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Chicago Sun-Times
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Fran Spielman

DARK SECRETS: Vallas outlines plan to ease police staffing shortage | Rare Historical Photos

Dozens of new Chicago Police Department officers take an oath during graduation at Navy Pier in March. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Mayoral challenger Paul Vallas on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping plan to fill the roughly 2,000 Chicago Police Department vacancies driving a relentless string of canceled days off blamed, in part, for a spike in police suicides.

Vallas outlined his dramatic revamp one day after CPD Supt. David Brown unveiled schedule changes aimed at giving overworked officers time off to unwind, decompress and spend time with their families.

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