Jody Weis Explained

Jody P. Weis

Office:

60th Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department

Term Start:

February 1, 2008

Term End:

March 1, 2011

Appointed:

Richard M. Daley

Predecessor:

Phil Cline

Successor:

Terry G. Hillard (interim)

Birth Date:

December 10, 1957

Birth Place:

Fort Myers, Florida

Alma Mater:

University of Tampa

Profession:

Law enforcement

Module:

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Serviceyears:	1981-2017
Rank:	Federal agent Superintendent

Jody Peter "J.P." Weis is the former Superintendent of Police of the Chicago Police Department. Weis was selected to serve as the 54th Superintendent of Police by Mayor Richard M. Daley. Upon his resignation and retirement, he was replaced by Interim Superintendent Terry Hillard, a predecessor. He was permanently replaced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who named Garry McCarthy to the post. Superintendent Weis, when he became Superintendent, had replaced former Superintendent of Police Philip J. Cline after his resignation. Superintendent Weis took office on February 1, 2008.

Weis's previous experience included 22 years in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.^[1] Weis graduated from the University of Tampa in 1979.^[2]

On March 17, 2009, a few months after the Chicago lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police announced that they would be funding the defense of Cmdr. Jon Burge,^[3] the lodge produced a vote of no-confidence in Weis.^[4]

A 2012 audit by the Chicago Inspector General determined that the Chicago Police Department had under-counted aggravated assault and aggravated battery victims by 25 percent by not following state guidelines by counting each incident rather than each victim.^[5] ^[6] ^[7] Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy attributed the error to the administration of his predecessor, Jody Weis.

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Notes and References

Chicago Police Superintendent Jody P. Weis Officially Takes Oath of Office: 60th Police Superintendent Sworn in at Chicago Police Headquarters . Chicago Police Department . February 10, 2008 . July 11, 2009.
Biography of Jody P. Weis, Superintendent of Police, Chicago Police Department . Chicago Police Department . February 7, 2010 . PDF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725164103/https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/About%20CPD/Bureaus/WeisBio.pdf . July 25, 2011 .
Web site: Burge Defense to be Paid by F.O.P.: Chicagoist . 2012-08-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228191145/http://chicagoist.com/2008/12/05/burge_defense_to_be_paid_by_fop.php . 2014-12-28 .
News: Jody Weis gets no-confidence vote . Angela . Rozas . Chicago Breaking News Center . Tribune Company . Chicago . March 17, 2009 . February 7, 2010.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/26693217-418/chicago-police-underreported-number-of-2012-assaults-audit-finds.html#.U1dEFspOWmQ Chicago Sun Times "Chicago Police underreported number of 2012 aggravated assault and battery, audit finds" BY FRANK MAIN AND STEFANO ESPOSITO
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/04/07/inspector-general-chicago-police-underreported-aggravated-assaults-batteries-in-2012/ Chicago Tribune: "Inspector General: Chicago police underreported aggravated assaults, batteries in 2012" by Jeremy Gorner
http://chicagoinspectorgeneral.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/OIG-Crime-Stats-Audit.pdf REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL: "CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT ASSAULT-RELATED CRIME STATISTICS CLASSIFICATION AND REPORTING AUDIT