Chicago Police Union President Estimates More Than 3,000 Officers Defying Vaccine Mandate
By Rick Moran
Time is running out for Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in her high stakes game of chicken with the city’s Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara. All city employees — including police officers — were to report their vaccination status by last Friday or face suspension and loss of pay.
Friday has come and gone and no city employees have received orders to go home or have had their pay docked. But Lightfoot claimed that the reason no disciplinary measures occurred was that city workers had yet to catalog lists of those who haven’t complied with the mandate and sent in their vaccination status forms into her office.
Everyone knew that this was a gambit to gain time. Well, time is up. And Lightfoot may find herself — and the city — in a world of hurt. Catanzara claims that 3,000 police officers — a third of the force — have not informed the city or their department of their vaccination status.