From the Editorial Board: We have too much respect for Chicago police officers and other first responders to believe there is an epidemic of quiet quitting.
During the recent teen melee in Chicago’s Loop, one especially troubling report emerged.
But even with those caveats, this was still a very disturbing piece of informal testimony, and not from a police union official but from an ordinary citizen. Right now, we’re in the middle of a process of town hall-style community meetings where city residents get to sound off on what they want to see in a top cop. Two forums remain,So far so good. But the CCSPA then can take its sweet time. The deadline for sending the top three candidates to the incoming mayor is July 14. That’s nearly three months from now. After receiving those names, the mayor has yet another month to make an appointment by Aug. 13.
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