Former Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, who had already been named interim superintendent in Chicago, was to take over immediately after the sudden departure of Supt. Eddie Johnson, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired the city’s retiring police superintendent Monday, citing “ethical lapses” that included telling lies about a recent incident in which Supt. Eddie Johnson was found asleep at the wheel of his car after having drinks.had already been announced as the interim superintendent
Lightfoot said the police chief of the nation’s third-largest city repeatedly lied about the events that unfolded the night of Oct. 16 and morning of Oct. 17. “This department has to be about creating a culture of integrity and accountability, and that’s what we’re going to do,” Lightfoot said. Johnson took over the department of roughly 13,500 officers as the city grappled with a spike in already high violent crime. By the end of the year, which saw thousands of shooting incidents, the number of dead totaled nearly 800 — 300 more than just the year before.He presided over an effort to hire more officers that increased the size of the force by about 1,000.
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