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Chicago Police Department memo cancels all officers’ days off over Memorial Day Weekend

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CHICAGO (WLS) — Despite the fact that Memorial Day is three weeks away, Chicago police officers are ramping up staffing to go off attainable vacation weekend violence later this month.

An inside CPD memo obtained by the ABC7 I-Workforce Monday evening, and now being learn at police district roll calls, orders that every one days off be canceled for one full week between Tuesday Might 24 and the next Tuesday, Might 31.

Officers can also be placed on 12 hour work shifts throughout that point “if operational wants come up” based on the memo. It’s anticipated that downtown retail corridors will get particular consideration throughout that interval as effectively.

CPD has elevated staffing ranges at instances lately after particularly high-crime weekends, however usually canceling simply sooner or later off throughout ranks. In response to the police division order, the upcoming vacation would require that officers work straight by their frequently scheduled off days.

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