Was appointing a non-applicant police leader “with deep roots in the city” the appropriate thing to do for Chicago?

Given that Chicago is notorious for corruption; that the former Police Superintendent resigned under the cloud of the Laquan McDonald investigation; and that the Mayor charged with naming a Police replacement – Rahm Emanuel – was tainted by the same scandal, was appointing a non-applicant police leader “with deep roots in the city” the appropriate thing to do? [Link]?

Eddie Johnson, New Chicago Police Leader, Has Deep Roots in a City Adrift in Turmoil

**Mayor and top cop are implicated in a police cover-up
**Top Cop resigns
**As per city ordinance Mayor appoints Police Board to recommend a successor for the Top Cop
**Mayor ignores his own Board and appoints a Local Cop that had not applied for the job.
**Mayor calls on Police Board to start the search for Top Cop over, at taxpayer expense, and asks they consider the Local Cop if he should apply.

The taxpayers might have been better off if Mayor had just sold the job, as per Illinois tradition.