As City Hall settles a civil rights lawsuit filed by David Koschman’s mother, Chicago’s city inspector general is fighting two police unions over the discipline of officers who botched the criminal case involving Koschman’s death, failing to charge a nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has directed Inspector General Joseph Ferguson to advise police Supt. Garry McCarthy about whether any cops should be disciplined in the 11-year-old case. But the unions representing police sergeants and lieutenants argue that only the department’s internal affairs division can investigate police officers.
“There is a pending challenge . . . over the inspector general’s authority over disciplinary action,” city Corporation Counsel Stephen Patton said Monday after outlining the $250,000 settlement for Nanci Koschman to the City Council Finance Committee.
The full council is expected to approve the deal Wednesday.
