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There. Any other aldermen in the room right now that I have
not seen?
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is present.
We?
We have seven members present, we do not yet have a quorum.
Can I get a motion to recess until later today? At 11.
Thank you. I'll Derman liso moves hearing no objections. So
ordered the city council will stand in recess and we'll
reconvene later today at 11 a.m. in the city hall council
chambers.
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Alderman Conway is present. Alderman Villegas Villegas is
not present and alderwoman Coleman is present anyone. I
meant. All right. We are now closing the votes.
Thank.
Thank you madam clerk. There are 46 members that are
present. We have a quorum older Gutierrez as requested to
participate. In today's meeting. Remotely under rule 59 due
to a family emergency on the chair. Recognizes all Lopez,
do you care to make a motions?
Good morning, mr. President, I moved to allow Alderman,
Gutierrez to participate remotely. Thank you, old man,
Lopez all those in favor of the motion allowing Alder
Gutierrez to participate in today's meeting remotely
signify by saying, I all those that oppose signify by
saying nay, in the opinion of the chair. The eyes have it
Alder? Gutierrez is permitted to participate. Remotely
today. Madam clerk, please make sure we Mark Alder
Gutierrez present. On the Quorum call. Thank you very much.
Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance.
That's why.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of
America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One
nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for
all.
We?
Please remain standing for the invitation, which be
delivered today by rev Dr. Kelly pelly, my apologies of
Resurrection Lutheran Church.
The more.
Good morning. I'm Pastor Kelly Foster and I bring you
greetings from my folks up at Resurrection Lutheran Church
in the 44th Ward and a word of gratitude for the work that
you do in the spirit of peace and Justice and safety and
equity, for all who live and visit our city for 2 days and
vacation. I pray
Great.
Grace of God throughout the ages. You have set forth,
leaders leaders to guide your people and carrying for
community and creation and commerce, intending to the
vulnerable children and elders, migrants and neighbors
workers, and those who so often go, unseen or just got in
this time and place, we asked you to send forth the same
leaders leaders here in this room. And in all of our Wards
leaders to guide your people and carrying for community and
creation and commerce, intending to the vulnerable in
seeing one another's, humanity and honoring one another's
worth.
Angie.
Angie's.
In Jesus name.
Add.
add a
Adam Clark, please read the call of today's special
meeting.
The following call a special meeting of the city council has
filed my office on Wednesday. September 20th at 9:58 a.m.
Dear Miss elincia. I hereby call a special meeting of the
city council of the city of Chicago. Be convened at 10 a.m.
on Wednesday. September 27th 2023, in the city, council
chamber, and City Hall for the sole purpose of receiving
and sitting for final passage of committee report regarding
the confirmation of superintendent of police. And for no
other purpose whatsoever, very truly yours. Brandon Johnson
Mayer,
Thank.
Thank you very much. I'm this is now the segment of today's
meeting or a public comment is welcome.
The council will now begin the public comment period, which
is limited to a maximum of 30 minutes. Each speakers
limited the three minutes because cannot yield or transfer
their time to another speaker, any written comments that
have been submitted will be posted and made available for
all dramatic review. Our first Speaker today is Jennifer
Torres.
Good morning. My name is Jennifer Torres, I'm speaking
today as a mutual Aid. Volunteer, my message is that we
need additional run support for asylum-seekers who
surpassed our six months of support through the asylum.
Speaker.
Secret emergency assistance, assistance program.
Many families have expended their six months of support,
and landlords are threatening or moving to evict when they
can't pay.
tell me a
Tell me the time to work on their Asylum and CPS
application for work authorization, but legal aid is
backlog for more than 6 months.
Different.
These workers help families, that they can do no more to
help them. Families are left with nowhere to turn and some
have selfies acted without understanding the laws. That
protect them as tenants.
And we can't expect Chicago landlord to shoulder cost
through winter when families can't pay.
When?
We need an add-on run support program that keeps families
resettled in their new home until they can legally work and
pay their own rent. We can't have families with no other
choice, but to return to the police station and wait, again
a month or more for shelter beds, where they wait again for
a month or more for housing.
I'm
I know the city's overwhelmed with every arriving bus, but
we need at least a year-long resettlement plan.
With.
With my remaining time, I need to shout out my fellow
mutually volunteers since the first bus arrive. Over a year
ago, regular Chicago and have stepped into the chasm to
feed and clothe our new wave us. If you know our new
neighbor
As.
As well as to provide better access to medical and
Immigration Services connections to housing and welcome,
welcome them to our beloved City with open arms.
Wheel.
we live in a city, like no other
Let me see.
and we should all feel this pride of compassion empathy and
Thank.
Thank you all for your time and your care for Humanity.
Thank.
Thank you very much for your comments. Our next speaker is
Mother diva.
Good morning, Mary Johnson and members of the city council,
my name is Valencia, Dantzler better known as my stage name
of the diva. I'm a community activist, host of mother Divas
house and internet TV series election campaign strategy.
And more importantly, I Am The Madam ambassador of how
An electron.
An electronic dance music which is why I'm wearing this
house necklace and I am known globally for my brand, my
comment is directed towards Mary Johnson, I produce house
and electronic dance, music, health and wellness, DJ sets
across the street at, Daley Plaza, for the noontime lunch
break. These events are educational and informative. We
give out information on how to detox the body survival
information as in having a power generator to investing in
gold and silver. All wrapped up and house music last year.
