The Fraternal Order of Police, on its web site, contends the department is violating its collective bargaining agreement by mandating only overtime for officers working this weekend and not also offering days off as compensation.
A spokeswoman for the Chicago
Police Department was not immediately available for comment on the FOP
grievance.
The union said it has received a lot of complaints from officers that the department has printed new overtime slips that already have the “money” box checked. The FOP said is recommending that any officers who wish to be compensated with days off to cross out the money box on the slip and check the “time” box.
Earlier this week, police Superintendent Garry
McCarthy acknowledged that canceling days off for the entire department—from
Friday through Monday—would be costly but help the department provide security
for the NATO summit downtown as well as continue to fight crime in the
neighborhoods.
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