'The city is making some of these officers feel like they are worth more dead than alive. That's unforgivable,' Mendoza said.
Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza is accusing Mayor Lori Lightfoot of failing Chicago police officers who contracted COVID-19 on the job and were forced to end their careers due to complications from the illness.
Comptroller Mendoza accused of instructing the pension board members she appointed to vote against granting"duty disability" to officers forced off the job by COVID-19. The comptroller accused Lightfoot's appointed pension board members of creating an impossible standard of proof that ensures no officer will benefit from full"duty disability" due to COVID-19.
The mayor noted the board is evenly divided between four police officers elected by members of CPD, and four financial experts appointed by the mayor. She said the board acts independently, regardless of who an officer filing a claim might be related to. Lightfoot said Mendoza approached her at a social function last month, where the comptroller told about her brother's personal situation where Mendoza was"extraordinarily emotional" and"let fly some accusations." Lightfoot said she walked away after hearing out Mendoza.
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