CLEARING — Southwest Side elected officials are asking Gov. JB Pritzker to withhold the transfer of a vacant National Guard armory building to the city after Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed to use it as a storage facility instead of a new police station.
For years, residents and elected officials near Midway Airport have called for a new police station in the area. Currently, the Chicago Lawn District covers the largest population in the city — but has the fewest officers per capita.
Advocates for the new police district thought they were making progress when Pritzker signed a bill allowing the state to sell the former National Guard Armory at 5400 W. 63rd St. to the city for $1 — but only if it were used as a police station…