Chicago Police Department Superintendent Under Washington And Daley Dies

Police Department Superintendent Under Washington And Daley Dies
UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 28: A police car is parked outside the headquarters of the Chicago Police Department in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. The recession is stinging in President-elect Barack Obama?s hometown, where the Chicago Police Department is slowing hiring even as murders increase. Murders in Chicago rose 16 percent in the first 10 months of the year. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 28: A police car is parked outside the headquarters of the Chicago Police Department in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. The recession is stinging in President-elect Barack Obama?s hometown, where the Chicago Police Department is slowing hiring even as murders increase. Murders in Chicago rose 16 percent in the first 10 months of the year. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

LeRoy Martin, a former Chicago police superintendent appointed by the late Mayor Harold Washington, passed away Saturday at age 84.

Police department spokesman Adam Collins confirmed Martin’s passing, but could not provide details on the cause of death.

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