(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Many questions remain about a Feb. 1 drug bust involving the niece of a high-ranking Chicago police officer, but Supt. David Brown has clarified one thing.
The top cop said he was the one who put officers involved in the incident, which stemmed from a traffic stop, on desk duty.
He told reporters at an unrelated press conference he’s waiting for an outside review before any further public comment.
“We’ll take whatever action the inspector general’s report reveals,” Brown said during an unrelated news conference Wednesday.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports top brass were on the phone trying to figure out how to handle the situation minutes after officers pulled over a car driven by the niece of Internal Affairs Chief Yolanda Talley. Officers arrested her passenger after he allegedly threw 84 baggies of heroin out the window, but they did not impound the car.
John Catanzara, head of the Fraternal Order of Police, wondered why rank-and-file officers got pulled off the street but their bosses didn’t.
“Does that include the upper ranks that had the private meeting in Homan Square?” Catanzara said in an emailed reaction to the Sun-Times.
Catanzara was referring to the West Side police facility where the officers are assigned.
Contributing: Sun-Times Media Wire
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