Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police has endorsed Paul Vallas in his campaign for mayor, union president John Catanzara announced Saturday. Only two candidates sought the group’s endorsement: Vallas and businessman Willie Wilson.
Chicago Mayor candidate Paul Vallas, greeting a Chicago police officer during the Columbus Day Parade on Oct. 10, has been endorsed by the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge.
Although Chicago police and their supporters mark an important demographic in local elections, the endorsement from the union is a double-edged sword for Vallas, the former Chicago Public Schools CEO. The FOP has long been criticized for defending police misconduct, and Catanzara in particular has been a lightning rod for controversy.Catanzara retired from the Chicago Police Department while facing potential termination after a career as one of the department’s most disciplined officers.
In recent years, Vallas has made crime a top subject of his public profile. Vallas frequently delivers a fire hose of social media posts about violence in Chicago, arguing it’s important to support the police and loosen restrictions on their work. In panning the policy to the Tribune, Vallas said it “looks like a checklist,” he said. “All you’re doing is creating more obstacles for a police officer to move and tack decisively. … Why would you even get out of a police car if you see a criminal running down the street? Why would you even want to chase them, if you don’t have that checklist?”
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