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Johnson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eddiejohnson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Eddiejohnson.jpg/250px-Eddiejohnson.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Eddiejohnson.jpg/375px-Eddiejohnson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Eddiejohnson.jpg/500px-Eddiejohnson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4165" data-file-height="2774" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">62nd <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_the_Chicago_Police_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department">Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 28, 2016 – December 2, 2019<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Interim from March 28–April 13, 2016)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">John Escalante (interim)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Beck" title="Charlie Beck">Charlie Beck</a> (interim)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1960 or 1961 (age 63–64)<sup id="cite_ref-suntimesjohnsoninterview_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suntimesjohnsoninterview-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label">Chicago, Illinois, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Police officer</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Police career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Department</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">Chicago Police Department</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service years</th><td class="infobox-data">1988-2019</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Superintendent</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data category"><span class="nowrap">Superintendent <span style="font-size:85%;">(2016-2019)</span><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O10_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/75px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/113px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/150px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2514" data-file-height="583" /></a></span><br />Chief of the Patrol Bureau <span style="font-size:85%;">(2012-16)</span><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O8_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/35px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="35" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/53px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/70px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1252" data-file-height="583" /></a></span><br />Commander, 6th District <span style="font-size:85%;">(2008-12)</span><br /><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O5_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US-O5_insignia.svg/15px-US-O5_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US-O5_insignia.svg/23px-US-O5_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US-O5_insignia.svg/30px-US-O5_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="524" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Eddie T. Johnson</b> is a former <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_the_Chicago_Police_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department">Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department</a> <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-former_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-former-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Patrolman">Patrolman</h3></div> <p>Johnson began his career in the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">Chicago Police Department</a> in 1988 as a <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency" title="Law enforcement agency">patrol officer</a>. He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Commander" title="Commander">Commander</a> of the 6th <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD District</a> in 2008, and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD Chief of Patrol</a> in 2012. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interim_Superintendent">Interim Superintendent</h3></div> <p>Chicago Mayor <a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a> endured controversy when appointing Johnson as his interim superintendent in 2016 considering Johnson was not one of the three finalists selected by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Police Board">Chicago Police Board</a>. Johnson did not apply for the job out of respect for Deputy Interim Superintendent John Escalante.<sup id="cite_ref-suntimesjohnsoninterview_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suntimesjohnsoninterview-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emanuel named Johnson as the Interim Police Chief on March 28, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-suntimesjohnsoninterview_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suntimesjohnsoninterview-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Superintendent">Superintendent</h3></div> <p>On April 13, 2016, a day after the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_City_Council" title="Chicago City Council">Chicago City Council</a> Public Safety Committee bypassed the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Police Board">Chicago Police Board</a> with a fast-track vote,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson was officially sworn in as Chicago Police Superintendent after his nomination was approved unanimously by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_City_Council" title="Chicago City Council">Chicago City Council</a><sup id="cite_ref-wgnhpapva_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wgnhpapva-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a 50-0 vote.<sup id="cite_ref-wgnhpapva_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wgnhpapva-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-suntimesjohnsoninterview_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suntimesjohnsoninterview-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dismissal">Dismissal</h3></div> <p>On December 2, 2019, Chicago Mayor <a href="/wiki/Lori_Lightfoot" title="Lori Lightfoot">Lori Lightfoot</a> terminated Johnson's employment with the City of Chicago for what she termed a "series of ethical lapses."