Arbitrator: Chicago cops owed $1 million for NATO summit Overtime Pay - Rahm just blew $3.5 MILLION DOLLARS on the "pretend sale" of Midway Airport.... But doesn't want to pay the police for the work they did!

Cash-strapped Chicago must pay $1 million in disputed overtime to 3,100 Chicago Police officers who protected the city during last year’s NATO Summit, an independent arbitrator has ruled.

Arbitrator Steven M. Bierig handed Fraternal Order of Police President Mike Shields a victory just when he needed it most — after apologizing to his membership for a paperwork mistake that threatens to cost rank-and-file Chicago Police officers their automatic right to a retroactive pay raise in 2012.

At issue is one of four class-action grievances filed by the FOP after a deftly handled summit of world leaders that could have been a disaster for Chicago, but instead gave the city a chance to shine on the world stage.