CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Mayor Lightfoot said she expects changes in the way police officers and their days off are scheduled. This comes after a watchdog report said many cops were scheduled to work 11 days straight in recent months.
Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg said her office found that days off were canceled for many police officers during the months of April and May this year and many were scheduled to work 11 days in a row.
The IG’s office said there are indications not all of the officers worked that many days. But, Mayor Lightfoot admitted the new report seems to detail a real concern.
“I have not had an opportunity to dig into the details of that, and I will. But…We know that we’ve got to make sure that there is a process by which officers have time off. Tired, emotionally wrought officers, not good for them, not good for their families and not good frankly for the community members that they are serving,” Lightfoot said.
Questioned at a police-related news conference Monday, the Mayor said officials have been conferring and she expects new policies, so that days off for police officers will be more predictable.
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