Weis Wants Cops to Drive SUVS

By Margaret Lyons in News on Mar 26, 2008 9:53PM

Jody Weis wants Chicago cops to drive SUVs instead of what he called the "horrible" fleet of cars they current drive.

Weis also said he'd like to get officers better flashlights and radios, and standardize their weapons. The wish-list was part of a speech he gave this afternoon at the Chicago Crime Commission luncheon. From the Trib:

...Weis noted that making any of these changes would cost money, and the city budget crunch might make it difficult to outfit an entire department with new uniform weapons or new SUVs.

Dare to dream, J-Fed! [Trib, photo by Pantagrapher]