“Test”-ing Their Patience
The Chicago Police Sergeants Association intends to file a lawsuit this week seeking to compel Mayor Rahm Emanuel to hold a lieutenants exam that they suspect he is delaying because the sergeants endorsed Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) for mayor.
According to the Chicago Sun Times, the lawsuit will accuse Emanuel of violating a 2012 agreement to schedule the lieutenant’s exam as soon as possible.
The lawsuit, aimed at compelling City Hall to set a date for the lieutenants exam, comes just two weeks after the sergeants association endorsed Fioretti, citing the alderman’s promise to bolster the police force by 500 officers and the commuter tax he has proposed to solve the city’s $20 billion pension crisis.
In endorsing Fioretti over Emanuel earlier this month, Sergeants Association President Jim Ade argued that Fioretti had “the best vision” for the future of the Chicago Police Department.
“He wants to hire more police officers, which is always a plus for us,” Ade said then. “His ideas of trying find ways to pay for pensions was a big part of our decision as well. He had better ideas than anyone else on ways to get alternative funding for the pensions where it would not hurt the employee or pensioner as much.”