Bypassed police sergeant alleges cheating on 2015 lieutenant's exam

Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson could not substantiate allegations of cheating on a 2015 police lieutenants exam that allegedly benefited three women, one of whom is now married to Police Supt. Eddie Johnson.

But that's apparently not good enough to satisfy Sgt. Hosea Word, who claims he was bypassed because of the cheating that he claims benefited Johnson's wife, Lt. Nakia Fenner, along with Lt. Maryet Hall, the wife of former First Deputy Supt. Al Wysinger, and Lt. Davina Ward, who was allegedly involved with then-Deputy Superintendent Eugene Williams.

Word filed a lawsuit in federal court this week, alleging that Johnson, Wysinger and Williams "shared the answers" to the 2015 exam "with certain female officers that they were dating or had married."

The goal was to "manipulate the examination process and to ensure that their wives and girlfriends would score well on the lieutenant's exam," the suit alleges. The alleged cheating "enabled persons to be promoted who had not fairly and honestly earned that right," according to the suit.

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