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Nationally, “expectations have never been higher. You’re coming in at a time when policing is being challenged from every direction,” said Chuck Wexler, longtime director of the Police Executive Research Forum. Chicago is also a special case: “You have significant violent crime, you have a consent decree, you have morale issues, and you have hiring issues. All of those issues require a leader with extraordinary knowledge of policing and just genuine leadership.”
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Unfortunately, this group does not currently have a good example as a point of reference. The current Supe and the last one, too, were poor examples of what a Supe should be. In retrospect, Johnson was corrupt as they come with his sexual predatory poorly hidden romps, and covered up drunk driving. Brown, on the other hand appears devoid of criminal activity in office, which is to his credit. Unfortunately, his record is also devoid of any improvements made to the CPD or any reductions to crime in chicago. He did keep LL rear end appropriately smooched during his term… Read more »
No easy feat indeed. One of the biggest issues in the past was the Supt had to answer to short-fused mayors. Wish-washy superintendents. I can only think of one that wasn’t playing community activist formthe mayor. Nobody wants the job, not without a guaranteed pay contract. Then there’s the police command staff, nobody wants that job either and in turn results in unqualified individuals being brought in to fill vacancies. Oh and top it off, the bs D/I/E standard practices and civilian community groups fostering and administering the discipline code. Talk about indirect defunding … nobody wants the police officer… Read more »
Why so hard everything today seems to be based on equity and equality so there
Don’t forget no money (Chicago and IL almost junk rated, with IL rated 51st in fiscal condition behind Puerto Rico); rampant public sector corruption; unaddressed and massive political incompetence; most all tax revenues going principally to public pensions-medical, instead of services; millions of kids who cannot read and do math at grade level; rigged political maps; an overall disengaged wealthy elite; political class “owned” by the public unions; an inadequately supported police -ie no foot chases in some circumstances, etc.; “catch and release” (when caught–not much, or when police can respond to 911 calls–big problem); massive outbound migration by IL… Read more »
The best option would be to hire a quadruple promoted Affirmative Action POC from within the ranks.
Spot on, there must be a “merit” pick on the force somewhere