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Both candidates in Chicago’s mayoral runoff have declared they prefer an insider to replace departing Chicago Police Supt. David Brown.
The chief of Chicago police has announced his resignation from the post effective this month following the reelection bid loss of Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
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Illinois Comptroller Susan Mendoza spoke out after her brother, a Chicago officer, was denied full disability benefits.
GRPD says the plan intends to clarify its missions for the year and includes what the department calls “accountability metrics” to measure its success in reaching these goals.
State comptroller says Lightfoot instructed her pension board appointees to deny “duty disability” salary and health benefits to police officers, including Mendoza’s brother, after they got career-ending coronavirus complications.