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...Elizabeth Conlisk, public relations managerfor Miller Brewing Co., said the idea ofdistributing free beer was "ludicrous," addingneither Miller nor any other major beer companydoes...
Dirty Money. After the liquor extortion scandals broke in 1972, Superintendent James Conlisk created a task force called C-5 to ferret out corruption...
Modest Reforms. As the extortion scandal grew, Conlisk stepped down under pressure last November, becoming chief of traffic. Rochford, his right-hand man, was named acting superintendent until a permanent replacement could be found. The city's police board screened 250 applicants for the job, then passed on three names-including Rochford's -for consideration by the mayor. In an anticlimactic ending, Daley then announced, as many had suspected all along he would, that the job was Rochford...
Metcalfe and his followers have demanded that Conlisk disband the elite police task force unit, which they blame for much of the police brutality in black and Latin American neighborhoods. The group also called for an increase in the number of blacks in policymaking positions, the recruitment of more blacks and the across-the-board upgrading of blacks already on the force. To increase citizen control over police activities, the group has demanded that citizens' review boards be created for each of the city's 21 police districts...
...enforcement and a former FBI agent in charge of the Chicago office, was elected the new head of the city's police board. The five-member board will oversee the department's rules and regulations, pass on the annual police budget and review serious disciplinary infractions. Conlisk has already given a go-ahead to investigators from the Chicago Human Relations Commission and the Chicago Bar Association, who are now searching through police files for evidence that could support the brutality complaints...