TOP COP RESIGNS: Chicago Police Supt. David Brown is resigning from the police department following Mayor Lightfoot's re-election loss.
Mayor Lori Lighfoot released a statement saying that Brown informed her Wednesday of his resignation.
Brown started his position as superintendent just as the stay-at-home shutdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning. CPD was in the midst of a reorganization spearheaded by the the interim superintendent. Specialized units were being disbanded. Those officers, including detectives, were reassigned to neighborhood police districts.
Brown reversed field, enlarging citywide units and relying on them even more after demonstrations triggered by the murder of George Floyd devolved into looting."Today, Superintendent David O. Brown informed me that he would be resigning as Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department effective March 16.
The last five Chicago police superintendents — not counting interim Supt. Charlie Beck — all lasted at least three years: Terry Hillard, Phil Cline, Jody Weis, Garry McCarthy and Eddie Johnson. McCarthy and Johnson were fired.The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.that I have read and agree
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