
Pressed on whether a high-ranking police chief got favorable treatment, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown distanced himself from the case Thursday and said he “wasn’t on the scene” when someone decided not to impound the chief’s car when her niece and a boyfriend were stopped and heroin was found.
Cars are usually impounded during such arrests so they can be searched for guns and drugs. That was not done when officers pulled over a Lexus belonging to internal affairs chief Yolanda Talley on Feb. 1.