Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Department ( CPD ) Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced the Department's second round of deployments for 2019, with 98 new police officers assigned to neighborhoods across Chicago, according to a City of Chicago press release.
Consistent with the first round of deployments earlier this month, the Jan. 20 deployment involved officers being assigned to districts headquartered in neighborhoods in Chicago's South and West sides. The districts receiving officers include 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 24 and 25.
The 98 new officers deploying citywide were part of the City of Chicago's two-year hiring plan to add 970 additional officers to CPD.