Replaced by Whom?

This kind of defeats the purpose of gutting the offices, desks and lockups citywide:

• Nearly 300 Chicago crossing guards, detention aides and traffic control aides could face layoffs next month as their jobs are replaced by city police officers, a union representing those workers said today.
  
  Service Employees International Union Local 73, which represents city civilian public-safety employees, were recently informed by the Chicago Department of Human Resources that 293 workers will receive layoff notices this week that will be effective July 1st, according to a news release from the union.
  
  The layoffs would include 186 crossing guards, 67 detention aides and 40 traffic control aides, the release said. The jobs will be performed in the future by Chicago police officers, the union said it was told.

So we gained 100 officers from the inside spots, only to lose 300 to crossings, lockups and traffic patrol? Fucking brilliant!

We're pretty sure this is a bluff by Shortshanks to get the SEIU to cave on certain negotiating points. Must be part of some Master(s) plan. Whoops!