When you were commissioner, I had no idea you were running
from there. I reached out to your office to invite you to
Daley Plaza as a guest speaker to educate my audience. And
what the role of a Cook County, Commissioner is because a
lot of residents are not informed on the definition of
these positions. You were unavailable for my 9-year
anniversary. April 16th, I reached out. Again, you were
unavailable at this time, you will run
I,
I booked my first and requested you again with no response.
Well, I checked the weather and May 1st was going to rain.
So, Daley Plaza reschedule for May 15th, but I would miss
your inauguration, but I had no other choices. Well, as I
was about to resubmit my application, your team, booked it
for a post and my robe all. So we all reached out to
request, open for you, with my event and no response. So I
came down for the event and was
Your me.
Your meet and greet.
Your meet-and-greet ran over and your ball at Daley Plaza.
Was canceled, which means I could have had my event at
noon. So now I've booked for Thursday October 19th for
house music. Dedicated to World juvenile, Bone and Joint
awareness day and Alderman Yancey is scheduled to spend as
the DJ. So I am aggressively requesting. You Mary Johnson
make this up to me and attend the event for a few minutes
on your lunch break? And I will be more than happy to have
my sponsor. Protein bar, give you a sandwich for lunch. So
please have your schedule a pencil you in and I hope the
rest of the city council intends to spend their lunch break
and how slim New Year to you all.
Thank.
Thank you. Thank you very much for your comments.
Our next speaker is George Blakemore.
To.
To the citizens of our great city of Chicago.
Aloha.
I look mean, shocks.
Play.
Police force is 50%. Why?
What?
40% Hispanic.
Tim.
10% black is not a good look.
When someone in the ghetto or wherever they call 911, your
chances of getting a black officer, is it set up and you
can be on Chicago policeman and not even a citizen of the
United States. I have seen many black superintendent black
people in her play
but at the same time,
At.
At the same time that people are being discriminated
against if you call 911 and on lundale, if not a good look
for a Mexican and a white, and you might get a black one
and black leadership.
Why are they so maybe it's something wrong with maybe what
happened to us on that Plantation affect all men. Having a
black now. Took a down to Justice and equality for black
people now
I waited to speak in this Mike, the power of a spoken word.
What is going on here? A little Democratic machine? Where
are the Republican, the Liberal Party? Are we in China?
Where are one-party system with everybody? 69 each of you
said 6th and yes I did and a nine and you can think of
something else. Something is evil here is not a good look.
Not have 50% of the policemen, a y. 40% are, Hispanic, 10%
are black, but you go get up like superintendent with half
the superintendent, and we had other black male black in
high places. Don't go with me.
The game is being played and it being placed on people have
the number you've been Justified.
Thank you, mr. Blackmore
Aren't.
Our next speaker is Messiah, Travis.
More.
Good morning, you all. My name is Messiah. Travis Junior on
the southside of Chicago, on 10th, and Harper, High School,
my freshman year and I'll transfer it to Eric Solorio
Academy where I graduated from. I've been playing football,
basketball track all my life. I attended Northern Illinois
University with a full-ride scholarship to play football. I
graduated this past May with a bachelor's degree in sports
management. I had two years left of eligibility redshirting
in 2019, and then Kobe reggae everybody NCAA extra year but
I decided to apply for the Police Academy. When is it
supposed to be sunny on August 7th? I got fire August 18th
because they consider me as like a gang banger.
So basically, I'm coming to y'all today to Basin just
clear. My name is to get rid of stated. I put into Freedom
of Information, Freedom of Information Act, or one was just
a full background, check of what was going on with the
incident. On this day, was no response, no record. Someone
also put in a record of Base, like, just a reason why I got
fired. They said, the wrong department. So, I went to the
right apartment and they still like them submit
Quest.
WestJet.
Question, I've been waiting for like 15 days. They did a
whole time extension and yeah so I'm just trying to clear
my name again. Read stated
The real.
The reason why he fired me is because of a recruit
allegedly said, I said on BT, they going to take me out to
take me out the hood. I was talking to another recruit and
they said they was ear hustling, or they said it was
somebody else. But then, they end up putting it on me, and
it, and they just, they ran from there.
It's a
This Acer basically. During that time I feel like they did.
They did a background of the background? Check on me. I
didn't find nothing on me. When we was going through the
process, they put me in another room. They ask my class for
like confirmation. If I said it, they wrote it to from
basic staying like a face. Heard me say anything
Affiliated. Nobody, in my group said, it heard me say
anything gang affiliated. So basic, they were just rolling
off with a recruit has said
Thank you. So
Thank you so much for your testimony. Congratulations on
your accomplishments and I will look forward to making sure
that someone follows up. Thank you, sir. Thank you.
Thank.
Thank you, mr. Travis
Our next speaker is Reverend breath Beth Brown.
Good morning Lori Council. Mr. Mayor, great to be with you.
This is a big day for Chicago. I am the pastor of Lincoln
Park Presbyterian Church. I am also one of your
Commissioners for the community commission for Public
Safety and accountability. I want to acknowledge that there
are four other Commissioners on the commission here this
morning. So we're all sitting in this section and we are
all here in support of this day. And this time with Chief
almost to be superintendent, Larry smelling. It was our
pleasure to be able to bring names for word for nomination
and we're so thrilled by the Mayor's Choice and I want to
tell you a brief story cuz I wanted to tell you, a couple
of the reasons that I personally am looking forward to
working with Chief smelling. As a pastor, I'm trying to
create a world in which we don't have to live in a place
where we have armed people, who Serve and Protect.
