Snelling Promotes 25-Year Veteran Ursitti to No. 2 Chicago Police Post Ahead of July Retirement
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Updated · Chicago Tribune · Jul 2
Snelling Promotes 25-Year Veteran Ursitti to No. 2 Chicago Police Post Ahead of July Retirement
3 articles · Updated · Chicago Tribune · Jul 2
Summary
Antoinette Ursitti was elevated to first deputy superintendent, putting the chief of detectives in charge of Chicago Police Department day-to-day operations as Larry Snelling prepares to leave later this month.
Snelling said Ursitti earned the promotion through her work strengthening investigations and supporting both crime victims and department personnel; she brings more than two decades of CPD experience.
The move came 1 day before Snelling publicly announced his retirement, ending a roughly 3-year tenure in which he highlighted security for the 2024 Democratic National Convention and declines in shootings, homicides and violent crime.
Ursitti fills a post that had been vacant since Yolanda Talley resigned last fall, making the promotion an early signal of how CPD leadership will be structured during the coming transition.