Weis Replaces 21 District Commanders

By Margaret Lyons in News on Mar 13, 2008 9:41PM

Woah, big news out of the CPD today. Jody "J-Fed" Weis replaced 21 of the city's 25 district commanders in a massive overhaul, the details of which are still emerging. But the Sun-Times says,

The major changes include appointment of Thomas Byrne as chief of detectives and Debra Kirby as Weis’ new general counsel, sources said.

Byrne was previously commander of the Belmont Area detective headquarters and Kirby was in charge of the Internal Affairs Division.

Weis started as superintendent February 1. [Trib, S-T]

Update The new commanders are

• Bureau 2 Commander to be announced
  
• Bureau 3 Commander Lillie Crump-Hales
  
• Bureau 5 Commander John Ball
  
• Bureau 6 Commander Eddie Johnson
  
• Bureau 7 Commander Keith Calloway
  
• Bureau 8 Commander John Kupczyk
  
• Bureau 10 Commander Roberto Zavala
  
• Bureau 11 Commander Eric Washington
  
• Bureau 12 Commander Dennis Keane
  
• Bureau 13 Commander Judith Martin
  
• Bureau 14 Commander Lucio Martinez
  
• Bureau 15 Commander Walter Green
  
• Bureau 16 Commander Tony Riccio
  
• Bureau 17 Commander Mike Mealer
  
• Bureau 19 Commander John Kenny
  
• Bureau 20 Commander Lucy Moy
  
• Bureau 21 Commander John Doty
  
• Bureau 22 Commander Michael Kuemmeth
  
• Bureau 23 Commander Kathleen Boehmer
  
• Bureau 24 Commander Steve Caluris
  
• Bureau 25 Commander Salvador Avila