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Extra Extra: Chicago Fraternal Order Of Police President Suspended

By Chuck Sudo in News on Dec 19, 2013 12:00AM

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Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President Mike Shields. (Photo credit: viewminder)

  • The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police suspended Chicago chapter president Mike Shields Thursday, claiming he violated his oath of office and branding him a "dictator." [Sun-Times]
  • But some rank-and-file members of the FOP are calling for Shields' resignation. [WGN-TV]
  • University of Chicago president Robert J. Zimmer’s salary is tops among university officials across the nation. [Sun-Times]
  • Sheriff Tom Dart wrote a letter to Cook County judges last week asking them to confirm that 52 inmates who were recently sentenced to boot camp are eligible for the program. [Sun-Times]
  • DCFS underreported the number of children who died of abuse or neglect in Illinois over the past five years. [Sun-Times]

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