Daywatch: Police arbitration scheduled for a vote again

Good morning, Chicago.

The future of police discipline in Chicago is scheduled for a City Council vote for the third time today after a committee voted to reject a Fraternal Order of Police contract measure that would allow officers accused of serious misconduct to have their disciplinary cases heard behind closed doors.

The committee’s 10-5 vote tees up another chapter in the back and forth between City Hall and the union over the contract provision that would let officers seek a ruling in private from an independent arbitrator rather than through the public Chicago Police Board.

The high stakes for the police misconduct process — and potentially for Chicago taxpayers — were underscored last week, when the full City Council deferred voting on the contract measure, instead sending it back to committee.

Read the full story from the Tribune’s Jake Sheridan.

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