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WTOP has the latest in the kerfuffle between the D.C. Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police: Chief Cathy Lanier confirms that MPD has filed an appeal in an attempt to overturn a September 9th arbiter’s ruling that the “All Hands On Deck” program violates the police union’s contract with the city. (The FOP claims, among other issues, that overtime pay as a result of AHOD efforts was never paid to deserving officers.) As a result of the appeal, the police department will continue with plans to hold AHOD efforts in November and December. Depending on which agency’s statistics one chooses to believe, it’s been a pretty good year for Lanier and the police — a large labor dispute is probably not the note the Chief envisioned ending the calendar year on.