Daley Backs Weis On Cop List

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Feb 25, 2009 10:20PM

Mayor Daley has voiced his support for Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis' decision to rebuke an order from a judge to turn over a list of police officers who have had five or more citizen complaints filed against them since 2000. Weis was to turn the list over to the court as part of a lawsuit against the city accusing a police officer of using excessive force and making a false arrest. Weis refused, saying that handing the list over would, "compromise officers’ performance, threaten safety, reduce morale and improperly impugn many officers’ otherwise well-deserved good reputations.” Today, Mayor Daley said, “They have been thoroughly reviewed. Those people should not come under scrutiny of any lawyer…These are public servants. I believe [Weis] is doing the right thing.”