More PPP Accountability

But only for the CPD?

Probably because it's easier to fire cops for Rule Violations than it is to get rid of union members with all sorts of delaying tactics:

• Eight more Chicago police officers now face dismissal for fraudulently obtaining federal Paycheck Protection Program loans during the pandemic, City Hall’s inspector general announced Wednesday.

  The officers falsified statements on government documents to obtain a total of $282,639 in federal funds intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis, according to Inspector General David Glockner’s first quarterly report.

  Glockner stepped into the watchdog role in April, succeeding succeeding Deborah Witzburg. Witzburg, now chief of staff to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, previously issued reports showing a total of 28 other cops had bilked the PPP program, which was rife with fraud.

  The eight officers highlighted in Wednesday’s report are accused of breaking the law, making false statements and discrediting the police department, among other things. Their names weren’t released.

Still no word on OEMC workers, of which there are dozens upon dozens.

And CPD exempt members are still being allowed to retire (with credentials) if they got caught up in this shitshow. 

(on a side note, we had to call 9-1-1 the other day for an incident - the phone rang thirteen times before being picked up....that hints at staffing issues that might have something to do with them slow-walking the OEMC investigations, especially if they suddenly had to fire fifty calltakers.)