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Portland Police Union Contract Includes Retention Bonuses

The agreement, which was released Tuesday, comes after more than a year of negotiations and is still pending final approval from each side. It covers officer salaries, bonuses for employee retention and a compromise on expanding Portland Street Response. It also includes the police bureau’s discipline guide as well as references to a new community oversight board.

February 9, 2022

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Chicago FOP Head Retires, Will Continue to Lead Union

Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara has officially retired from the Chicago Police Department. He will continue as head of the police union and says he wants to run for mayor in 2023.

November 16, 2021

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Chicago FOP President Faces Termination Hearing

John Catanzara is the head of the Fraternal Order of Police. This is not the first time that he has been in trouble with the agency.

November 15, 2021

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Chicago Police Cancel Days Off Bracing for Rittenhouse Verdict

The Chicago Police Department canceled regularly scheduled days off starting Friday and through the weekend. An internal memo sent to rank and file officers does not mention the Rittenhouse trial.

November 10, 2021

Point of Law

Cook County Judge Grants Restraining Order on Chicago's Vaccine Mandate

The judge left intact the requirement that Chicago Police Department officers report their vaccine status and the city’s current policy requiring multiple weekly tests for unvaccinated officers. But his order does stay the Dec. 31 deadline for all officers to be vaccinated.

November 1, 2021

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Judge Denies NYPD Union's Bid to Halt COVID Vaccine Mandate

The Police Benevolent Association, New York City's largest police union, had argued in their request for a temporary restraining order on Monday that the policy does not make clear potential exceptions for medical or religious reasons, and does not give unvaccinated officers sufficient time to apply for such exemptions.

October 28, 2021

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Chicago Police Union Seeks Restraining Order on Vaccine Mandate Dismissals

A court hearing over the union's request for a temporary restraining order was delayed Wednesday, but that did little to ease tensions over the city's attempt to get all police officers vaccinated.

October 20, 2021

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Chicago On Pace to Lose 1,000 Officers to Retirement, Resignations

According to city data, there was a total of 12,258 sworn personnel as of June 2021, down from 13,218 two years ago.

October 20, 2021

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19 Chicago Officer Stripped of Police Powers Over Vaccine Mandate

Most of the officers were assigned to CPD headquarters in Bronzeville, according to John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, the union that represents rank-and-file officers.

October 19, 2021

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Chicago Police Union Tells Members to Defy Vaccine Mandate

FOP head John Catanzara said that “it’s safe to say the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50 percent or less” over the weekend.

October 14, 2021

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FBI Raids NYPD Sergeants' Union, Home of President

Investigators from the FBI descended on the office as part of an investigation into the union, which is headed union president Ed Mullins.

October 5, 2021

Command

Miami Police Union Holding Vote on Chief Acevedo

FOP President Sgt. Tommy Reyes said, “People demoted for no reason, a captain was rolled back to lieutenant for no reason at all and discipline has been handed it out like he was giving out Halloween candy.”

September 22, 2021