CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s vaccine mandate for Chicago Police officers was upheld by an arbitrator who rejected the Fraternal Order of Police’s grievances over the city’s rules, she announced Wednesday at a news conference.
Lightfoot said she hopes the ruling will be a “signal for those members who are not yet vaccinated to get vaccinated.”
A visibly pleased Lightfoot made the announcement at her customary post-City Council meeting.
There was no immediate comment from leaders of Chicago’s police union, which has bitterly fought the mandate since it was announced last year.
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