New FOP president claims victory in early battles with city
The newly-elected president of the Fraternal Order of Police claimed victory Thursday in two early skirmishes with the city likely to set the tone for contentious contract negotiations.
The battles stem from, what FOP President Kevin Graham called the "unilateral expansion" of body cameras to all Chicago Police officers and the Chicago Police Department's proposed "disciplinary matrix" for so-called "complaints registered" against officers.
Graham's predecessor Dean Angelo filed a pair of unfair labor practices complaints stemming from those actions before losing to Graham in a run-off election for union leadership.
The Illinois Labor Relations Board could have dismissed the complaints after reviewing evidence presented by both sides.
But instead, the board ordered an administrative law judge to conduct a formal hearing to determine whether the city violated state labor laws when it unilaterally implemented two new polices and failed to negotiate them with the FOP.
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