Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday it is “not acceptable” that the Chicago Police Department exceeded its nearly $2 billion 2024 budget, approved by the Chicago City Council, by $207 million.
“No, it’s not acceptable,” Johnson told WTTW News at a City Hall news conference. “No one is going to agree that the overspending in this moment is something that we should accept or be OK with.”
CPD exceeded its 2024 personnel budget by approximately $127 million, according to the 2024 audit, even though the department has approximately 1,000 vacant positions, records show…