Police Board Fires Two

The Chicago Police Board has fired two veteran officers. The first was Karen Oaks, a 12-year-veteran. Oaks was fired after the Board discovered she had carried on a relationship with a convicted felon from 2002 to 2005. Oaks' attorney claimed that while the officer knew the felon, the relationship was not inappropriate. The other was 14-year-veteran Larry Guy Jr. Guy beat a handcuffed shoplifting suspect in 2005; the suspect claim he had no merchandise hidden on his body but Guy cut his hand on a razor when searching the suspect's pockets and then beat the suspect.