<sup id="cite_ref-nbcjohnsondismissed_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbcjohnsondismissed-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact">Impact</h2></div> <p>Johnson led a department of over 13,400 officers, the second-largest police department in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, who defended <a href="/wiki/Use_of_force" title="Use of force">use of force</a> training, more community policing and a court monitor to oversee department-wide reforms which included the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">DOJ</a><sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Police_Accountability_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="The Chicago Police Accountability Task Force">Chicago Police Accountability Task Force (CPATF)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McDonald_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McDonald-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Police_Accountability_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="The Chicago Police Accountability Task Force">CPATF</a> was initiated by Mayor <a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a> to investigate the <a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Laquan_McDonald" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Laquan McDonald">shooting of Laquan McDonald</a> and was once headed by the present <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Chicago" title="Mayor of Chicago">Mayor of Chicago</a> <a href="/wiki/Lori_Lightfoot" title="Lori Lightfoot">Lori Lightfoot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson was appointed superintendent in 2016 by <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Chicago" title="Mayor of Chicago">Mayor</a> <a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a> to restore the public's trust after <a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Emanuel</a> delayed releasing the video of <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Laquan_McDonald" title="Murder of Laquan McDonald">Jason Van Dyke's fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald</a> for over a year. Johnson said that the <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Laquan_McDonald" title="Murder of Laquan McDonald">Laquan McDonald incident</a> changed Chicago's trust in the police department and that officer <a href="/wiki/Morale" title="Morale">morale</a> fell as a result of the lack of trust.<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chicago’s homicide rate stood at a 20-year high of 792 in 2016 when Johnson was appointed superintendent, and fell to 561 by the end of 2018. Johnson credited the use of <a href="/wiki/Data_analysis" title="Data analysis">data analytics</a> to decrease homicides and shootings, and approved of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">DOJ's</a> investigation into CPD shootings that found widespread excessive <a href="/wiki/Use_of_force" title="Use of force">use of force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Racial_discrimination" title="Racial discrimination">racial discrimination</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It led to a <a href="/wiki/Consent_decree" title="Consent decree">consent decree</a>, a federally-enforced agreement that oversees <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD</a> reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the <a href="/wiki/Consent_decree" title="Consent decree">consent decree</a>, Johnson validated the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD's</a> community policing efforts, making substantial improvements in officer training, which eventually led to a decrease in officer-related shootings.<sup id="cite_ref-tribconsentjohnsonretires_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribconsentjohnsonretires-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Dismissal_of_Robert_Rialmo" title="Dismissal of Robert Rialmo">Dismissal of Robert Rialmo</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Jussie_Smollett_alleged_assault" class="mw-redirect" title="Jussie Smollett alleged assault">Jussie Smollett alleged assault</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States" title="Illegal immigration to the United States">Illegal immigration to the United States</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Chicago" title="Crime in Chicago">Crime in Chicago</a></div> <p>Johnson's early support and ultimate reversal in the firing of <a href="/wiki/Dismissal_of_Robert_Rialmo" title="Dismissal of Robert Rialmo">Officer Robert Rialmo</a> over the 2015 Christmas shooting of Quintonio LeGrier and accidental death of Bettie Jones continued to shadow his term in office as superintendent.<sup id="cite_ref-suntimesrialmofacesboard_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suntimesrialmofacesboard-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another controversy linked to Johnson was the high-profile case against actor <a href="/wiki/Jussie_Smollett" title="Jussie Smollett">Jussie Smollett</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Tyler_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tyler-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was accused of staging a fake <a href="/wiki/Hate_crime" title="Hate crime">hate crime</a> on Chicago's <a href="/wiki/Community_areas_in_Chicago" title="Community areas in Chicago">North Side</a>. Smollett was charged with a crime for the plan and execution of a <a href="/wiki/Racial_hoax" title="Racial hoax">hoax</a> and abusing <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD's</a> <a href="/wiki/Human_resources" title="Human resources">resources and manpower</a>. However, the charges were subsequently dropped by <a href="/wiki/Cook_County_State%27s_Attorney" title="Cook County State's Attorney">State's Attorney</a> <a href="/wiki/Kim_Foxx" title="Kim Foxx">Kim Foxx</a>, enraging Johnson as well as Mayor <a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Emanuel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tyler_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tyler-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Madhani_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Madhani-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson defied collaborating with the <a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">U.S. Federal government’s</a> efforts to round-up <a href="/wiki/Illegal_immigration" title="Illegal immigration">illegal immigrants</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">sanctuary city</a>, embroiling Johnson with newly-elected <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/President_Donald_Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="President Donald Trump">Trump</a> in turn traded words with Johnson, who criticised Chicago officials over their mishandling of the city's high crime rate. In October 2019, Johnson refused to attend a speech by <a href="/wiki/President_Donald_Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="President Donald Trump">Trump</a> at the <a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Chiefs_of_Police" title="International Association of Chiefs of Police">International Association of Chiefs of Police</a> that took place in Chicago, a move supported by <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Chicago" title="Mayor of Chicago">Mayor</a> <a href="/wiki/Lori_Lightfoot" title="Lori Lightfoot">Lori Lightfoot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trump called Johnson's absence a "disgrace."