After community input, search for new Chicago police superintendent enters new phase on the eve of summer
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Lincoln Square resident Pat Milhizer speaks as citizens voice their opinions about what characteristics and qualities to consider in a new Chicago police superintendent during a public meeting held by the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability at Roosevelt High School in the Albany Park neighborhood on May 4, 2023.
At the outset of the commission’s first public meeting held last month in Austin, President Anthony Driver Jr. noted that civilian control of CPD has been a political fight for a half century. Until then, Johnson has handed the reins of the CPD to Fred Waller, the former chief of patrol who retired in August 2020 after more than three decades with the department. Waller, who remains popular with rank-and-file officers and supervisors, has said he did not apply for the permanent job.
The search for the next superintendent also enters a new phase as public sentiment toward CPD seemingly continues to sour. There to solicit comments and respond to questions were Driver and his fellow Commissioner Remel Terry.There were a few hiccups, though. Driver was quick to apologize for not having a Spanish-language interpreter present, and several speakers went beyond the allotted two minutes as CCPSA staff did not bring a timer to the meeting.
Former Chicago police Cmdr. Ernest Cato III, talks with people gathered outside the Lively Stone MB Church on Nov. 16, 2018. The commission held its second meeting the following week at St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham, where the burly, deep-voiced Driver attended school. This time, a digital stopwatch was placed just a few feet in front of the microphone so speakers knew when to wrap up their comments.
“Officers don’t know the Black youth at all,” Thomas, now 25, said. “They sit there and just arrest us for guns and drugs and they really don’t know us, they just attack us.”Marion Thomas voices his opinion about what characteristics and qualities to consider in a new Chicago police superintendent during a public meeting at St. Sabina Catholic Church in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on April 19, 2023.
Several more speakers again voiced support for Cato, but a handful other possible candidates — who each have strong ties to the South Side — also received endorsements, including CPD Chief Larry Snelling, Deputy Chief Rahman Muhammad and Cmdr. Roderick Watson. Along with hosting the public forums, the CCPSA has met with other experts and stakeholder groups to ask for feedback in the search.
By the third meeting, it was clear that the majority of speakers were in favor of the next superintendent having close ties to the city and Chicago Police Department. Several other speakers called for the firing of Officer Evan Solano, who shot and killed 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez during a foot chase on the Northwest Side in March 2021. Though the Civilian Office of Police Accountability called for Solano’s firing, the Chicago Police Board agreed with former Superintendent Brown that Solano should be suspended for 20 days.
Pro-police signs and flags dot many front yards in the Clearing and Garfield Ridge neighborhoods near Midway Airport. Predictably, the tenor of the CCPSA’s May 10 meeting at Kennedy High School at 56th and Narragansett was overwhelmingly supportive of Chicago police officers.
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