CHICAGO—President of Chicago’s largest police union (Fraternal Order of Police) John Catanzara said Chicago Police Department’s new foot chase policy is a de facto “no foot chase policy.”
In a video addressing his union members last Friday, Catanzara said foot chase is inherently dangerous and injuries could easily occur, such as when the offender steps into a pothole. If police officers could be subjected to disciplinary actions for offender’s injuries, they might as well just not do it, he said.
