It's Malinowski

So we were looking for confirmation on this rumor. It's a bit thin, but enough for us to run with and mess with Groot's and Beck's efforts to keep a lid on things:

• Sup - S. Malinowski (unless his business dealing get in the way);
  1st Deputy - Barb West
  Dep Sup of BIA - Konow
  Dep Sup Patrol - either Turado or Bradley;
  Dep Sup OCD (OCD may be renamed Homeland Security) - either Turado or Bradley;
  Dep Sup of D UNIT -B. Deenahan;
  Dep Sup of Org Development- Cato
  Chief South - Bulnes
  *Chief Area 5 - Nieves
  Chief Central - Piggot
  *Chief Area 3 - open (African American)
  Chief North - open (Hispanic)

Again, this is single sourced into from someone deep in the administration. We don't care about the spelling, so don't comment on it. This might make sense seeing as how Beck is bringing his shadow along to every meeting, getting his face out there and familiar to everyone who will be voting on his appointment and grilling him at the City Council.

You're wondering about the business dealings that might throw up a roadblock to Malinowski's eventual appointment? That would be these business dealings:

• Malinowski was one of a team of experts who helped the Chicago Police Department on crime issues. Under a $250-an-hour contract, Malinowski earned $223,750 between late 2016 and Feb. 9, 2018, in Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

That's quite a bit of coin for a city that's broke, or so they keep telling us. We don't know if would be an impediment to hiring or just too much money to give up for a job that means he has to listen to morons like the City Council grill him on crime stats he probably doesn't really care about.

With those names as Deputy Superintendents reporting directly to him, we'd think twice about that cast of clowns.