FOP
Meeting 18 Oct 2011
From Kevin
C. Jans Unit Rep 020
Station closings: The 19th Dist and 23rd Dist
are slated to be
combined.If they
do, there are no plans to send any of the
officers from 19th Dist to
the 20th Dist. Before
any Dist is
closed, it must be approved by the City Council.
There is no such bill in the Council at
this time.
5th period furlos, the City has not yet contacted the Lodge about
canceling any or all of 5th period. At this time members will be
able to select 5th
period furlo segments. Any changes
will be
immediately posted when the Lodge receives them. Please
check the Lodge’s web site and
sign up for the email blasts.
If you haven’t heard, lockup
keepers were given a 60-day
notice letter
about being replaced in the lockup by civilian
personnel. This is required by the contract. This does not
mean that in 60 days they
will be replaced. That’s the
quickest
they could be replaced if there were trained civilians ready to
work
in the lockups. There are no
classes for civilian lockup
keepers at this time. An officer from central detention claims
to have heard that
a class will be starting on the 7th of November.
I have no idea on how long the classes are. Any bid lockup officer
that is replaced
by a civilian will keep an inside position. If your
lockup is closed and you have a bid lockup position
you lose your
bid spot and can be returned to the street. This is an arbitration
that the Lodge
lost some 20 years ago. The City
is meeting with
the Lodge on 19 Oct to talk about this. Keep an eye on the Lodge
website for
the latest news.
Some officers that have
attended G8-NATO training have been
told that because we can’t use our riot
helmets and gas masks
together, because you can’t lower the clear face mask on
the
helmet over the gas mask, that they would have to buy a $300.00
new
helmet. NOT SO. The
Lodge will be contacting the training
officers about this.
The Lodge has just finished
arbitration hearings over “random”
urine testing and is waiting for the Arbitrator’s decision. Look
for the results on the Lodge’s web
site.
Pension News: Fall Veto Session
begins Tuesday, Oct. 25, and
there are 2 bills of importance to us: SB-512 and
HB-3827.
HB-3827 will gut our representation on the pension board.
This must be defeated. Call
your state rep. Find your rep’s
phone number and email at www.elections.state.il.us
SB-512
will lower pension benefits to all current
members if at the last minute we are
included. Right now we
are not
included.
Time now for Open Enrollment
for medical plans.
Remember to sign up again for flexible
spending.
You have to do this
every open enrollment period.
Also
there is only 1 HMO plan this year.
Check the Lodge’s
web site for Health Fairs at some of the Dusts.
If an FBI or IPRA agent stops
you or knocks on your front
door to “talk” to you about some incident you may
have
witnessed and they have a few quick questions they would like
to ask,
DON’T. Make sure you politely get their contact
information and
tell them you will get in touch with them.
Immediately call the Lodge and get a
lawyer, don’t answer
any question without one. It is your Right! Contact the Lodge.