But because we're not in that world yet, we do have a police
department and they serve a very important purpose. And I
was having coffee with some good friends and my partner
recently and we had a conversation about the things that we
look for in our closest friends and so we name three
things. Would you rather have a friend that is loyal, a
friend that has similar values as you or a friend that has
integrity? And so, we went around and we all talked about
our answers and all of us in the end said, what is most
important to us is integrity? We really want to be in
relationship with people who have integrity and I believe
Chief, Larry Snelling is someone who has integrity. And I
think you've seen that already. I think he has shown that
in his career, in the police department. And I think that
We?
We on.
We on the commission will be in such good relationship with
him that we will hold him accountable to being a person of
integrity. And here's the thing about integrity, if you are
a person of Integrity you welcome accountability because
accountability is saying we want you to be your best self
and you want to be your best self and so you welcome that
accountability and I know that she blurry smelling.
Welcomes accountability.
I'm looking forward.
I'm looking forward to this. I'm on the team of two that
works with the CPT goal-setting and performance, evaluation
and we're on our fourth person, in the role of
superintendent soon-to-be. And I know that out of all of
them, Chief Larry Snelling is coming with a real desire to
be in Partnership around that process. And so, I just I'm
thrilled to be here today and thrilled about what you all
are getting ready to do so. Thank you. Thank you.
They?
Thank.
Thank you, Reverend Brown for your comments. Our next
speaker is Arne. Duncan
Adam.
Good morning and play or the opportunity to testify today.
I'm here, too strongly endorsed, Chief, Larry selling is
the next Police Superintendent. Chicago, his nomination
comes at a crucial time for a city. I think the mayor made
a fantastic choice in him for far too long. Our city has
been gripped by extreme levels of gun violence. We have not
had less than 400 homicides in a single year since 1965
last year, we had almost 200 more homicides than any other
city in America are the crimes and carjacking to robbery.
I've also been far too common the cost in terms of lives.
Lost incalculable the financial loss cost opportunity. Cost
to our city are both also staggering numbers.
Old neighbor.
Old neighborhoods have been traumatized generations of drone
up with violence is an everyday part of their lives. I want
to offer just a little more recent context. Yesterday, two
notable events, took place in our city, the first or the
Gathering the Business Leaders organized by the economic
club and the Civic Committee of the commercial Club to
explore the world of business can play in promoting Public
Safety. We had a robust conversation about the need for
jobs and resources to take the scale Community violence
intervention programs and invest in communities, where gun
violence is way too, common and opportunities. By
definition is not explicitly committed to helping text evi
to scale. And to support the Chicago Police, they know that
we have to all be in this together.
Set.
The second event that took place at the police. Union were
Congressional Republicans from DC held a hearing to
maliciously attack our city with falsehoods and
exaggeration. It was a disgraceful display and you're
taking us backwards and a try and distract us from their
own, massive failures side-by-side, these two events speak
to the challenges. Facing the next Police Superintendent,
Chicago live in polarizing political times. And yet I'm
very hopeful, I'm hopeful because of the numerous Community
violence intervention organizations that have sprung up in
Chicago in the last decade 41, I found in 2016 together,
we're serving nearly half of Chicago, 77 neighborhood and
gay.
Direct.
Directly with the young people.
Directly with the young people who need our support and
help to escape from a dangerous life and join the legal
economy. That's exactly what the overwhelming majority
wants to do. I'm hopeful because of philanthropic business
and Civic leaders are deeply engaged in providing jobs and
funding and Leadership to support that work. And I'm
hopeful because the police department is undergoing
long-overdue changes, and they're committed to moving
forward with the consent decree. She Snelling has been a
leader in the department for many years. He understands the
police need to rebuild, trust need to modernize and need to
professionalize. She appreciates the work that Community.
Violence intervention groups do to stop shootings before
they happen and give young men and women of half to Stacey.
She will hold us all accountable.
Thank you, mr. Duncan
They?
Thank you very much, mr. Duncan for your comments, your
honor. There are no further speakers who've time we signed
up for the public comment. Thank you very much. This
concludes the public comment. Thank you for all. Who
participated Alderman Yancey will be providing us with DJ
lessons, immediately following this meeting.
S.
As set forth in the letter calling for the special meeting.
There's only one item on our agenda. Today, a report from
the committee on police and fire regarding the confirmation
of the superintendent of police chair, recognizes German
Taliaferro.
I can.
Thank you, mr. President members escaped Council report in
for your committee on police and fire forward to meeting
was held on September 22nd 2023. It was one item before the
committee, the committee recommended, the passage and the
confirmation of the appointment of Deputy, Chief or chief
Larry Snelling as superintendent of police. Thank you, mr.
Share, does anyone wish to speak on this appointment?
Cherry.
Cara.
Chair. Recognizes old woman of the 37th ward. In my meds.
Thank you.
Thank you, mr. Chairman, I stand to support this
appointment and I'm very happy to know that we are bringing
The.
The superintendent from within the city of Chicago, one,
that we don't have to tell what's going on. What needs to
happen. He can hit the ground running and we are all
looking forward to working with you and superintendent to
continue those engagement, the concerns that we have in our
communities, where we was at four years ago. We're in a
different place. Now, we need to address all of those.
Is your?
Issues and will certainly welcome in you and hope that you
have for the test and hope that you are, make sure you let
the family know that you belong to the city of Chicago
right now and we need all of you and then some all of the
apartment. So thank you so much. Looking forward to
supporting this confirmation. Thank you. Thank you. All the
woman in the chair. Recognizes Alderman, Ervin.
