Jody Peter "J.P." Weis is the former Superintendent of Police of the

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. Weis was selected to serve as the 54th Superintendent of Police by Mayor

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. Upon his resignation and retirement, he was replaced by Interim Superintendent Terry Hillard, a predecessor. He was permanently replaced by Mayor

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, who named Garry McCarthy to the post. Superintendent Weis, when he became Superintendent, had replaced former Superintendent of Police Philip J. Cline after his resignation. Superintendent Weis took office on February 1, 2008. Weis's previous experience included 22 years in the

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. Weis graduated from the University of Tampa in 1979. On March 17, 2009, a few months after the Chicago lodge of the

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announced that they would be funding the defense of Cmdr.

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, the lodge produced a vote of no-confidence in Weis. A 2012 audit by the Chicago Inspector General determined that the Chicago Police Department had under-counted aggravated assault and aggravated battery victims by 25 percent by not following state guidelines by counting each incident rather than each victim.Chicago Sun Times "Chicago Police underreported number of 2012 aggravated assault and battery, audit finds" BY FRANK MAIN AND STEFANO ESPOSITO
April 7, 2014Chicago Tribune: "Inspector General: Chicago police underreported aggravated assaults, batteries in 2012" by Jeremy Gorner
April 07, 2014REPORT OF THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL: "CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT ASSAULT-RELATED CRIME STATISTICS CLASSIFICATION AND REPORTING AUDIT
APRIL 2014 Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy attributed the error to the administration of his predecessor, Jody Weis.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation Press Release on Appointing Jody Weis SAC in PhiladelphiaDepartment Webpage
Living people People from Chicago Superintendents of the Chicago Police Department University of Tampa alumni Federal Bureau of Investigation agents 1957 births {{US-law-enforcement-bio-stub