Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Interim Superintendent John Escalante today announced that more than 14,200 individuals recently applied to join the Chicago Police Department, and 71 percent of those who applied are minority applicants. The share of minority applicants is up 13 percent since the previous CPD recruiting campaign in 2013. The latest numbers are driven in part by a recruitment campaign employed by the City of Chicago over the past three months to ensure the Police Department better reflects the makeup of the communities it serves