Thank you.
Take me.
Mr. President also first off, I want to thank those who
pretended a waller for his work doing these last few
months, giving up his summer, giving up his time to help
this city. We appreciate your working and that does not go
unnoted also to nominee.
It's the shortest summer. He's ever had all the men. Don't
throw your phone away or anything. I'm sure they're the
superintendent Snelling will be reaching out to you. As
we're happy that you are here. But again, superintendent,
I'm happy is all them in the midst of talked about someone
coming up through the ranks of the department. One thing
that I will say is that the officers that I've spoken with
a lot of which you had a bad interaction at the training
academy, all speak, highly of you and I think coming from
your chat and being any Academy, having an opportunity to
interact with so many people that are actually on the
floor, I think gives you a leg up as far as people
understand, you measure your credibility, understand your
integrity, and I think it's going to be a very positive for
the Department to have someone that they have had some
contact with in some way other than just being just being
the boss of the department. So we wish you the best. And as
I said before, your success is our success and whatever we
can do individually and collectively to help make you
successful. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us
because again, safety is everybody's business, not just
yours, but all of us. Collectively, thank you. And God
bless you, and wish you the best for your confirmation.
Thank you. In the spirit of equity. We will now move to the
south side.
Chair rail.
Chair recognizes Alderman. David Moore.
South.
South Side is the best side.
An.
And i r n n. N.
Superintendent that we are about to confirm will concur
coming out of Hinton School. There's nothing like being at
Hinton Elementary School and going over the same Paul and
get my candy, right? And so I'm not going to repeat
everything that we said in committing, but I do want to
highlight something that I want this city to really take an
account and be happy about chairman Irving recognized
Acting Superintendent, entrance of tender Waller. That's
critical. You all in a reason why it's critical not only
that he came back.
Pink.
People need to be mentored in life and we did not know this
day would come, right? And he has meant heard Chief
Snelling over the years. I don't like any time when there
was a transition. This is probably going to be the most
famous one and my opinion. Factually, I know that already
is my opinion. It's a fact but it's going to be one that
has both.
Dan is going to be one where you have a person that not
only believes in working with the community but also
believe in holding people criminals accountable. I know
that because I've worked with him greatly in the Inglewood
area where people say is challenging and I saw him have the
compassion for the people, but when it was time to stand up
and protect the citizens, especially our seniors,
especially young people. He was there on the front lines
doing it and being tough on crime. That's what I'm happy
about right now here today. And so so while we moved to do
this, he has to have great people around him. Everybody
that talk about their commanders and we'll talk about that
in budget, but there's nothing like a good commanders. And
I know it come from their leadership like, Commander tape
Commander Lewis course, Commander, Brian spring, proactive,
they call me and say ottoman. Is there anything I'm
missing?
I need anyting. That's what these men is stilled, and that
rank-and-file. And so at the end of the day, what what
chamunorwa said about the respect that he has among the men
and women? The all of the morale that's back here, that's a
positive thing for this city and mayor. You have made a
good selection. And I commend you for that and my final
thing and everybody know I'm a little Direction time. I
don't know if there's a has ever been a. I don't know if
that's ever been a woman first. Deputy and, and he's going
to make his own decisions. You all make a decision, but I'm
just letting you know what being is a beast? And that's all
I'm saying. She gets the work done and so that's just a bit
more u. S, that right. All right, so thank you so much. And
I definitely stand and support of this appointment and you
have my full support, one hundred grand in terms of what
you're going to do and Brian McDermott is over there. I
hope.
And you.
And your decision making it. You keep him in his role
because he has done an excellent job and has been very
responsive. Thank you so much. I appreciate you Alderman.
Thank you very much. The chair recognizes Alderman. Raymond
Lopez.
Thank.
Thank you, mr. President, and good morning, members of the
city council I to rise in support of this nomination and I
want to come and you first Mister mayor on making the
selection of Larry Snelling someone who I've had the
pleasure of working with like so many, I believe in this
row who had to work with him.
What?
One of ain't one of Inglewood Rangers finest.
Men.
Many of my colleagues have already touched on the
reputation.
Hilarious.
Larry Snelling, and as I look back in my own community,
I know, once word reached the neighborhoods of who has been
tapped to carry on the work of Fred Waller was doing to set
this department right after being in the abyss under the
previous superintendent Who Shall Not Be Named from Texas.
They?
Baby.
David Brown.
Ever.
Everyone was elated everyone.
Had some.
had Smiles on their face because they knew
With.
With gray.
With great fondness the man who came to their neighborhood.
The man who came to their block party. Is the man who
What's?
Was a welcoming Beacon for children who needed a role model
in the uniform standing in front of them.
It's a testament to his character cuz that carried on even
in the academy. I've recruits who tell me,
it when
It went.
That when they had issues rather than being dismissed, they
were listen to they were engaged. They were called upon by
the man sitting in the booth today, just to see how they
were doing to avoid situations. Like what we just heard not
too long ago.
Their families, their friends, all saw a compassionate
leader who believed in the department who believed in
procedure, but most importantly believed in the people that
he would be asked to leave today. And now more than ever
Mister President, we need a superintendent who believes in
his officers, who believes in his department and believes
in his City.
There.
There's so much politics working against every single
person here in this room.
There.
there's,
There's so much politics. So many narratives, so many
agendas out to disrupt, the most basic Covenant of
government, which is to keep our citizens safe.
I be.
I believe.
