Remember that story we told you about involving a 14-year-old Chicago boy who was impersonating a cop? Well, the mayor says he's not happy about it, the Chicago Sun-Times reports,and has ordered Police Supt. Judy Weiss to get to the bottom of it.
"What a sad comment. You pay a sergeant x-amount of money. You pay the field lieutenant x-amount of money. These are managers for the Police Department in that district. They have the responsibility to answer all the questions concerning how this person could do this. He's only 14 years old," Mayor Richard Daley said, according to the newspaper.
Police and Assistant State's Attorney Jennifer Rutkowski says the teenager signed out a police radio and joined another officer in a patrol car for five hours before he was discovered.
The Sun-times quotes the mother of the teen-ager -- a former member of the "police explorer" youth program -- as saying her son pulled the stunt out of boredom. The newspaper earlier reported that a county judge ordered the boy, who was charged with impersonating an officer, held in juvenile detention and requested a psychological exam.
By the way, the department has also reminded all uniform vendors they cannot sell uniforms or equipment to anyone who does not show a star and police identification, the Sun-Times says.
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