53 people applied to be Chicago’s next police superintendent. Fred Waller is not among them.

Anthony Driver Jr. heads a community panel tasked with interviewing all qualified Chicago police superintendent applicants and submitting three candidates to the mayor in July. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file)

A majority of the 53 people who have applied to run the Chicago Police Department work for or have worked in the department, says the city commission tasked with narrowing the field of candidates.

Of the applicants, 32 are people who were at one point affiliated with the police department. Soon-to-be interim Supt. Fred Waller did not apply by the deadline Sunday.