Our new superintendent will be able to meet those win
header, and he'll be able to stand firm on the politics of
this building and Out. Try to tear him and his apartment
down for the sake of creating a police free Society.
We?
We are not here to pick a superintendent to be the last
superintendent. We are not here to promote abolishing the
department because only those that think that are pursuing
a Fool's errand.
We are here to show that you can have constitutional
policing safe, policing and proud policing all in the same
city.
Larry Snelling will prove that. That is possible.
He?
He will stand up.
For us with us to the end.
I encourage all of you who have never had the chance.
To get.
To get to know him the way we have.
The.
To open up your calendars, and get ready because I am sure
after who he sets the tone in his Department, he will be
setting it across the city and every District. Letting them
know what the standard is, what to expect and how all of us
should be proceeding, moving forward.
Where police accountability, accountability lies. I'm sure
he will be calling on community accountability as well.
because,
Because we can't blame them when it's our babies acting a
fool in the street.
We can't be mad at the police when it's our community
celebrating like jerks simply because we think it's our
right.
Call.
Accountability comes to both sides. And I know that in this
equation
Ballet.
Ballon.
Balance will be continued.
Brad Waller set the tone to, right? The ship. It is now
pain. You need, guiding it forward, thank you mr.
President, thank you Alderman. The chair recognizes Oldman
Daniel Espada.
Thank you very much, mr. President Wiseman, Susie Astic
support of the nomination. Disappointment, and I want to
make two quick points Mister mayor before you made this
great selection, our commission, made this great selection.
and,
And I want to thank them because I see a lot of them sitting
in the back over here at the community commission for
Public Safety and accountability. We, we made that hard
Choice. Last year, we made some hard votes to beat one of
the strongest systems of Civilian oversight in the country,
in this last term and we are proving out, you all are
proving out that civilian oversight and accountability is a
hell, not a hindrance to strong Public Safety positions.
And I just want to thank you for that work and just
encourage you to keep on servant, commander-in-chief
smelling. I want to say to you, what I said to her
residence in the public safety meeting just a couple nights
ago, they asked me what I would ask of them. And of the
four things, I asked two of them were collaboration and
accountability that if, when they show up when we work
together, we get better as
To.
Together and all I want and all I have thought from our
commanders more Sergeant is that kind of collaboration and
also accountability, as it was talks about integrity,
answer. I see you in the back, when you said Integrity,
welcomes accountability, so it does for all of us. So, I am
sure it is of you as well. It makes all of us better and
makes all of us stronger. And I say, this is someone who in
my ward yesterday
In.
in a
In and out.
In and around my ward. There were north of 8th, right? In
the sun, Sunshine robberies that happened when people are
experiencing that when you can be out washing your car,
bring home groceries and be scared to be walking down the
sidewalk. That is not the city that anyway, Chicago and
deserves. And I wouldn't be sitting here. Now if I didn't
believe that we knew how to, right the ship that we can put
in place the strategies, the initiatives, the concentration
of Manpower and intervention that writes that ship in
Chicago. So in the name of accountability and collaboration
and praise of Civilian oversight, I'm so happy to welcome
you into the Swedish kipple. Thank you, thank you very
much. The chair recognizes Alderman, Brian Hopkins.
Thank you mr. President and I to rise in support of this
outstanding selection and nomination. I commend you for it
for making this choice in and for your leadership. Keep
smelling everything about your impressive career. In law
enforcement has led you to this moment. Your experience has
prepared you for this job, which is a difficult job. As we
all know, it's an extraordinary difficult job, even under
the best of times. And folks, these are not the best of
times we as a city are struggling right now, with the
reality that our residents do not.
Feel safe in their communities. We all know that we're all
committed to changing that and she's smelling
I'm
I know that you're bringing your experience, your
commitment and your passion to bear on the challenges that
we face is a city in that, you will face as the leader of
our Police Department. Among those challenges, I just think
I have to mention is the armed robbery spree. That is
sweeping our city right now. Just yesterday, 15 armed,
robberies in 4 hours by the same crew. I suggest ladies and
gentlemen, that this is unprecedented. We've never seen
anything like this in our lifetime. It's a disturbing new
trend and it requires new thinking, and new leaders from
the police department, better use of Technology, better use
of of training better, use of, of the new police academy.
All of those things are, are things that await you on day
one, as you take this job and I know you're up to the task,
we all know what the stakes Are We join? You and support as
we move forward to what I hope and think will be
Are.
Are you mad at me?
Are you mad at me to vote of affirmation for this
appointment? This term. Are you have brought us together on
this key issue to Snelling? I know you won't squander. The
moment we send you to your new job with the full support of
this body and with the support of the citizens. We
represent. Thank you mr. President. Thank you. All damn in
the chair recognizes the old woman. Stephanie Coleman.
Thank you, mr. President. You know they say the west side
is the best side but it's all good and evil wood. And
today's certainly is a representation of Englewood.
Excellent, I want to thank you, mr. President for this
nomination in December, 2019.
Miss.
Mister Fred Waller, we had a I'm sorry superintendent, Fred
Waller.
We had a mass shooting on 57th and May and it was you who
gave me the call at about 1 a.m. to let me know a freshman
aldermen to let me know what happened and that you were on
top of the case. And it was because of you that there was
no retaliation to take place and 7th District Englewood 2
months later.
Are they?
