20% of Cook County Sheriff's Department on Medical Leave

The Daily Herald reports:

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle threw down a challenge to Sheriff Tom Dart Thursday, accusing him of abandoning budget negotiations and saying he can meet her 16 percent cutback by reining in medical leave cases.

Preckwinkle derided Dart's previous comments that he would have to “patrol the county on his bicycle” to meet her budget goals and said he could start cutting by taking a close look at the 20 percent of sheriff's department employees who are on medical leave.

They don't call it Crook County for nothing. Just a reminder when federal taxpayers will be asked to bailout this greedy, overpaid workers.