About Damn Time

The wheels of justice move exceedingly slowly when the connected are involved - and the entire Department pays for it it terms of reputation:

• It’s been seven months since John Sherwood first learned that an off-duty Chicago police sergeant with a checkered past was allegedly among the attackers who viciously beat him and his partner outside a popular Andersonville neighborhood nightclub.
  
  The attack left Sherwood, 54, in a wheelchair with a compound fracture of his leg and caused him to miss nearly two months of work. He’s lost 25 pounds, endured multiple surgeries and months of physical therapy and still walks with a limp.
  
  On top of the painful physical recovery, Sherwood has been left wondering why his alleged attackers had not been arrested, even though Sherwood and others at the scene that night identified them for detectives.
  
  That finally changed Tuesday when police announced that former Sgt. Eric Elkins had been charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery for his role in the Sept. 29 attack outside the @mosphere club in the 5300 block of North Clark Street.

This walking disaster was under investigation for years, racked up dozens of CR numbers for physical violence and was charged TWICE (once locally, once in Michigan) with sex crimes involving teen-aged boys....and walked on every single allegation.

And if you don't think IAD has numerous crimes to answer for as a Unit, then we've got a promotional exam to sell you.