Boxing Championship Tidbit

From someone in the know evidently:

• SCC, just heard this amazing bit of news. In order to cover the security for this worldwide event and Olympics preview, they shut down three units! Fugitive Apprehension, Financial Crimes and Asset Forfeiture have been closed down for two weeks and every single Detective is detailed to the event. Some of these units have even put up phone messages saying they'll be out of the office for two weeks.

If true, this is amusing on many levels. First up, we'd say we found three units that must be pretty useless if they can shut them down for 14 days and assume no one will notice their absence. Secondly, what special security skills do these Detectives have that can't be covered by PO's? Third, if this is a mandatory detail, shouldn't there have been seniority bidding for the OT opportunity? And lastly, aren't the Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Blackhawks and everyone else who has to PAY for additional police to be on the scene of events going to be more than a little ticked off that the World Boxing Championships get free service?

Anyone with actual information on the event is welcome to post and correct our assumptions.