Interim Police Supt. Charlie Beck Says He Won't Be Issuing Merit Promotions
Interim Chicago Police Supt. Charlie Beck announced Tuesday that he is freezing merit promotions while he is in charge.
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Interim Chicago Police Supt. Charlie Beck announced Tuesday that he is freezing merit promotions while he is in charge.
Aviation Department Deputy Commissioner George Coleman – who is paid a $135,624 salary, according to city records – faces one felony count of continuing financial crimes enterprise.
With recreational marijuana becoming legal on Jan. 1, Cresco Labs, owners of MedMar Lakeview, are seeking to build a new dispensary at 3524 N. Clark St. so it can expand its current operations.
Facing three challengers in her bid for re-election, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx first will have to survive a challenge to her nominating petitions to stay on the ballot.
"In a world of constantly evolving technology, parents and families should not have to worry about what information companies have on their children."
The public got to weigh in Monday on the search for Chicago's next police superintendent.
Funding doors have slammed shut for more than a dozen early childhood education centers in Chicago, despite decades of service.
The settlements include a $1.2 million payment to the family of a man who died in police custody and a $125,000 payment to a witness to the Laquan McDonald shooting.
A small number of students have received citations from campus police at Northwestern University for their conduct outside a speaking engagement by former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions last month.
"I've pushed as much information as I can, without breaking the promise that I made in writing," Buttigieg told Lightfoot.
"We do want to get things moved along as expeditiously as we can, and we are starting the process of engaging them," she said.
The mayor also denied the police union's claim that she fired Johnson in order to make the case for hiring a department outsider as the next superintendent.
"If we cannot impeach a president who abuses his office for personal advantage, we no longer live in a democracy."
Interim police Supt. Charlie Beck wasted no time Tuesday – bumping a district commander down to a captain.
Former police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Tuesday acknowledged he "made a poor decision and had a lapse of judgment" when police officers found him slumped over in his vehicle, but denied that he misled the mayor over his actions.
