The chairman of the police council tasked with improving policing in some of Chicago’s most violence-plagued neighborhoods has not shown up for work or responded to emails or phone calls in nearly a year, but he continues to collect his city paycheck, according to city officials and his fellow council members.
David Boykin, the elected chair of the 6th District Council, has not attended a single council meeting since April 2025 and has not responded to communications from his colleagues, according to Aisha Humphries and Ciera Whitaker, the two other members of the three-person council.
Humphries and Whitaker are now publicly calling for Boykin’s resignation, saying his absence has hindered the council’s ability to function while taxpayers continue to fund his position…