Council Approves Weis as Superintendent of CPD

By Margaret Lyons in News on Jan 10, 2008 12:00AM

It's official for Jody Weis: He's the new superintendent of police as of today, now that the City Council has approved him. 3rd Ward Alderman Pat Dowell cast the lone dissenting vote, saying she thought Weis's answers to the Council's questions were too general.

First one Weis's agenda? Picking his next-in-command, and then cleaning up the department and its internal investigation branch. He told the Trib,

People usually come out of the academy very excited and very enthusiastic and they want to do a good job. Over time, it's not uncommon for people to become very cynical and very jaded. I can live with people being cynical and being jaded. I can't live with them being corrupt. We have to try to put in a lot of standards that will look at that and make sure the people are not becoming tempted to do something wrong.

Weis also says he's considering redrawing district lines, which hasn't been done in 20 years and getting officers out of HQ and on the street. [Trib, S-T, CBS 2

Picture via CBS 2