Are there in Commander Lear is smelling came and
unbeknownst to us that we would enter into a global
pandemic and Commander then Commander, you got Englewood
through tough times. You were you United us? You knew you
do 9 at the young man united. The violence prevention
groups who had not even talk or spoken to each other but
was doing the work. You made everyone come together and you
exemplify Englewood. Excellent and assisting the Englewood
5 and just bringing us back together. Getting us back to
family and speaking to each other and bringing bike Patrol
back and I can't thank you enough for just being a breath
of fresh air back home. Now I share you with all the woman
tailor in the 20th Ward but certainly, we are excited for
your future. We're excited.
There is a.
there is an
There isn't, I don't think there's a community in Chicago,
that you have not touched. And I want to thank you in
advance for making a difference and making an impact and
working with us after that last experiment.
A few years ago.
We're.
We are appreciative of your service to our city.
Thank.
Thank you for your thank you for coming back superintendent
Waller. I curse the day he was taken from 7th District and
I curse the day you had retired but certainly I bless the
god that we serve for bringing you both back and serving in
the capacity that you have. God bless you. And I hope I
hope that you see that someone who came from Inglewood and
be the top of this department certainly something and
someone and we are proud to be a first generation college
graduate.
Thank you for.
Thank you very much. Mr. President. I want the first echo,
my colleague autumn in the spot. His comment we had seen in
the last term. What it looks like when Public Safety was
not working, right? Where we were all fighting amongst each
other to try to move the city forward. I know, I don't know
a spot to refer to it as some tugboats. It was more than
suppose we to fight to get a civilian oversight board
going. It took years even before that, so I want to commend
some of the folks who helped and get that. And getting that
together, right? Hairston, Alderman, Sawyer and Autumn, and
Carlos Rosa for putting together the first piece of
legislation.
set the
Set Den light to the conversations. The
Set Den light to the conversations that God is here. Also,
want to thank our colleagues Audra Martin alderwoman
Taylor, when we were tough times of different groups that
are part of the same movement fighting amongst each other,
to try, to figure out what it kind of busy look like it
took all of us along with Desmond. Now, Alderman to work
today to get that going and so it was a fight that led to
what I believe. Is it really great system that lets you
making our mayor's job a little bit easier by presenting
some nominees? Where was a hard choice? But we knew they
were all good ones. And so I wanted to mend everyone's part
of ccpsa, not just the board, not just president driver.
Also the district councillors and everyone who, who created
the system, and really went through a nationwide Community
process to end up with these nominees. And I think we're
seeing the best of those results. I want to thank you so
much Mary for her thinking through. And picking someone who
is a sign of Englewood, someone who cares, not only about
the safety.
About the officer.
About the officers and their well-being. And then their
mental health, last term, we were trying to fight to make
sure that those supports were increased knowing that the
way the city was working, officers can only get up to 10
sessions of therapy thing. You didn't then had to prove
that they needed more, which I believe is inhumane. When
thinking about the folks are doing some of the hardest jobs
in government. So, to have somebody who, who is clearly
thinking about that until you thinking about bringing us
all together, it's something I believe we're going to be
very well served by.
Our office.
Our officers, I want to give credit to during the last
term, although it wasn't, it went and spoken. It was very
loud and clear that there is a little bit of a lack of
confidence in the leadership, from the top down under David
Brown. I think many of us had these conversations with each
other, but many of the people on the force after feeling
burned out and not being able to take days off through a
pandemic, stopped beating and didn't feel the kind of team
that allows them do their best as they're being burnt. I
think the fact that we have somebody in leadership, now
that comes from the force that people can feel more
confidence in these two better results. And so I want to
thank you for taking it on. I want to thank interim
superintendent Weiler because you all kind of help heal
some of what we felt was a risk. We would ask for answers
from the past superintendent Brown, we would not get them,
we would ask for data, we would not get it, we would ask
for accountability, they would.
Request.
Every question. And so they have that.
Every question. And so they have that be a change that
we're going to see going forward. It's only any, we should
all welcome and be proud of you. I look forward to working
together with you and figured, I'd wait till we all partner
Community CPD. Those who want accountability in a way that
moves, our city forward knowing that we're all a work in
progress, and we can do it together. And lastly, I would
say, I'd like to add a little hope for our folks. You want
to live in a policeman environment to have a such a goal
isn't ambitious one. And was, we should always think there
was a Northstar and do the necessary work to get there by
the Reverend Brown said, we're not there yet. We're in a
system where we have to make sure that there is
accountability that officers are doing their core functions
apprehension investigation, emergency response, when
appropriate. And then we get to a system of government that
right size. So we were talking about mental health,
substance use disorder homelessness that we have the proper
departments dealing with that. So that the officers are
being overwhelmed with job that there should not be
responsible for and we haven't
the worst.
the works for a
that works for everyone. I'm really looking forward to what
will come, especially having had to endure, what we wish
those went through his past term. So again, thank you very
much. Me refer to this decision appointment and I do look
forward to a Chicago where we have information data and
it's not just tough on crime, but it's also smart policing.
Thanks so much. Thank you. Thank you. The chair recognizes
Alderman. Nicholas.
What's?
Pause.
Sposato.
Thank.
Thank you, mr. President, thanks for the nice pause there.
Make.
Makes me feel special.
I am special.
First before I start, I just have to brag a little bit
about myself. I believe, I was ahead of my time and my good
friend Fred Wyler's, laughing already over there three
years ago and I thought the city wasn't headed in the right
direction. I offered a suggestion to the head of Public
Safety. About I said, I think we're, we need a little help
here and I Rex, I said we should bring Fred Weiler back to
help right the ship for a while, just to make some
recommendations that didn't seem to work too. Well, three
years later, here, does mr. President, you come up, the
great idea about bringing Fred Wyler back to right the ship
for for a while he was behind it.
