Posted on 10/24/2024 5:33:19 PM PDT by simpson96
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's budget crisis may be worse than many had thought.
A still-pending lawsuit over police overtime pay could put the city on the hook for $200 million. It's a liability Chicago City Council members recently learned about as the city heads into budget season.
The mission of the Chicago Police Department is protect and serve, a job that often involves overtime. However, a federal lawsuit alleges the city grossly under-calculated how much the officers should have been paid.
The overtime mainly stems from officers work as part of the violence reduction initiative dating back to at least 2012, where police flooded the streets in high-crime areas, mostly on the West and South Sides.
"So when it first started, there really wasn't any guidelines. It was the Wild West, so to speak," Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 President John Catanzara said. "If you want to work, work as much as you possibly could."
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Mayor Brandon Johnson was unaware of the lawsuit and the potential liability until Tuesday's city council meeting, when the police union president brought it up. His office declined to comment due to the ongoing litigation.
City council members were also blindsided and frustrated.
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trickle down effect of raising minimum wages everywhere.
Everyone who used to make more than minimum will demand a raise because they feel their jobs deserve to make far more than minimum wage.
This eventually raising wages at all levels and add to inflation
“violence reduction initiative”
That’s certainly worked well.
Simple solution.
Give more money to the illegal aliens.
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