CPD Officers Speak Out After Being Placed on Unpaid Status Due to COVID Vaccine Mandate NBC Chicago
According to Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara, close to 50 officers were placed on unpaid status as part of the enforcement of that mandate, which requires city workers to confirm whether or not they ve gotten the COVID vaccine.
Those workers who have not are required to submit to twice-weekly testing through the end of the year.
NBC 5 spoke to two officers who were placed on unpaid status Monday, and both say that the city s reporting requirement for COVID vaccination goes against their union rights, and that they re ready to lose pay over their decision not to comply with the mandate.