Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday assured the newest crop of Chicago Police Department officers “I will always have your back,” at a time when a rank and file demoralized by a relentless string of canceled days off don’t necessarily believe it.
The mayor’s latest, most vociferous attempt to reclaim the police support that has abandoned her since her landslide victory in 2019 came at a graduation ceremony in the Navy Pier ballroom that also included the promotion of new detectives, field training officers, captains and evidence technicians.
