The leader of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability says the group will consider ideas to control chaotic gatherings of youths downtown when submitting candidate names for city's top cop.
Anthony Driver Jr., left, and Remel Terry of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability listen in as citizens voice their opinions about what characteristics and qualities to consider in a new Chicago police superintendent as the commission holds a public meeting at St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood on April 19, 2023. The commission is tasked with submitting three finalists for the job to Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson by mid-July.
More than 150 South Side residents and community stakeholders gathered Wednesday at St. Sabina Catholic Church in Auburn Gresham to give feedback on the ongoing search for the next superintendent. Once sworn in, Johnson can select his nomination for the next superintendent from the three submitted finalists, or he can instruct the commission to start the process over. Whoever is selected will then need approval from the full City Council.
Johnson issued a statement about the weekend chaos, calling it unacceptable and also saying it is not constructive to “demonize” young people. During his visit to Springfield this week the incoming mayor said there were two aspects to what he said and that it was not contradictory. At St. Sabina, more than 40 people stepped to the microphone to offer suggestions and critiques on a range of issues facing the Chicago Police Department and its rank and file, including officer burnout, disrespectful treatment of civilians and the murder clearance rate.
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