Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
Sharon Fairley resigns from police oversight agency to run for attorney general
The chief of the city’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability, Sharon Fairley, is resigning from the new agency to run for Illinois attorney general, according to the Tribune. Mayor Rahm Emanuel appointed Fairley chief administrator of the Independent Police Review Authority in 2015, and she helped transform the controversial agency into COPA, which just opened its doors September 15. “The agency has been built and designed so that it can be successful, no matter who is the chief administrator,” COPA spokeswoman Mia Sissac told the Sun-Times. “Sharon is a phenomenal leader and her vision has been realized. Her goal was to get it up and [running.] She’s done that. . . . The agency now has the resources to do what it needs to do.” [Tribune] [Sun-Times]
