Four high school students accused three Chicago Police Officers, assigned to Phillips High School, of beating them with a fraternity paddle in addition to punching and kicking the students. At the Police Board hearing, all four of the complaining witnesses testified, as did numerous family members on behalf of the complainants. We were able to impeach the city's witnesses through aggressive examination. As a result, the city's case was devastated. In addition, we filed a motion on behalf of the officers stating that IPRA failed to charge the officers in a timely manner which prevented them from a fair hearing. In its ruling, the Board cited IPRA's "failure to timely file charges in this case, and the resulting long passage of time between May 2008 and the evidentiary hearing in this case, undermined the credibility of the Complainants and other witnesses called by the Superintendent during the hearing." All three officers were found NOT GUILTY and returned to work with full back-pay granted. 11 PB 2778, 11 PB 2779, 11 PB 2780 (2012)