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Chicago's top cop says using police stations as short-term migrant housing is burden for department
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Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling responds to a question during an interview with The Associated Press Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, in Chicago. Snelling says the city’s use of police stations as temporary housing for the growing population of migrants seeking asylum has been a "burden" on the nation’s second-largest police department. One of his main concerns with the housing plan is officer well-being. - photo by AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's new police chief said the city's use of police stations as temporary housing for the growing population of migrants seeking asylum has been a “burden” on the nation's second-largest police department. Police Superintendent Larry Snelling told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday that among his main concerns is the toll the city's approach has taken on officers' well being because it is unfolding in their workplace. “We were the first to open our doors to the migrants and they’re still coming.