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Officer Exodus: 1,000+ Chicago cops left the job last year
1 month ago | By WGN TV
CHICAGO - Evelyn O'Connor was on her lunchbreak in early January walking just west of the Magnificent Mile when a stranger punched her in the face without explanation. Witnesses immediately called 911.
“We waited quite a while - over 20 minutes - and at that point I said ‘I just want to get home,'” O'Connor said.
Delayed response is just one impact of an exodus of Chicago police officers.
Last August, the number of sworn officers plunged to 11,611, its lowest level in years. The department was down 1,742 officers from its peak four years earlier.
“What we really started to notice over the...
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