Cook County Blog

Now she's considering re-evaluating her hiring practices.  ABC Local:

The escape of convicted bank robber Robert Maday is prompting a review of hiring practices in the Cook County State's Attorneys Office.

Maday disarmed a 69-year-old investigator and his 57-year-old partner to escape Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez is now considering age limits and fitness requirements for her investigators.

Yeah, I'd be embarrassed if I came across this news article and saw those ages of the investigators.  it's one thing to be an investigator, but it's another thing to have someone in custody who could overpower you.  Let's put our thinking caps on for a moment; sometimes these are violent criminals.  They're lucky they're still alive.

The average age is 56 for her office's 163 investigators. Many of them are officers and detectives who have retired from the Chicago Police Department.

That's not very reassuring!  One comment was left on this article as of this writing, and that comment is very telling:

chicagos p.d.'s dumping ground for thousands of cpd officers trying to get a 2nd or 3rd pension, cook county!!! these old officers should have left there badges with thier last job. its not just the states attorneys office its all over cook county. retired cpd officers with guns and badges that are so vulnerable to a prisoner easily disarming them then putting the public at risk all for a cushiony retirement job. the sheriff used to have this detail without any incident or any extra taxes...