Chicago voters for the first time in city history will be able to vote for representatives on civilian police oversight boards, part of a growing group of reforms following years of protests over law enforcement misconduct.
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District members will help select seven individuals for the commission, which is tasked with helping select and remove the heads of the city’s Police Department and police oversight bodies and setting Police Department policy.is “the next piece” of the puzzle to change the system of policing in Chicago, Driver said.
Most of the candidates say they want to increase engagement in community conversations around public safety, seeing low attendance at the police district’s Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy, or CAPS, meetings. They also noted they would like to make crime statistics and public safety strategies more accessible.
The Streeterville resident said she’s done work around police consulting and thinks safety is the main issue facing residents of the 18th District and throughout the city. But, she said, even as residents worry about crime they can’t forget about police accountability. Bowman said she wants to advocate for more police funding and better recruiting because she thinks one of the district’s biggest issues is not having enough police presence, which has forced many businesses to use private security.Robert “Bob” Johnson, 78, a retired fire chief from Ohio who also worked as a police officer, said he’s a member of the 18th District’s police committee and wants to communicate with residents about what the police are doing.
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