Chicago police union, city lawyers continue to spar over public access to disciplinary cases

Chicago police union, city lawyers continue to spar over public access to disciplinary cases

The yearslong battle over how to handle the Chicago Police Department's most serious misconduct cases continued Tuesday with attorneys for the city's largest police union urging an appellate court panel to overturn a ruling requiring disciplinary hearings to be held in public.The fight over police discipline erupted during union contract negotiations and stretched from the City Council floor to the courtroom of Cook County Judge Michael Mullen, …