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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Schuba

Supt. David Brown likely to leave Chicago Police Department

David Brown speaks to reporters in April 2020 after Mayor Lori Lightfoot nominated him to be Chicago’s police superintendent. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Aides to embattled Chicago Police Supt. David Brown have begun preparing a “legacy document” of his accomplishments and goals, apparently laying the groundwork for his exit, a source told the Sun-Times.

With crime the top issue on the minds of Chicago voters, all eight mayoral challengers have vowed to fire Brown. Lightfoot has promised to retain him, and has been denying rumors of his imminent exit since a few months after he arrived from Dallas in 2020.

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