Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the agreement contains new accountability and transparency reforms needed to build trust between police and communities. In addition, the agreement prohibits the names of complainants from being disclosed to officials until immediately before their interrogation, which usually takes place at the end of an investigation. Ald. Maria Hadden (49th) presented her “no” to the agreement by saying that she was not against the salary increases of the contract, but she thought that the city guides “must persevere and conclude the agreement”. But Ald. Maria Hadden (49th District) said no vote should take place until the deal is fully negotiated. The agreement grants members a 20% increase over his eight-year term and extends retroactively to the expiration of the last contract in July 2017. A change in state law earlier this year paved the way for anonymous complaints against public servants, and the new Chicago agreement allows them, with a caveat. A new state law prohibits police union collective agreements from requiring plaintiffs to sign an affidavit when filing a complaint against a police officer. In addition, police unions must stop destroying disciplinary records, according to a 2020 Illinois Supreme Court decision. In addition, municipal and union leaders could not agree that public servants must disclose whether they have a second job and how many hours they have worked. The issue will be the subject of further negotiations and could end up before an arbitrator, officials said. Retroactive to 2017 and until 2025, the proposed agreement would mean that an executive`s salary would increase by about 20% over the life of the agreement.

Before voting “no” to the deal, Ald said. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th), he worries that “as soon as we give the FOP this big salary increase. the incentive will simply not be there” to settle the remaining points. CHICAGO – The City Council voted Tuesday to approve a collective agreement with regular employees of the Chicago Police Department that ends the union`s lack of a four-year contract. But the deal came under stricter scrutiny in the city council on Tuesday, with Ald`s “no.” Daniel La Spata (1st), Ald. Michael Rodriguez (22nd), Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th), Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (33rd), Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th), Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th), Ald. Matt Martin (47th) and Ald.

Maria Hadden (49th) came. Ald. Jason Ervin (28th District) said the deal was the best deal possible. But Ald. Jason Ervin (28), the chairman of the Aldermanic Black Caucus, appealed to his colleagues to think about what will bring the “greatest benefit to citizens” when weighing a vote on the deal. The agreement allows for the investigation of anonymous complaints, which the 2012 collective agreement with the Fraternal Police Order prohibits and ends a 40-year ban. The contract will cost the city approximately $375 million in 2022 to cover the costs of retroactive approval of salary increases for public servants from 2017 to 2021 and the salary increase for 2022. The backlog of the deal would be $378 million, although city budget officials have stored $103 million in the city`s 2021 budget for retroactive payment.

Budget officials also said they plan to raise the rest of the money through a debt refinancing maneuver. “The agreement also recognizes the enormous stress of work and the resulting trauma, and provides additional health and wellness support to managers,” Lightfoot said. “We hope that FOP members will take due account of this proposal and vote for early ratification.” The city of Chicago and its police union announced Monday that they have reached an agreement in principle after four years of negotiations. Get more in-depth daily coverage of Chicago politics on The Daily Line. The city`s contract with police captains, sergeants, and lieutenants allows department officials to set a 16-hour cap on performing work within 24 hours, unless ordered to do so by the department. “It`s not because we take them to the cleaners. That`s because we`ve been waiting for the money for four years,” Catanzara said. However, the new contract still allows officers to wait 24 hours before talking to investigators after a shooting. This measure has also been targeted by reform advocates.

“I`m afraid that once we give this big raise to the FOP, it will be very expensive and will cost taxpayers a lot of money,” Ald said. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 35th arrondissement. “The incentive just won`t be there for them to continue working with our city to deliver on the rest of these reforms through this treaty.” FOP Chicago President John Catanzara told WBEZ last summer that the union would not act on any liability measures. He told the Chicago Sun-Times that they were only prepared to allow anonymous complaints if the city was willing to waive its residency requirement and allow officials to go on strike, two major concessions that did not end in the final agreement. Lightfoot criticized his predecessor, former Mayor Rahm Emanuel, for failing to reach a deal during his tenure. Police union leaders opposed Lightfoot`s demand for greater accountability, and the banned strike officials worked for nearly a decade under the terms of a contract originally signed in 2012. The Mayor also acknowledged that certain points could be subject to arbitration. The new agreement includes annual increases of 2.5% for agents on January 1, 2022, 2023 and 2024, with a final increase of 2% before the contract expires on June 30, 2025.

Together, the retroactive and forward-looking increases result in a 20% increase in agents` salaries. Critics of the Chicago Police Department say both provisions have been used by officials to maintain a code of silence that prevents officers guilty of wrongdoing from being punished. BU 57 Teamsters Local 700 Supervision of the Police Communications Operator The council`s action came from objections from the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, the Chicago Council of Lawyers/Chicago Appleseed and the Chicago Lawyers` Committee for Civil Rights, whose leaders said the proposed deal did not do enough. to ensure that public servants protect the civil rights of chicagoans. FOP President John Catanzara has set the cost of the retroactive salary increase at $600 million. “I think we need to get all the protection we`re looking for, all the reforms we`re looking for,” Hadden said. FOP negotiator Paul Vallas said what he called “fundamental issues of accountability” will be addressed in the preliminary contract, with more controversial disciplinary changes yet to be negotiated. .

Read the full coverage of Tuesday`s City Council meeting by The Daily Line here. The Chicago cops have been working without a contract for four years, which means four years without an increase since their previous contract expired in 2017. Documents provided to City Council members by the Mayor`s Office estimate the price of the retroactive increases at $378 million. “Not every police officer in the city of Chicago is bad cop,” Ervin said. “There will be bad actors everywhere. Adam Gross, of the business and professional people for the Public Interest group, said the contract includes significant improvements in police accountability, but he sees it as a missed opportunity. The Chicago City Council voted Tuesday to approve a new $700 million contract with the city`s 12,000 core police officers. To make up for lost time, the new contract includes an immediate 10.5% increase for agents to cover the last four years.

Agents are also compensated for the increases they missed with retroactive paychecks worth several thousand dollars. These increases are prorated for officers who joined the Force after July 2017. The city plans to refinance $1 billion in debt to save $250 million to cover most of those costs, said Jennie Huang Bennett, Chicago`s chief financial officer. .