Chicago’s Mayor Lightfoot says police may need permission from boss to go on foot pursuits

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said police officers in her city might soon need permission from their superiors to pursue suspects on foot.

“No one should die as a result of a foot chase,” the mayor said Tuesday.

She added that details of a new policing policy will come out “soon.”

Her comments come after the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago.

Chicago Alderman Brian Hopkins said officers in the city already need permission to pursue a suspect in a vehicle, and an official in the mayor’s office told him that the policy could also apply to those on foot.

"Of course, that raises obvious problems," Hopkins said. "In the time it would take to do that, the person you're supposed to be chasing is actually long gone. The point would be moot then."

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