Illinois sheriffs to Chicago Mayor: You're on your own
Jazz Shaw Oct 21, 2021 8:55 AM ET
Chicago is potentially facing yet another crisis in the coming days, but this one has nothing to do with gang bangers or pandemics, at least not directly. Like many other big-city Democratic mayors, Lori Lightfoot issued a mandate that all Chicago PD police officers would have to be vaccinated by a specific deadline or face the prospect of being placed on leave without pay or dismissal. Given the number of cops that have refused to provide proof of vaccination so far, that could mean up to a thousand officers being taken off the line at a time when they are already severely understaffed and the city is still battling an ongoing crime wave and carjacking epidemic.
Normally, when the city encounters a shortage of police officers, the Sheriff’s Departments from the counties in that area send some of their own deputies to help out under a program called the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS). But this particular “emergency” is something different, and most of the Sheriff’s offices are saying that they won’t be sending anyone. That may sound a bit cold-hearted at first glance, but their reasoning is actually pretty sound. (Police Tribune)
Multiple sheriffs in jurisdictions near Chicago said they will not respond to fill the potential gap in police manpower created by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Lightfoot has vowed to fire the Chicago police officers who fail to comply with the mandate she ordered, which could result in the loss of thousands of officers.
Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick said they have historically had no problem sending deputies to help the Chicago Police Department (CPD) in cases where officers were in emergency distress or under duress, but that the situation Lightfoot has created does not fit those parameters, the Daily Herald reported.
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