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From 1927 through 1960, the head of police was titled the Commissioner of Police. [1] [2] In 1960, the head of police assumed its current title, Superintendent of Police. [1] [2] Samuel Nolan was the first African-American individual to serve as head of the police department in an interim capacity, doing so from late–1979 until January 1980.
Jon Graham Burge (December 20, 1947 – September 19, 2018) was an American police detective and commander in the Chicago Police Department.He was found guilty of lying about "directly participating in or implicitly approving the torture" of at least 118 people in police custody in order to force false confessions.
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the primary law enforcement agency of the city of Chicago, Illinois, ... Jon Burge, commander/detective, Area 2 ...
Former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge, 70, has died, according to the Fraternal Order of Police. Burge and detectives under his watch were accused of torturing as many as 200 black suspects by ...
Superintendents of the Chicago Police Department (11 P) Pages in category "Heads of the Chicago Police Department" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
In 2015, as Chicago was experiencing activist pressure resulting from outrage over the Homan Square reporting and the murder of Laquan McDonald, the city under Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a reparations deal for the 1970s survivors of torture and detention under former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot talks with a Chicago Police commander during the National Night Out rally against violence in 2019. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters) (Kamil Krzaczynski / reuters)
David O'Neal Brown (born September 18, 1960 [1]) is an American police officer who served as the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department from 2020 to 2023 [2] and as chief of the Dallas Police Department from 2010 to 2016. [3]