Chicago Police Sergeants' Association
1616 W. Pershing Road, Chicago, IL 60609 773-376-7272
A Message from the President
John Pallohusky, the former President of our Association, was indicted on 15 January, 2010, on charges of theft, official misconduct, and money laundering. We are both disappointed and angered by these charges. The 1,281 members of the Association are all victims in this fraud case. The Board has been fully cooperating with the Office of the State’s Attorney in this investigation. An arraignment date has been set for 04 Feb 2010.
The Board has also implemented several measures to insure that the Association’s funds are safeguarded from any future misappropriation. Now that the indictment has been handed down, we can recover our records and examine where the Association’s funds were directed to. Legal action to recover any losses has been initiated, along with the hiring of an outside auditing firm to discover the extent of the loss. We fully intend to recover any and all monies that may have been misappropriated.
As more information becomes available we will disclose it to the members of this Association.
As for information regarding our contract, the negotiating team met with our State PB&PA General Counsel and has informed the city’s attorney’s that mediation is being demanded. This is the step prior to full arbitration.
The notice of the special election for the office of President has been mailed out to the members. This notice contains all of the pertinent the information regarding the special election.
We are having some technical problems with e-mail addresses posted on the Sergeant’s Association website. If you wish to contact any member please address it to their title at chicagosergeants.org. For example, my address is:
. We hope to have this problem rectified soon.
I want to thank the membership for their patience and support during this time of turmoil.
Robert Kirchner
President
Previous statements can be found on the Alerts/Notices page.
The Chicago Police Sergeants’ Association (C.P.S.A.) was established on September 6, 1907. The Association became incorporated on March 3, 1978 and was organized for the purpose of forming an association comprised of men and women who were employed by the Department of Police, City of Chicago and who hold or have held the rank of Sergeant. The goal of the corporation was, at that time, to through the united effort of the members, to promote the best possible working conditions for the members of the association (...“Nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize the corporation to act as a union.”).
In 1998 the C.P.S.A., became a member of the Police Benevolent & Protective Association (PB & PA of Illinois). As the CPSA, the association still actively maintains a social and fraternal organizational structure. As Unit156A of the PBPA, Illinois, the Chicago Sergeants have expanded their horizons and have become not only a fraternal organization but a labor union created to protect the rights of its’ members and to advance their best interests and concerns through the bargaining process.
