Search is on for CPD Supt. David Brown’s replacement, but the bench of insider candidates is thin

Chicago Police Department First Deputy Supt. Anthony Riccio (left) affixes the new badge for his replacement, Eric Carter, at a promotion ceremony at CPD headquarters in July 2020. Riccio was retiring, and Carter, who has been with the department for three decades, will serve as interim superintendent when David Brown leaves that post March 16. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Both candidates in Chicago’s mayoral runoff have declared they prefer an insider to replace departing Chicago Police Supt. David Brown.

Promoting from within, they say, will begin restoring rock-bottom morale among the police department’s rank and file.