CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget would end plans to add much-needed mental health support staff at the Chicago Police Department.
The mayor’s proposal is raising alarms with police-reform advocates who see links between a healthier rank-and-file and safer communities.
Under the mayor’s draft 2025 budget, 22 positions for clinical therapists within the police department would be eliminated — handcuffing an effort to have one counselor for each of the city’s police districts…