CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer has been given court supervision and ordered to perform community service for an off-duty incident in which he allegedly drove recklessly and evaded on-duty cops who tried to pull him over. Body camera footage of the same officer’s behavior during a previous traffic stop went viral in 2021.
Jonathan Mehrhoff, who joined the force in June 2018, continues to work as a $108,012-per-year officer in the Austin (15th) District, a police spokesperson said Wednesday.
On the evening of November 27, 2022, a Harrison (11th) District tactical unit tried to pull Mehrhoff over after seeing his Acura MDX run two red lights in the 400 and 500 blocks of South Kostner, a CPD arrest report said. But the Acura “accelerated in speed and disregarded [the officers’] attempt to stop the vehicle,” the report continued…