Chicago cops who refused to submit vaccination status no longer receiving pay

[RandySF]

CHICAGO - Friday's deadline to report vaccination status has come and gone and on Monday at CPD headquarters, the first group of non-compliant officers turned in their badges and were put on a "no-pay" status as the police union and the Chicago Police Department appear nowhere closer to reaching an agreement.

"Does anybody really think this is about stopping the spread?" said FOP President John Catanzara. "This is all about total control by this mayor. She is a miserable human being."

The stalemate seems to have become even more bitter over the city's vaccination mandate. Officers who haven't reported their vaccination status or agreed to the temporary testing option are now losing their badges and paychecks. Over 4,000 Chicago police officers — roughly 35 percent of the force — are still non-compliant.

"I really hope the men and women of the CPD, who've been fed a lot of ‘stuff’...are not going to ruin their careers over going to a website and saying 'yes' or 'no,'" said Mayor Lightfoot.



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[Hortensis]

1. Required to turn in their badges also. Good. So, @65% will

continue to protect and serve.

[Salviati]

2. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[Hortensis]

7. We should not arm those with proven depraved indifference to life,

no matter how they style it, with the authority of the state. That'd be stupid and dangerously irresponsible of us.

That said, where is Chicago going to get the trained, experienced cops it needs?

Sigh.

[Salviati]

10. Restructure the job so that cops are only doing the jobs that cops need to do.

Reallocate priorities to work within the resources they have. Do you really need to have cops making traffic stops if they don't have enough to respond to violent emergencies? Do you really need to send cops to handle a non-violent mental health crisis?

These guys are going to more for the cause of "defunding the police" than any protest could have.

[Hortensis]

14. There you go! Of course. I wasn't thinking, but I looked and

seems like Lightfoot can't use the toxic term "defund," and in what I read isn't discussing replacing with something like social workers; but the city's looking for places to cut expenses, and that does include some police positions as part of getting a budget passed. Also, some clerical jobs held by officers might be changed to civilian.

Enter the police union...

Reminds me of,

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor. ~ LBJ

[former9thward]

3. That is 65% who checked "Yes" on a website.

It doesn't mean they are vaccinated. The city is not requiring any proof.

[Hortensis]

8. Really?! I didn't read down and realize that. It seems as if,

given the great stakes for the noncompliant officers, they'd have to verify vaccination for those claiming compliance to maintain a level playing field. Whatever. My sympathies to those trying to deal with this.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. The Opposite May Be True For Those Failing To Respond

No proof, just wondering how many of those refusing to respond are fully vaxxed, but just don't want to go on record because of people like Catanzara. The thin blue line works on both sides, I fear.

[gratuitous]

4. "This is all about total control by this mayor"

Stop resisting, Mr. Catanzara.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Well that's one way to cut down on the white-supremacist maggats in your PD.

Well done Chicago.

[Silent3]

13. +1 n/t

[SoCalDavidS]

6. Hey, Speaking Of MISERABLE HUMAN BEINGS

John, why do you look in the mirror you Asshole.

[GoCubsGo]

9. "Does anybody really think this is about stopping the spread?"

Hey, you goddamn imbecile. You live in a city that has at least four universities with medical schools. Why haven't you ask them what they think. Are you that afraid of what they'll say, you fucking coward?

[ZonkerHarris]

12. If they won't follow this rule what other rules of policing are they not following? Good riddance.