Poulos had also faced possible firing years ago on departmental charges alleging he concealed both a past arrest while applying to become a cop and his moonlighting as part-owner of a family bar. But in an embarrassment for the department, the Chicago Tribune reported in 2016 that disciplinary case had mysteriously fallen through the cracks for more than a decade. When the department subsequently tried to make up for the mistake by seeking to fire Poulos, the Police Board dismissed the disciplinary charges, citing the yearslong delay.