McCarthy, Emanuel recruit cops: Come one, come all - especially minorities
Posted November 01, 2015 10:00 pm
In his pitch Monday to recruit a diverse pool of applicants for an upcoming police entrance exam - the first since 2013 - Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy's approach was equal parts practical and ideological.
"At the end of the day, it's a pretty-good-paying job with great benefits," McCarthy said at a news conference held at police headquarters.
"Officers will start with a salary of $47,000 and after 18 months that will go to $72,000, and there's not a lot of places where you can get that in this environment right now, in this economy," he said, adding that health care for the whole family was included.
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