Now he looks like a Chicago cop.
Garry McCarthy sported a goatee when he was named Chicago Police superintendent in May.
But on Sunday, he shaved off the beard after taking classes at the Chicago Police Academy and becoming a certified Illinois law enforcement officer. He didn’t part with his moustache, though.
To wear a Chicago Police uniform, which McCarthy intends to do when he takes the oath of office on Friday, a sworn officer must comply with the department’s 1998 general order on uniforms and personal equipment
It was always a fake controversy. We've still got serious problems to be addressed in this Department and a goatee wasn't really one of them. The uniform wearing will continue to bug people, too. But it's what's inside the uniform that will end up making or breaking this superintendency, and we've already seen a lot of what's inside over the beach goonings and the Sabina speech. The upcoming exempt moves fill in even more of the picture.