Announcement Soon?

There's still a superintendent to pick:

• It’s not official yet, but all the signals emanating from City Hall indicate Mayor Lori Lightfoot is prepared to announce three candidates under consideration by her office to become the next superintendent of police for the City of Chicago. An announcement expected to come on March 18, the situation is far bleaker than many had previously imagined. A vacancy created by Ms. Lightfoot’s abrupt decision to dismiss former superintendent Eddie Johnson in early December 2019, although the mayor specifically cited the former superintendent’s “false statements,” ethical lapses,” and “flawed decision-making,” Lightfoot insisted a “culture change” was necessary within the Chicago Police Department (CPD).

The three candidates are rumored to be:

• Ernest Cato III, Deputy Chief, Area North Patrol; 
• Kristen Ziman, the chief of Aurora, Illinois;
• David Brown, the former Dallas chief of police

And the description of Cato is hilarious:

• A long-time detective, Ernest Cato III is recognized for achieving an unexceptional score on the sergeant exam. A merit promotee, Cato rebounded with a spectacular score on a lieutenant exam. Miraculously, Cato’s class of newly promoted lieutenants included the leading scorer, who, as it happens, is betrothed to the Department’s former-First Deputy Superintendent. A fortuity which can only be satisfactorily explained through a FOIA request, records obtained hinted Cato was tethered to one of the Department’s biggest scandals: Eugene William’s shadowy study groups. Dark-of-the-night seminars at which “connected” officers received complete copies of the rank-promotion exam, the disgrace forced Williams from consideration to succeed Garry McCarthy. Equally worrisome, Mr. Cato has some personal flaws. While we would be overjoyed to see a list of unflawed people, Mr. Cato’s failing is the sort which is certain to furrow a few brows at 121 North LaSalle.

Go read the rest of it at the top link. We've heard that Brown hasn't impressed Groot at all, so it's a two horse race.