a favorite of Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2.
Officers still refusing will be placed on what the city calls “non-disciplinary, no-pay status” and may face termination. “I don’t expect that to be a lengthy process,” Lightfoot said Monday, but added: “We’re not doing mass firings today.”
Three alderpersons argue that Chicago cannot afford to lose even one police officer at a time when homicides, shootings and carjackings continue at a record pace.
It’s a neighborhood, not just an airport, and unofficially the second hub of Ukrainian Americans in Chicago. We get the latest on efforts locals are making to assist in Ukrainian defense back home and on preparations to welcome refugees.
Parliamentary maneuvers were used to delay final action on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Gang Asset Forfeiture Ordinance and a $1.67 million settlement for a woman dragged out of a car by Chicago police officers at Brickyard Mall in May 2020.