FILE – In this June 15, 2015, file photo, Dallas Police Chief David Brown briefs the media about a shooting at Dallas Police headquarters in Dallas. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday, April 2, 2020, named Brown to lead the police force in the nation’s third largest city. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
CHICAGO (AP) — The man chosen by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to head the nation’s second-largest police force has become acting superintendent pending approval of his appointment by the city’s aldermen.
Former interim Superintendent Charlie Beck on Wednesday handed the reins of the Chicago Police Department to David Brown.
Beck, who spent 40 years with the Los Angeles Police Department, headed Chicago’s police department for five months after Superintendent Eddie Johnson was fired for allegedly misleading Lightfoot about a drinking-and-driving episode.
The Chicago City Council is expected to vote on Brown’s appointment next week. Brown formerly headed the Dallas Police Department.
