The fractured relationship between Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley and her rank-and-file officers will get a chance for some healing next week. Lalley announced on her Friday radio show she is scheduled to meet with union representatives for the first time since more than 80% of the 130 union members voted "no confidence" in her.
Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley publicly called for a sit-down meeting with her rank-and-file officers on Friday to discuss why they supported a no-confidence vote against her this week.
After city management came to her defense Monday following a vote of no confidence by members of the police union, Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley released a statement of her own Tuesday.
A Center for Policing Equity study found that 36% of all use-of-force cases in Elgin over the five-year period involved Blacks whereas an analysis by Northern Illinois University showed race was not a factor when force was showed or used.
Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley explained on her weekly radio show Friday why a large and lengthy police response to a man who was threatening people with a knife did not qualify as a situation for the wider community to be concerned about this week.