CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making it sound like former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey would be a perfect choice to be Chicago's next police commissioner, but says Ramsey isn't interested.
Emanuel's office announced Sunday that Ramsey will advise the department through "civil rights reforms" the mayor called for after the release of a video of a white police officer fatally shooting black teenager Laquan McDonald.
That fueled speculation Ramsey — who spent 30 years on Chicago's police force before heading departments in Washington. D.C. and Philadelphia— will succeed the fired Garry McCarthy.
On Monday, Emanuel praised Ramsey as a nationally recognized law enforcement leader who remains widely trusted within Chicago's police force. But he said the job is too important to offer it to someone who doesn't want it.