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...excesses at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the department had until recently been considered a much improved force by most Chicagoans. The overall reforms within the department were primarily the work of two men, California Criminologist Orlando Wilson, who served as police superintendent from 1960 to 1967, and James Conlisk Jr., a career cop who worked his way up through the ranks to take over from Wilson. Under them, the department was transformed into one of the most efficient law-enforcement units in the country. But in recent weeks it has seen its men accused of killing people...
...that some Chicago policemen were involved in a scheme to shake down tavern owners in the city's North West Side Austin police district. Nine policemen -including two lieutenants and a sergeant-and two former policemen were indicted. Four have been convicted. Fifteen additional policemen were suspended by Conlisk after they refused to talk to the grand jury about the shakedown operation. The scheme may have spread to other areas of the city; one high-ranking policeman quit his job when federal probers started looking into possible extortion by policemen in the Near North Side nightclub district...
...Great Britain, heavy emphasis is placed on a constable's courtesy toward the public, but police politeness has never been universal practice in the U.S. Last week Chicago Police Superintendent James Conlisk seemed to be in a "think British" mood...
...interfering with the defense of seven surviving Panthers accused of attempted murder. Indicted on the same charges were Hanrahan's assistant, who planned the raid, the eight policemen who entered the Panther pad and four other cops who subsequently became involved in the investigation. Police Superintendent James Conlisk was named as a coconspirator, but was not indicted...
...received 688 weapons confiscated by police and customs officials. At the time, he signed receipts saying the guns were for Army use, but in his testimony he insisted that the receipts were a mere "formality." Not so, said a spokesman for one of the donors, Chicago Police Superintendent James Conlisk: "The general is engaging in falsehood." Last June, seven of the weapons were seized as part of an illegal arms shipment to rebels in Haiti...