'There’s never been a tougher time to be the police, but still you chose to answer the call to serve and protect, every day,' said Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown.
gained 46 new officers — slow gains for a department that’s down 2,000 police officers.
"There’s never been a tougher time to be the police, but still you chose to answer the call to serve and protect, every day," said Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown. "Every single day. The men and women of CPD run towards danger when everyone else is running from it." Only on the force for one month, Damian Alfaro acknowledges the job isn’t easy — even though Alfaro has his father Hector to turn to. Hector has been on the force since 1995.AdvertisementAll the news you need to know, every day