Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson said Wednesday he hopes to reassure Chicago Police officers who fear he won’t have their back to stay on the job by giving them more support and taking extraneous responsibilities off their plate.
Newly re-elected Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara made headlines in the run-up to Tuesday’s election by predicting that between 800 and 1,000 officers would run for the hills if Johnson defeated Paul Vallas.