<sup id="cite_ref-foxtrump_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foxtrump-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson called Trump's words frivolous and stated that he "would not attend the conference while racial insults and hatred are cast from the Oval Office."<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_13-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mayor <a href="/wiki/Lori_Lightfoot" title="Lori Lightfoot">Lori Lightfoot</a> said, "Superintendent Johnson showed President Trump what true leadership and character look like."<sup id="cite_ref-nprjohnson_13-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nprjohnson-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 7, 2019, Johnson announced his intention to retire from the Chicago Police Department (CPD).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson's retirement announcement, effective at the end of 2019, followed an incident where police officers had found Johnson asleep in his city-owned vehicle on October 17, 2019. Johnson later told Mayor Lightfoot that he had consumed alcohol earlier that evening, requesting an <a href="/wiki/Internal_affairs_(law_enforcement)" title="Internal affairs (law enforcement)">internal investigation</a> into the incident, to which Johnson expressed that he was “not concerned" about the outcome.<sup id="cite_ref-nbcjohnsonsleep_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbcjohnsonsleep-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cbsjohnsonincident_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbsjohnsonincident-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 8, 2019, Mayor Lightfoot appointed retired <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_police" title="Chief of police">police chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Beck" title="Charlie Beck">Charlie Beck</a> as the city's interim superintendent.<sup id="cite_ref-tribjohnsonretires_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribjohnsonretires-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 2, 2019, Mayor Lightfoot terminated Johnson's superintendent contract for cause, effective immediately, indicating that he had misrepresented the reason why he was sleeping in his vehicle;<sup id="cite_ref-former_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-former-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nbcjohnsondismissed_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbcjohnsondismissed-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, Johnson remained an employee of the CPD, as the Mayor's action was technically a demotion.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 4, 2019, he chose to accept retirement under his career service position as lieutenant, which completely severed his relationship with the CPD.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <p>Johnson was born on the <a href="/wiki/Near_North,_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Near North, Chicago">Near North Side</a> of <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes" title="Cabrini–Green Homes">Cabrini–Green Housing Projects</a> and, at age 10, moved to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Heights,_Chicago" title="Washington Heights, Chicago">Washington Heights</a> neighborhood. Johnson currently resides in the near South Side neighborhood of Bridgeport. Johnson recalls his mother telling his father about the new neighborhood as a "Quiet place, compared to the old neighborhood" and that Johnson recalled, "Gunshots all night long" while living in <a href="/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes" title="Cabrini–Green Homes">Cabrini–Green</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-suntimesjohnsoninterview_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suntimesjohnsoninterview-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson is divorced, a father of three children, one of whom is a <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD</a> patrolman. He's re-married to CPD officer on 2017<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. </p><p>Johnson had congenital kidney disease for most of his adult life.<sup id="cite_ref-cbschicagokidney_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbschicagokidney-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wttwjohnsonkidney_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wttwjohnsonkidney-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson's son, <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department" title="Chicago Police Department">CPD patrolman</a> Daniel Johnson, donated one of his kidneys to his father in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-cbschicagokidney_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbschicagokidney-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wttwjohnsonkidney_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wttwjohnsonkidney-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johnson is a Christian.<sup id="cite_ref-wttwjohnsonkidney_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wttwjohnsonkidney-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He supports <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois'</a> organ donation program, and along with his son Daniel, were honored by the <a href="/wiki/National_Kidney_Foundation" title="National Kidney Foundation">National Kidney Foundation (NKF)</a> with the "Gift of Life" Award at NKF's 2019 Gala.<sup id="cite_ref-wttwjohnsonkidney_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wttwjohnsonkidney-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cbschicagokidney_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbschicagokidney-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/34px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="34" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/51px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/68px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="355" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikiquote has quotations related to <i><b><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Search/Eddie_T._Johnson" class="extiw" title="q:Special:Search/Eddie T. 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