Intro hello everyone I hope everyone is having a wonderful day before starting the video please go ahead and hit the Subscribe button and give this video a thumbs up thank you cago PD Jess Sofer as Jay Hallstead would Dennis Quaid rather play coach or athlete in a legendary sports movie heading into the 10th season of Chicago PD fans have prepared for an eventful season knowing the season will bring with it the show's 200th episode what they did not expect Jesse Lee Soffer was to be saying goodbye to one of the show's original cast members in the early part of the season in a shocking turn of events Jess Lee offer will be hanging up his gun and badge on NBC's long running crime drama after 10 seasons of playing detective Jay Hallstead a role he first originated on Chicago Fire before making the jump to its offshoot according to variety who was first to break the news Sofer will will be departing the series this fall which means we're going to Bid Farewell to Hallstead sometime before the winter break aside from the timing it's unclear how holstead will be written out or why the actor is leaving the show one thing that is certain is Sofer is indeed leaving as confirmed by the actor directly reaction to Chicago Police departure by jessae Sofer following the Reaction initial reports about his exit from Chicago PD Jessa Le Sofer took to social media where he confirmed he is in fact leaving the series this fall this is sad Outro but true Sofer wrote on Twitter confirming his departure from the show while Sofer did not comment on why he is leaving the series this season he did use the moment to express his sincere gratitude to the fans who have showed him Support over the year just want all the fans to know how grateful I am Sofer added you guys are why we do it it has been an honor love you all for the latest Chicago PD season 10 spoilers and news plus more on the entire series follow the Chicago PD category at one Chicago Center thanks for watching this video please subscribe to our Chicago pet official Channel and stay with us