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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Schuba

Chicago’s top cop fired reformer even after getting heat from federal monitor

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown talks about initiatives to reduce crime during a press conference at City Hall in March as Mayor Lori Lightfoot looks on. (Anthony Vazquez, Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown held a tense meeting this week with the court-appointed monitor tracking his department’s compliance with a federal order mandating sweeping reforms. 

He struggled to explain how he would meet a key deadline while deeply cutting staff that was implementing those reforms, according to several people at the meeting.

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