Appellate Court to Rule on Private Police Misconduct Hearings in Chicago

Police discipline should not be hidden from the public

It sounds like the kind of thing you’d see in a gritty crime drama out of 1970s Chicago. Veteran police officers actually on the wrong side of the law, dealing […]

Appellate court rules Chicago police discipline cases should remain public

Disciplinary hearings for Chicago police officers involving alleged misconduct should take place in public, according to a ruling Friday by a panel of Illinois appellate court judges.

Appeals Court Rules Serious CPD Discipline Hearings Must Take Place in ...

Appeals Court Rules Serious CPD Discipline Hearings Must Take Place in Public – WTTW (Chicago)

The ruling, which is likely to be appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court, endorses the effort backed by the city’s largest police union to upend the system used for 60 years to punish officers.

Appellate court to rule on private police misconduct hearings in Chicago

An appellate court could issue a ruling Friday on where  the most serious police misconduct cases can be heard behind closed doors. The City of Chicago and the police union have been fighting over if they should be private or not for years. The city says its transparency is crucial in these cases. The union says the collective bargaining agreement gives officers the right for their cases to be heard out of the public's spotlight.  Back in March …

All Chicago police misconduct cases could be heard in secret if court sides with union

Disciplinary hearings in the most egregious cases of police misconduct could be pushed behind closed doors if an appellate court sides with Chicago's largest police union this week.Most officers accused in these cases are already opting to skip the Chicago Police Board, which holds public hearings, and instead go to arbitration, a process that has historically been favorable to the police. As it stands, officers accused of lesser misconduct alre…