Embattled Chicago cop Dante Servin, who was found not guilty in the 2012 fatal shooting of an unarmed 22-year-old woman, has resigned from the Chicago Police Department as he faced a police board hearing for his possible firing.
Then Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy had recommended that Servin be fired, despite Servin being acquitted by a judge in the death of Rekia Boyd, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
“Today, the Police Board was informed that Dante Servin resigned his employment with the Chicago Police Department. This resignation comes two days before an evidentiary hearing regarding various charges against Servin was set to begin,” the Chicago Police Board said in a statement.
“It is the board’s understanding that given the resignation, counsel for the superintendent will follow normal procedure and file a motion with the board seeking to withdraw all charges against Servin without prejudice. The Board will then take that motion under advisement and take action at its regular monthly public meeting on Thursday . . . In light of the resignation, the previously scheduled evidentiary hearing will not proceed.”
Servin, 47, is a 22-year veteran of the police department. Servin fatally shot Boyd and injured her friend Antonio Cross after confronting them and two others about a raucous gathering by Servin’s home near Douglas Park. In a controversial ruling, a Cook County judge acquitted him of involuntary manslaughter in April last year.
