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

June 30, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- 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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