Interim Chicago Police Supt. Eric Carter announced Thursday he plans to resign while a newly formed commission searches for his predecessor’s permanent replacement.
Carter, 57, will step down May 15, just two months after he took over the Chicago Police Department from Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s hand-picked superintendent, David Brown, whose tenure was marked by a historic spike in violent crime, low morale and missteps on the department’s arduous road to reform.
