Daley Responds to No-Confidence Vote Against Weis
Supt. Weis After last night's vote of no-confidence from 160 members of Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police, Mayor Daley today publicly defended Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis. Said the Mayor, "I supported Supt. Weis. He's done a tremendous job. He's a very good, honest superintendent. He has a difficult job. All superintendents have. He has great experience, great judgment." When asked if he still has the mayor's confidence, Daley responded, "Yes, he does, definitely." Daley went on to add, "When you're an outsider, people look at you as an outsider. He understands that. But he's out there, he's out there tremendously at night, working with the men and women in the police department. ... So he's very aware of his responsibility, and he takes it seriously."
Daley raised eyebrows when he went outside the department to hire Weis, then an FBI agent based in Philadelphia, in 2007. While Daley hasn't always been pleased with Weis, the mayor continues to publicly support Weis, most recently on Weis' run-in with a federal judge over a list of police officers. [Chicago Breaking News]