If approved, they will make up the first permanent civilian oversight board for CPD, tasked with bringing “police officers and Chicago residents together to plan, prioritize, and build mutual trust…
Anthony Driver Jr., left, and Remel Terry, both of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, listen at a public meeting for the search for a Chicago police superintendent at St. Sabina Catholic Church, April 19, 2023. Two current leaders of a board meant to provide Chicago residents with oversight of the city’s embattled Police Department are poised to join its first permanent iteration alongside five other candidates, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Tuesday.
Anthony Driver Jr. and Remel Terry are president and vice president, respectively, of the interim Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability, which helps select and remove the city’s police superintendent and Police Board members and sets goals for CPD, the Police Board and the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.after a months-long process of recruiting and interviewing candidates.
Under the 2021 ordinance that created the commission and 22 police district councils, Johnson had 30 days to make his selections. His announcement came about three weeks after that deadline. Per the ordinance, Johnson’s appointees will go before the City Council Committee on Police and Fire and, if they pass the committee, to the full council for approval.Angel Rubi Navarijo, director of constituent services for 48th Ward Ald.
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