Residency

Illinois State Law.
(5 ILCS 315/14) Sec.14
(i) In the case of peace officers, the arbitration decision shall be limited to wages, hours, and conditions of employment (which may include residency requirements in municipalities with a population under 1,000,000, but those residency requirements shall not allow residency outside of Illinois) and shall not include the following: i) residency requirements in municipalities with a population of at least 1,000,000;

MY STAND

I believe that by making this class difference in the law that separates Chicago police officers from every other police officer in this State, the State violates the equal protection clause for all that is guaranteed by both the State Constitution and Federal Constitution. What do you think? Should we spend the time and money to fight this? I believe we should. If elected I will fight for our rights to arbitrate residency.



United States Constitution

Amendment XIV
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.



Constitution of the State of Illinois
ARTICLE I
BILL OF RIGHTS

SECTION 2. DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION
No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law nor be denied the equal protection of the laws.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)