But once again, great choice, Larry everybody that knows
you loves, you says great things about you, I haven't even
heard anybody. Say yeah, that guy is okay. Everybody says
great things about you your your former recruit Peter
Chico. Get an experience that I had about 11 years ago at
then-superintendent. I'm sorry. Commissioner Santiago. We
were in the class together. He was my my trainer 10 years.
He's?
Easy.
Who's the? Who's the commissioner? And I'm an alderman,
Peter Chico, 10 years later, he's in all their men and your
soon-to-be the superintendent. So best wishes to see what
everything you know, and I'm guessing like some other
people said, this will be unanimous decision. You know, you
can count in any of us, don't be a stranger to the
northwest side. We do have our challenges on the northwest
side also, but just wish you the best, you have a great
break step behind you, and you're going to have some tough
decisions on what to do and who to put wear and everything.
But once again, you had a great step behind you. I know
you're well aware that I wish you the best. God bless you.
God bless the police department and God bless your cargo.
Thank you, mr. President. Thank you old man. The chair
recognizes alderwoman. Jeanette Taylor.
Thank.
Thank you, mister president.
unless,
Alicia be three people sitting in that box, and that person
is Deputy Commander, Boyd. And so, it was you three, who
would come to my office? And just make sure there's a new
Alderman. I was okay, and I appreciated that a lot of times
we pick folks who are not from Chicago, who don't get it.
And so, and that's usually why doesn't work here cuz we
pick folks who don't just don't understand our
neighborhoods. And so, for me, I'm going to go with two of
my co-workers said too often government in the community.
Don't agree. And so, we know what we do in Chicago sets,
the stage for what they do, in a crowded country. And so, I
hope that people follow
Lead.
Lead of having these Community councils along with the
police because nobody is saying we'll need policing. We're
saying, what we want, is accountability when they don't do
what they supposed to do. And so Larry Sally is that
person. There's been plenty of incidents around the city.
I'll call them and ask him. What did he think? And he just
he called a spade, a spade and said, that person was wrong.
It shouldn't have went that way, and too often. We don't
get people to apologize. And so it was bittersweet for me
to see superintendent while again, on TV and say, I made a
mistake. I'm sorry. And sometimes that's all folks on his.
I'm sorry. And too often we don't get it. So we don't get
we were wrong and you were right. And so, I want to thank
you for that. That meant a lot to our communities, because
too often we complain
about to,
about the police in our community, we listen to
Do I have to wait till we were?
Happy with how we roll.
Do I have to wait till we're wrong? The thought that we got
survivors from George Burns who was saying that they don't
deserve this money or they've been wrongly convicted and we
get him a couple of million dollars. They could never get
back. What that time is ticking away from. Now they don't
have grandkids, they weren't able to have more children and
so is
Is Bill.
Is Bittersweet to me to have somebody who says that's
wrong. Let's fix it.
I have too many people in my community who complain about
not responding to them. And so we quick to say,
That is the people who wear the blue. Now it's the system.
I want us to remember what this system was, created out of
policing came out of cuz we stopped slavery. I want us to
never forget that.
What are?
What are all?
But I also don't want you to get something that
superintendent. Stelly said that these are people, they are
human, they make mistakes but where is the accountability
Wednesday Community info for me, good things, come out of
20 of course and so we know smell what smell he's from.
He's from 20, we got a blessing in this. I just hope we
don't take advantage of it. I hope we really use this time
to work together to make sure that we move in the right
direction to make sure that we are holding people
accountable and that that we have a city that's safe for
everybody. It's funny to me that I hear some of my
co-workers complain about the robberies in that Community.
They've been doing, they're not Community for years but
this is what happens when you don't take care of folks.
This what happen when you close this? What happens when you
cause mental health Community? This? What happens when you
don't have organization to help our folks? That's what they
told us. We have nothing
but,
But this is, this is what you will be up, your bad
decisions. Make it. So we got our own what's happening in
our cities and too often. We don't we got a bunch of young
hurt people and that's cuz we didn't listen to him. We got
them in these schools where they being hurt. They in some
of the churches they being hurt, then some of these
organizations being hurt and of course, we as adults, we
turned our back on these young people, but then we'll talk
smack when they are they downtown cuz I ain't got nothing
to do with my own communities.
and that I
Anna Ramirez Nelly, that's what he said to me. That's the
conversation we had. And so I'm grateful that you were
going to sit in this seat cuz I feel like Chicago can move
in the right direction but you know, if they don't what's
going to happen.
Mega.
They going to play in the black man, both of them cuz right
now they want y'all to be these magical negro was that wave
your wand and fix everything that's been wrong for decades
and it's wrong and imma call it like, I see it. Y'all know
how I am.
It's so at the end of the day, thank you community
councils. Thank you the commission. Thank you Jasmine.
Thank you.
at the,
Anthony. Thank you Frank. Thank you to all of those people
who said this is the right thing to do and did it. It was
hard for us to make that decision. It wasn't hard for me.
It wasn't.
It 1.
Is.
It's hard for people who don't want to hold people in. This
is the one word that I have air hammer super into the wall
and say, all the time accountability.
Tell.
Tell me when the police chief has said that land
accountable for their own actions.
Yeah.
