Security Chief Vows to Keep Uniformed Cops at Chicago High Schools
The security chief for Chicago Public Schools vowed Monday to absorb a $5 million cut in annual security funding with no further cuts in the 153 uniformed police officers permanently assigned to high schools.
Chief safety and security officer Jadine Chou refused to reveal specifics of her plan to absorb that $5 million cut, according to an article from the Chicago Sun-Times, but she also said that “It is my charge to make the appropriate allocation changes. I’m not prepared to discuss how we will do that. But we will do it while maintaining the level of safety. That will not include reducing police presence inside the schools.”