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Daley: City will ask for $106M to hire cops

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

File photo of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley answering questions during an interview with The Associated Press in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Mayor Richard Daley says Chicago will ask the federal government for money to hire more police officers.

The mayor has requested $106 million to hire 400 officers. Hiring is at a crawl because of the struggling economy.

The officers' union says the number of vacancies could hit 800 this year.

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