Chicago DUI lawyer provides an update on Chicago Police Officer's Chicago DUI bond reduction

It took eleven days before Chicago Police Officer Richard Bolling was released from jail. His bond was reduced from $2 million to $1 million dollars.  I know others are critical of this reduction, but his bond is still higher than Chicago Police Officer Joseph Frugoli, also accused of a Chicago DUI that resulted in the deaths of 2 young men.  Officer Frugoli's bond was set at $500,000 and it was posted immediately.

June 2, Chicago, Il

The off-duty Chicago police officer charged in the hit-and-run collision that killed a 13-year-old South Side boy late last month walked out of Cook County Jail late this morning after posting bond.

On Monday, a judge reduced Richard Bolling's bail to $1 million from $2 million, providing him the opportunity to go free. He had been in custody 11 days.

Bolling was unable to post bond Monday night because his family failed to produce a passport or passport receipt that was a necessary condition for his release, said Cook County Sheriff spokesman Steve Patterson. Today, those problems were overcome, and Bolling walked out the front gates of Cook County Jail.

Questions linger about whether Bolling was shown favoritism by the police department after his arrest. Bolling wasn't administered a Breathalyzer test for four hours after the crash and didn't have blood drawn to test for his sobriety for another eight hours because he initially refused to cooperate, police said.

I have already posted that I don't think Bolling was shown favoritism by the police department after his arrest.  If it was favoritism there would be no blow at all which is against the rules for Chicago Police Officers.  They have to submit or face termination for a refusal whether there is an accident or not.  In that regard they have fewer rights for a Chicago DUI arrest than private citizens.