Mayor, Police Union Off To Positive Start
Is Mayor Rahm Emanuel off to a good start with the Chicago police union? It didn't hurt that he attended a funeral of a fallen officer on Friday, CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
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Is Mayor Rahm Emanuel off to a good start with the Chicago police union? It didn't hurt that he attended a funeral of a fallen officer on Friday, CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports.
As Rahm Emanuel assumed the Mayor's Office on Monday, Garry McCarthy also assumed the role of acting police superintendent.
Federal authorities are investigating the police department in Newark, New Jersey, after the state's American Civil Liberties Union complained of rampant misconduct and lax internal oversight.
Some Chicago aldermen say Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel's choice for police superintendent, should have a relatively easy confirmation.
Newark, N.J., police director Garry McCarthy will be Chicago's next police superintendent.
Garry McCarthy — the director of the Newark, N.J., police department — emerged as the odds-on favorite to become Chicago's next police superintendent on Friday, the Sun-Times reports.
The Chicago Police Board has picked three finalists for a new superintendent, which would be narrowed down to two finalists when crossed with the four candidates picked by Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel.
Two outsiders and a Chicago Police insider reportedly have the inside-track to become the next police superintendent.
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel hopes to have his new police superintendent picked before he's sworn in less than four weeks from now, and it appears the list of prime candidates is getting shorter.
