Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson officially extended an olive branch to Chicago’s men and women in blue last week by selecting Chicago Police Department veteran Fred Waller as his interim police superintendent.
Waller, who by all accounts is well-respected throughout CPD, returned from retirement and said he has no plans to apply for the permanent position. But Johnson, it seems, is leaning toward hiring an insider for the job, as the Sun-Times’ Fran Spielman has reported — and Waller could be that person.
