According to the Chicago Sun-Times, members of the city's police force will be paid $1 million after lengthy arbitration regarding time and attendance policies. Chicago held the annual NATO Summit last year, which resulted in an extraordinary number of police officers necessary to maintain the peace.

The cash award will be distributed to 3,100 members of the Chicago Police Department for overtime wages the city neglected to pay them. The Fraternal Order of Police filed four class-action grievances with the city after handling crowd control during the internationally publicized gathering of political leaders. During the NATO Summit, all days off were canceled and officers were ordered to work 12-hour shifts.

Independent arbitrator Steven Bierig ruled, supported by the FOP contract, officers who work six and seven days consecutively are owed overtime wages for duties performed on the days extending past the five-day workweek. The FOP took issue with Mayor Rahm Emanuel not supporting the compensation of officers for their extra work, despite the language written in their contracts. The agreement is clear in its protection of the police officers' rights for overtime pay, resulting in the financial reward.

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