The second-ranking Chicago police official is retiring next month after just seven months on the job.

First Deputy Supt. Yolanda Talley, the first Black woman to hold the position , will retire on Oct. 15 after 30 years on the police force, according to a statement from the department.

Talley took over the job in March after Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling left the post vacant for the first 17 months of his tenure. But this summer, Snelling significantly scaled back Talley’s role and assumed control of the department’s patrol, detective and counterterrorism bureaus.

The department never shared why those responsibilities were shifted from Talley to Snelling, though he’s taken a more hands-on approach to the job than many of his predecessors.

Talley was previously embroiled in a biza

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