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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
CST Editorial Board

City must find answers for unwise policy of overworking cops

Chicago police work the scene of a shooting on West Flournoy Street in Homan Square on Aug. 19. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

The city and police department should be working overtime to devise a better policy for canceling police officers’ days off.

On Tuesday, Police Supt. David Brown took a step in the right direction by announcing no more than one regular day off will be canceled per week for post-probationary sworn officers, except during certain busy periods that include Memorial Day, Father’s Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve.

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