As violent crime soared in Chicago in 2020 and 2021, Mayor Lori Lightfoot assigned around 85 police officers to provide security for her, her home, and her family

With Chicago’s violent crime price surging and Lightfoot chopping the police finances in 2020, she concurrently arrange an extra safety pressure of cops to offer her and her household safety. In 2020, Unit 544 for the police division was created. In the meantime, in 2020, Lightfoot cut the city’s police force by 400 officers and proposed cutting their budget by $80 million.

Unit 544 started with a handful of officers and has grown, as of March 21, to a roster of 65 officers, 5 sergeants and a lieutenant, metropolis information present.

Like earlier Chicago mayors, Lightfoot additionally has a separate private bodyguard element, which incorporates about 20 officers, the information present. . . .

The unit was restricted to officers with no less than 5 years on the job. The specified {qualifications} included “expertise in offering safety and property safety companies.” . . .

Frank Main, Fran Spielman, “Dozens of Chicago cops guard mayor and family in below-the-radar security unit created in 2020,” Chicago Sun-Times, March 28, 2022

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