Larry Snelling, the Chicago Police Department’s 54-year-old counterterrorism chief, is Mayor Brandon Johnson’s choice to be the city’s new top cop.
Determined to improve rock-bottom police morale, Johnson chose a 29-year CPD veteran he apparently believes is best equipped to do just that over two other finalists: Angel Novalez, the 50-year-old head of CPD’s Office of Constitutional Policing and Reform; and Madison, Wisconsin, Police Chief Shon Barnes, 49.