Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot resorted to the courts Oct. 14 to force her vaccine mandate upon rank-and-file Chicago police officers. Lightfoot’s move came after she ended month-long negotiations with police unions. In response, four Chicago law enforcement unions sued Lightfoot to force her to come back to the negotiation table. According to the city’s vaccine mandate, all city workers had to report their vaccination status by Oct. 15, and get fully vaccinated by Dec. 31 (except for those who obtained medical, or religious, exemptions.) Any city employee that fails to meet those two deadlines will be put on a non-disciplinary, no-pay status. The city’s lawsuit alleges Chicago’s largest police union encouraged members to ignore the Oct. 15 deadline, and threatened an unlawful strike at a time when Chicagoans need every police officer on duty to combat rising crime. Chicago police are not allowed to strike under Illinois law. The Fraternal Order …