Mayor Johnson passes on trying to pull cops from schools

At a City Hall briefing, Johnson said he would defer to elected Local School Councils, who since 2019 have been responsible for voting on whether to keep their officers. “I support LSCs and the democratic process that has been established through that particular means of government,” he said. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file photo)

As a candidate running to lead Chicago, Brandon Johnson said police “have no place in schools.” But Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is not calling on the Board of Education, which serves at his bequest, to halt the program that stations officers in nearly 40 schools. 

At a City Hall briefing, Johnson said he would defer to elected Local School Councils, composed of parents, community members and staff at individual schools, who since 2019 have been responsible for voting on whether to keep their officers.