Command Staff by Rahm

Eddie has made some appointments - or rather, Rahm has made some appointments in Eddie's name, and told Eddie to tell everyone the changes that Eddie has made:

• In order to face the tasks ahead of us, I would like to announce the following changes and additions to the Command Staff:
  
  Anne Kirkpatrick will be joining CPD as Chief of the Bureau of Professional Standards. This newly created bureau will include Departmental education and training, compliance, research and development, and accountability. Anne’s primary responsibility will be to serve as the chief liaison with the U.S. Department of Justice to implement recommendations from the findings of their review as well as those from the Mayor’s Task Force on Police Accountability. She has an extensive and accomplished career in law enforcement, having served as the Chief of Police in Spokane, Washington and as Chief Deputy in the King’s County Sheriff’s Department in Washington state.
  
  Charise Valente will be joining CPD as General Counsel. Charise has more than 20 years experience in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office with a concentration in gang, gun, and felony offenses. In 2015 she won the Crime Stoppers Award for Trial Excellence and is a two time winner of the U.S. Department of Justice Project Safe Neighborhoods Award. She will be responsible for all functions under the Office of Legal Affairs and will serve as the Department’s chief counsel.
  
  James Roussell will be transitioning into the role of Chief of Strategy and Operations for CPD. He has served the Department for over 30 years, having served as Chief of Staff, Commander of 024 and the Mobile Strike Force unit. Roussell also is a decorated veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He holds a PhD in Education and will be primarily responsible for crime control strategies as tactical and operations adviser to the Superintendent. He will also oversee the Crime Prevention and Information Center (CPIC), CompStat, and Deployment Operations Center (DOC).
  
  Robert Boik will be joining CPD as Chief of Staff to the Superintendent. Robert has significant municipal experience, most recently serving as Chief of Staff to the CEO of Chicago Public Schools. As Chief of Staff, he will be responsible for legislative and intergovernmental affairs, special events, serve as chief interdepartmental liaison, and oversee administration of the Superintendent’s office.
  
  Robin Robinson will be joining CPD as Special Adviser to the Superintendent for Community Affairs. Robin has been a familiar face in Chicago, having served as the anchor on Fox 32 News for over 25 years before joining WBBM Newsradio. Utilizing the trust she has built throughout the city during her career, she will serve as a Departmental spokesperson and be responsible for fostering stronger community faith and partnerships in Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Well, Kirkpatrick is an interesting choice, probably handpicked by Rahm himself. We say that because in her previous position in Spokane, Washington, she cost the government well over a million dollars in wrongful termination cases. She'll fit in perfectly as demonstrated in this article from nearly five-and-a-half years ago:

• In court Wednesday, Chief Kirkpatrick was accused of publicly throwing one of her officers, Detective Jay Mehring, under the bus to further her own career, and that Kirkpatrick traded Mehring's right to due process for the sake of transparency.

She is EXACTLY what Rahm is looking for - burn as many blue shirts as possible in the name of "transparency."

We don't know much about the other names, though a quick google search reveals Boik was a "top aide" to the now-convicted Barbara Byrd-Bennett and was an integral part of the e-mail chain revealing $20 million in bribes. Roussell is here waaaay past his expiration date. And one of those five names appears in numerous government wiretaps conversing with high-ranking narcotics dealers responsible for more than a fraction of the blood staining the streets of Chicago.

Looks exactly like people Rahm would pick to fuck things up.