The Chicago Police Department’s officer wellness program remains understaffed and unable to respond urgently to officers in need of mental health support, state officials on Tuesday told the chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Chicago. Meanwhile, CPD’s data collection and analysis policies continue to hold back the department’s efforts to improve the employee assistance program and reach .
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Then-interim Supt. Fred Waller ordered last May that the Chicago Police Department cut ties with Professional Law Enforcement Training, citing the “significant cost.” But PLET was brought back late last year.