Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has secret unit of 70 cops protecting her in addition to her 20-officer bodyguard detail

[1srelluc]

One-time Defund the Police advocate Mayor Lori Lightfoot has a secret group of Chicago cops known as Unit 544 protecting her alongside her bodyguards, it has been revealed.

The unit of 65 officers, five sergeants and a lieutenant are provide round-the-clock protection for the city’s mayor, together with her bodyguard detail of about 20 men, The Chicago Sun Times has revealed, citing city records.

The revelation comes as crime in the Windy City has surged to frightening new rates not seen in half a decade, and after Lightfoot proposed slashing a whopping $80 million from the Chicago Police Department budget in 2020 during the Defund the Police protests.

The proposal was later scaled back and 3.33 percent of the budget – or $59 million – was cut.

Lori Lightfoot has secret detail of cops as crime in Chicago spirals

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[1srelluc]

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[Polishprince]

One-time Defund the Police advocate Mayor Lori Lightfoot has a secret group of Chicago cops known as Unit 544 protecting her alongside her bodyguards, it has been revealed.

The unit of 65 officers, five sergeants and a lieutenant are provide round-the-clock protection for the city’s mayor, together with her bodyguard detail of about 20 men, The Chicago Sun Times has revealed, citing city records.

The revelation comes as crime in the Windy City has surged to frightening new rates not seen in half a decade, and after Lightfoot proposed slashing a whopping $80 million from the Chicago Police Department budget in 2020 during the Defund the Police protests.

The proposal was later scaled back and 3.33 percent of the budget – or $59 million – was cut.

Lori Lightfoot has secret detail of cops as crime in Chicago spirals

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Sounds like a rather extreme amount of security.

Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper just to move the mayor to a nice safe suburban area, maybe an hour from the Chicago killing fields and just send her in a helicopter to City Hall when it is necessary for her to be physically in the office?

 

[Jarlaxle]

Sounds like a rather extreme amount of security.

Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper just to move the mayor to a nice safe suburban area, maybe an hour from the Chicago killing fields and just send her in a helicopter to City Hall when it is necessary for her to be physically in the office?

She should go 30 miles northeast.