Lightfoot renews threat to remove police officers from Chicago Public Schools

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday renewed her threat to remove police officers from public schools on the heels of a blistering audit that accused the Chicago Police Department of continuing to operate the program without oversight and training.

Lightfoot's transition report recommends "encouraging Chicago Public Schools to work with individual schools to define the mission, goal and scope" of school resource officers and tailor that role "to the needs of each school's student body."

But months after a confrontation between police officers and a student at Marshall High School, Lightfoot hinted again Thursday that the days of having Chicago police officers stationed inside Chicago Public Schools may end on her watch.

The mayor said she has asked Police Supt. Eddie Johnson and Schools CEO Janice Jackson to "take a fresh look at this and figure out what the right assets are that should be in schools."

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