Fred Waller, who rose through the ranks of the Chicago Police Department to chief of patrol, chief of operations and then third in command, emerged as a front-runner to serve as interim superintendent.
Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson is expected to announce former CPD third-in-command Fred Waller will be the new Chicago Police Interim Superintendent Wednesday, sources say.Fred Waller, who rose through the ranks of the Chicago Police Department to chief of patrol, chief of operations and then third in command, emerged Monday as the front-runner to serve as interim superintendent and, perhaps, audition for the permanent job.
Waller fits the bill for the kind of leader Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson wants to lead CPD now and on a permanent basis. His tenure as interim superintendent could be a trial run for the permanent job, especially if Chicago makes it through the summer without a surge of violent crime or a repeat of the mayhem last month that gave Chicago a black eye around the world.
"Waller's had a lot of experience. He worked through the ranks and worked with the rank-and-file as head of patrol," Lee told the Sun-Times. "He has a good sense of what's going on and where folks are at and how to get the most out of folks who are working on the front lines. He's been involved in a number of different experiences that are going to be relevant and are relevant to keeping the city safe, particularly during the summer months.
Waller's son is a Chicago police officer. Even after rising to the No. 3 job, Waller said he still felt like a beat cop and worked hard to show rank-and-file that they have his support.One of the proudest moments in his career came in December 2018. Officers Conrad Gary and Eduardo Marmolejo were both struck and killed by a commuter train on the Far South Side while the two were chasing a man suspected of firing a gun nearby.
One week after Waller announced his retirement, the Sun-Times reported Waller had been suspended for 28 days for using the word "rape" during a meeting at police headquarters to express his feelings about officers being moved out of police districts to other units.He made the remark before a group that included federal monitor Maggie Hickey and Christina Anderson, the police official in charge of court-ordered reforms.
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