Chicago police
| Chicago Police Department | |
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| Common name | Chicago P.D. |
| Abbreviation | CPD |
Shoulder patch for rank of police officer
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Badge for rank of police officer.
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| Motto | We Serve and Protect |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1835 |
| Employees | 12,766 (2012) |
| Annual budget | $1,291,729,975 (2014 est) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Chicago in the state of Illinois, U.S. |
| Size | 237 sq mi (606.2 km²) |
| Population | 2,720,546 (2016) |
| Legal jurisdiction | City of Chicago |
| Governing body | Chicago City Council |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 3510 S. Michigan Ave Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Officers | 11,944 (2012) |
| Agency executive |
Eddie T. Johnson, Superintendent of Police (interim) |
| Bureaus |
4
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| Facilities | |
| Districts |
22
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| Website | |
| www |
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| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the law enforcement agency of the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois, under the jurisdiction of the City Council. It is the second largest municipal police department in the United States, behind only the New York City Police Department. It has about 12,244 officers and over 1,925 other employees. Tracing its roots back to 1835, the Chicago Police Department is one of the oldest modern police forces in the world.
The Superintendent of Police leads the Chicago Police Department. With the assistance of the First Deputy Superintendent, the Superintendent manages four bureaus, each commanded by a bureau chief.
The current First Deputy Superintendent is Kevin Navarro, appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
He was preceded by Garry F. McCarthy, former director of the Newark, New Jersey, Police Department, as superintendent; this was approved by the city council on June 8, 2011. McCarthy was the highest paid city employee with an annual salary of $260,004. McCarthy resigned at the request of Mayor Emanuel on December 1, 2015 over the city's high murder rate and his department's handling of the shooting of Laquan McDonald. The mayor appointed former Bureau of Patrol Chief Eddie Johnson as Superintendent on 28 March 2016.
Prior to McCarthy's appointment, Jody P. Weis had served as superintendent of police since February 2008. At the time, Weis was the second Chicago police superintendent hired from outside of the city. He replaced Philip J. Cline, who officially retired on August 3, 2007. Weis' contract expired on March 1, 2011. Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed Cline's predecessor, Terry Hillard, on an interim basis.
As of December 2014, the four bureaus of the department are:
There are 25 police districts, each led by a commander who oversees his or her district. Commanders report to the three area deputy chiefs, who report to the Bureau of Patrol Chief.
In 1960, the municipal government created a five-member police board charged with nominating a superintendent to be the chief authority over police officers, drafting and adopting rules and regulations governing the police system, submitting budget requests to the city council, and hearing and deciding disciplinary cases involving police officers.Criminologist O.W. Wilson was brought on as Superintendent of Police, and served until 1967 when he retired.
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