Mayor Lightfoot wants to crack down on moonlighting cops
Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants the city to more closely monitor the lucrative side jobs Chicago police take on when they're off duty.
Driving the news: Chicago City Council approved a new police contract earlier this fall that includes updates on issues from raises to reforms — but not moonlighting.
Why it matters: Officers who take on side jobs as security pose a risk to taxpayers, who may be liable if something goes wrong on the job.
"When you see them in hotels, bars, restaurants, other places, they look like they're on-duty police," Lightfoot told Axios in an interview last week. "And we [as a city] end up being liable in court for the work that they're doing that is not authorized by the department."
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