In 2015, several police officers filed suit in what is now a $200 million class action case against the city, alleging officers were not property paid for the overtime they worked. The overtime mainly stems from officers work as part of the violence reduction initiative dating back to at least 2012, where police flooded the streets in high-crime areas, mostly on the West and South Sides.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Wait until they get into the pending lawsuit for LL/ JB’s draconian vax mandates that saw many officers fired/ have to sit out without pay.