Police Superintendent Says He’ll Stay on Despite Complaints

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says he plans to stay in his job as long as he can.

The police chief spoke to reporters Tuesday, a day after a group of mostly black aldermen called for him to step down.

McCarthy was due to testify before some of those same aldermen at an afternoon budget hearing.

Most of the aldermen demanding McCarthy’s firing are African-American. They contend McCarthy has had plenty of time to reduce street violence plaguing the city and hasn’t done so.

The demand by the aldermen comes as the city records a 21 percent increase in murders, a trend seen nationally.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel says in a statement that he supports McCarthy’s “work and commitment.”

Also Tuesday, officials announced that McCarthy’s second-in-command, Alfonza Wysinger, would be retiring.

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