Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2022-2485

• Record #: O2022-2485
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 7/20/2022
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Public Safety
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Title 6 by adding new Chapter 6-130 entitled "Chicago Police Mental Health Preservation Ordinance"
• Sponsors: Napolitano, Anthony V., Lopez, Raymond A., Lee, Nicole T. , Gardiner, James M. , Moore, David H., Tabares, Silvana, Sposato, Nicholas, Cardona, Jr., Felix , Quinn, Marty, Reilly, Brendan, O'Shea, Matthew J., Curtis, Derrick G., Nugent, Samantha , Villegas, Gilbert, Silverstein, Debra L.
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 6 - Worker Protections - Ch. 130 Chicago Police Mental Health Preservation Ordinance
• Related files: R2023-766

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		City Council	Failed to Pass
7/22/2022		Committee on Public Safety	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
7/20/2022		City Council	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
7/20/2022	51247	City Council	Referred

CHAPTER 6-130 CHICAGO POLICE MENTAL HEALTH PRESERVATION
ORDINANCE
6-130-010 Purpose and intent.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Chicago Police Mental Health Preservation Ordinance". It is the purpose of this chapter and the policy of the City of Chicago: (i) to enact and enforce fair and equitable employment scheduling practices by the City of Chicago; (ii) to provide the Officers of the Chicago Police Department with protections that ensure the Chicago Police Department's scheduling practices do not unreasonably prevent Officers from attending to their families, mental and physical health, education, and other obligations; and (iii) to ensure the Officers of the Chicago Police Department are best equipped to handle the rigors and stresses of their profession by ensuring they receive ample time off to recover both mentally and physically; and (iv) to require the Chicago Police Department needing additional hours, to first offer those hours to current Officers with ample notice; and (v) to ensure the Chicago Police Department is properly staffed to ensure Officers are not overworked and they have sufficient time to recover.
6-130-020 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Chicago Police Department" includes, by extension, the City of Chicago.
"City of Chicago and Chicago Police Department" shall be used interchangeably and have the same meaning herein.
"Civil unrest" means unpredictable or sudden acts of violence and disorder detrimental to the. public law and order. This does not include calendared holidays and prescheduled or predictable events.
"Day Off Group" means the particular group an officer is assigned that determines that officers scheduled working days and scheduled regular days off.
"Department" refers to the Chicago Police Department.
"Extensions of Tour" means additional hours added to the scheduled end of an Officer's shift.
"Officer" means any sworn member of the Chicago Poli...