By Adam Andrzejewski, includes “As civil unrest loomed and a pandemic raged last year, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fully compensated police and other first-responder public safety employees. However … the number of regular police officers between 2019 and 2020 dropped by nearly 400 positions. With fewer officers and more to do, the existing employees made a lot of money—but the city became less safe and, for taxpayers, more expensive.”