Mette Suspension for Real

IPRA recommends 90 days:

• The city agency that investigates alleged police misconduct has recommended that a Chicago police officer jailed in Iowa for punching a party host be suspended for 90 days.

  In a summary of its decision made public today, the Independent Police Review Authority sustained four of the seven allegations against Officer Michael A. Mette.

J-Fled objects:

• So when Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority late last year recommended an unpaid 90-day suspension for Mette, Weis strongly objected, sources say. That wasn’t the end of the matter, though.

  Under the ordinance that created the Independent Police Review Authority, disagreements between the superintendent and the agency over punishment go before a three-member panel of the Chicago Police Board.

  The superintendent’s office is expected to argue against suspending Mette. A hearing isn’t scheduled yet, sources said.

And a guy who just wanted to be the police, served 11 months in prison for a crime that didn't actually occur, and is currently honoring the deceased of this Department and others by participating in the Memorial Bike Ride, is stuck in the middle again.