The Circuit Court of Cook County reversed the Police Board decision to terminate two Chicago Police Officers because the City and the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) violated the officers' due process rights by failing to bring charges in a timely manner.In a landmark ruling, we convinced the Court that a 51-month delay between the incident complained about and the filing of charges violated those officers' procedural due process rights, was in violation of the doctrine of laches, contrary to General Order 93-03, and in violation of Municipal Ordinance and therefore entitled the officers to dismissal of the charges. This ruling was ground-breaking for men and women of the Chicago Police Department and officers throughout the State of Illinois. For years IPRA and the police department have forced officers to sit in call back while stripped of their police powers. In some instances, officers have been stripped for years before being given the opportunity to defend themselves at a hearing. We fought for the protection of police officers' fundamental right to a fair and impartial hearing. We're extremely gratified that victory was achieved for all officers with this ruling. 11 CH 08424 (2012)