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Amid an ongoing legal battle over Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s vaccine mandate for city workers, the controversial president of Chicago’s largest police union announced this weekend that he tested positive for COVID-19 in a breakthrough infection.

The head of Chicago’s largest police union has carried out his promise to retire from the force rather than go through with a disciplinary hearing that could have ended with him being fired.

After a police disciplinary board hearing that was set to decide his fate as a member of the CPD, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge Leader John Catanzara says that he plans to retire from the department, and will run for mayor of the city of Chicago. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has more on the bombshell announcement.

A judge on Monday suspended a Dec. 31 deadline for Chicago police officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 but didn’t interfere with a requirement that they be regularly tested.

A Cook County judge Monday evening declined to extend a restraining order prohibiting FOP President John Catanzara from encouraging his member’s to defy the city’s COVID vaccine mandate. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

In a victory for Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police, a Cook County judge Monday evening declined to extend a restraining order prohibiting FOP President John Catanzara from encouraging his member’s to defy the city’s COVID vaccine policies.

The Chicago Police Department on Sunday issued a warning to officers on the consequences of disobeying the city’s vaccine mandate, saying those who do not follow the guidelines could face “separation” from the department.

Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara released a video statement Friday night after a Cook County judge ordered the union chief to stop making public comments encouraging his members to defy the city’s COVID vaccine policies.

A Cook County judge on Friday ordered Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara to stop making public comments encouraging his members to defy the city’s COVID vaccine policies.

A Cook County judge issued a temporary restraining order against Chicago Fraternal of Police President John Catanzara Friday, ordering him stop encouraging officers not to comply with the city’s vaccine mandate. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

With a deadline approaching with Chicago’s vaccine mandate for city employees, the city’s police union gathered Wednesday to plan their next course of action. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos has the story.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx called for Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara to resign Friday following comments he made that seemed to dismiss critics of the mob that stormed the United States Capitol.

Thousands of Trump supporters descended upon Washington, D.C., and began rioting on Wednesday, forcibly breaching the Capitol building as the House and Senate met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The offices of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 were closed because of COVID-19.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker addresses media during his daily press conference Monday.

Former Fraternal Order of Police President Kevin Graham says his three-year suspension from the union is all about “politics” after he was accused by his successor of leaving a camera in his office and not disclosing it.

Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police has endorsed President Donald Trump in his campaign for reelection, according to a tweet from the president Saturday. “Thank you to John Catanzara and Chicago’s FOP,” the president tweeted, along with a link to a Breitbart News story regarding the endorsement. “I will never let you down!” The president of Chicago FOP Lodge 7,...

The president of Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police has drafted a letter to President Trump requesting federal help in combating the city’s gun violence problem. In the letter posted to Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7’s Facebook page Saturday evening, FOP President John Catanzara said “Mayor Lightfoot has proved to be a complete failure who is either unwilling or...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said “there will be a reckoning” for the city’s Fraternal Order of Police when asked about the union president’s assertion that officers who kneel with protesters could be kicked out of the union.