Mayor Lightfoot Confirms Tentative Agreement With Chicago Police Union

Chicago IL

27 July, 2021

5:00 PM

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CHICAGO (CBS) — The pay raises will include more than four years of retroactive pay, as rank-and-file officers have gone without raises since the city's previous contract with the FOP expired on June 30, 2017. It's the first time Lightfoot has acknowledged a tentative deal with the union representing rank-and-file officers since Chicago FOP President John Catanzara announced more than two weeks ago that the two sides had reached an agreement. Asked how the city expects to pay for the cost of the contract — reportedly tabbed at $600 million for more than four years of retroactive pay alone — Lightfoot said the city's budget team has been planning ahead for police pay raises since the last contract expired, and the city has set aside money every year to pay for those raises. Read more at CBS Chicago