Police training firm linked to ex-top cop got $2 million weeks after deal was terminated by his replacement

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown speaks to a class of 40 new recruits of the Chicago Police Department Recruit Academy, the first batch of recruits since training was halted in March due to COVID-19, on their first day at the Chicago Police Training Division in the Near West Side Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, 2020. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Acting Chicago Police Supt. Fred Waller sent a terse email last month ending a no-bid deal with a Texas company that trains officers and has close ties to his predecessor David Brown, who hired the firm.

Citing the “significant cost,” Waller ordered then-reform chief Tina Skahill to nix the agreement with Professional Law Enforcement Training by June 1.