For the first time, a community commission is leading the way in the search for a new Chicago police superintendent.
By mid-July, the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability expects to deliver three nominees to Chicago's next mayor, Brandon Johnson.Part of the search process includes town hall meetings where Chicagoans can talk about what they want for the city's next top cop. Another meeting is coming up on Thursday. The deadline for candidates to apply is May 7.Anthony Driver Jr. is the president of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability.
Driver said that he hopes residents feel "empowered, feel like they have a voice and that we see some real change" in the city. "We've had very good community input," Driver said. "The community has come out en masse and in fact the community has asked us to hold more town halls than we can muster at this point. So we will be adding more town halls across Chicago. But we unfortunately won't be able to meet the demand of coming to every single community, but we'll do our best."
Driver said the average attendance at the community meetings is 155, and at every meeting 40 or 50 people come up to the microphone and speak and make their voice heard."I'm hearing that folks want a dynamic leader," Driver said. "Somebody's who's present. Somebody who puts the community first.
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