Y'all see, I was making noise when Lopez said something
about superintendent brown, but he was right. Same thing
with John said he was right. We cannot have people who sit
in seats of power, who do nothing. It's a shame. It's a
black is a black young man said be out here. So he got
kicked out of the police force over some of his play. We
all should be pissed and we all should do something about
it. The thought that young black men don't want to be the
police that's on us.
that's,
That's all nuts. We got to do something about this system
cuz there is no way. It's all these black. Electisan here
we are third of the city and that's not what any of these
departments look like. So we got some real change to do and
I think it starts with c p d like you mister president.
Thanks. You all the women chair recognizes
The chair recognizes Alderman. Timmy Knudsen.
Thank you, mr.
Thank you mr. President and I stand and support you. She's
Snelling for superintendent, echoing many. That this
confirmation is a long time coming. I'm continuing to hear
about your leadership that you shown in the academy in the
district and please count us as partners. In this work. We
need a great conversation on Friday. I won't go over at all
but in committee we talked about things like community
policing, equitable distribution of Staffing, in control in
the districts and putting a halt to the co response model
to mental health calls. I appreciate your thoughtful
answers. We also talked about things like investing in
technology in the way other cities have is we were from
much safer Chicago. I want to thank the commission as well,
for all the work that you did on this appointment and also
in our communities. At the same time to the extent
possible. I really hope that we grab some of the other
talent that we met throughout that process and we
brainstorm with those people and also bring them into the
pool, as we need all the help we can get here in Chicago.
What are?
One of our Publix.
One of our public speakers Arne Duncan made a really good
point that we as a body. And in City Hall need to
double-down on gauging in supporting the philanthropic
business and Civic communities. Each of the communities has
the sole goal of driving Chicago and when I think of
Chicago as a thriving City, when we think of Chicago is a
thriving City, the rest on finding safety for every corner
in the City Chiefs, I support you. And all of your teams
and in offering my congrats, I want to thank you for taking
on this huge role. I know it comes with sacrifice and thank
you to the mayor and the commission for making this happen,
I hope this truly is a morale-booster all Chicago in
Thank.
Thank you. The chair recognizes Oldman Peter Chico.
Thank you, mister president, 10 and a half years ago. I was
in the police academy and this man made me do so many.
Pushups that a rose, every first that explains a lot of
things. Now as somebody, who just left apartment several
months ago, to assume this role,
I'm
I was.
I was apart of Department that morale was down. It was down
and we were hurting after the pentamic no days off on hours
we have to get back and restore trust in the police
department as far as the officers trusting.
Are.
Our supervisor.
Throw.
The role of the superintendent is extremely important to
the rank-and-file on the street every single day. And I can
tell you from a young recruit to now having two half years
on the police department.
They?
They respect that keeps the only command is Barnum died.
Only from the police was from public and that is what is
needed every single day. A lot of things we talked about
it, don't matter. Unless the respect is there, and I am
confident that keeps telling you going to get that from now
on the public place and I look forward to working with
them. Once again, I want to thank superintendent waller for
his commitment to the city and also the men and women. You
see here today, they're also putting in the work every
single day. They make the city go. I respect you guys.
Thank you. Thank you. The chair recognizes Alderman. Matt
Lachey.
Thank.
Thank you, mr. President, I to Rising support of this
appointment. I'd like to start out by
They?
taking the commission.
In.
you know, when they set out on this journey,
I think a lot.
I think a lot of people in this room for skeptical,
People.
People who came from so many different walks of life.
Could put.
Could put something together.
and,
And we all know there was a lot of talent in that pool of
people that applied for this position.
Well done, folks.
Thank.
Thank you.
I'll
I like to talk for a minute about superintendent, Fred
Waller,
Are you?
I agree with many things that have been said so far this
morning.
What?
what we saw in the city and what we saw in our Police
Department,
the fur.
The fracture.
will a
The lack of morale.
So,
So many cases of Dr. Seuss not feeling.
Are we?
It was.
It was a leader looking out for them.
Thank.
Thank you for putting fat while in that position.
and,
And although there is tremendous work to be done.
Represent a community that has more men and women who serve
on the Chicago Police Department. I heard it time and time
again.
I'm super.
I'm superintendent Waller assume that role.
Play.
Police officers fell for the first time in a long time.
The.
Set.
That the head of the department.
Was truly low.
Was truly looking out for them.
Had.
Had their back.
Why?
Why did you everything he could to support them? I'm
talking about mental Wellness.
I'm talking about days off being cancelled.
Until?
I'm talking about some of the horrible things are police
officers. See each and every shift across the city.
To.
Super.
Superintendent Waller. Thank you.
Ayo.
I only hope that in the coming days weeks in months,
But you.
Thank.
But you can stay involved.
Stop Larry.
Chief.
To Snelling.
Other.
Although it's I didn't know you very well and your time
when you're out on the South Side as deputy chief got a
chance to know you through Commander Sean Joyce and there's
one story that stands out to me
Still.
Stewie.
Two years ago last month.
and,
In the days, following the horrible.
Try.
Tragedy of Chicago police officer, Olive Branch being
killed in line of duty.
My community came together.
We all.
We hosted a prayer vigil outside. The 22nd District Morgan
Park.
Is it?
Is a thousand people there.
Mall.
I'm all walks of life.
We?
Please.
Police officers, their families, my community minis from
all across the city.
I think it was a very powerful night.
Momin.
Moment of healing.
After.
After we finish that night, I looked across asman street.
and,
And I saw Larry Snelling, she's silly in a conversation
with a group of young police officers.
Baby.
They were hanging on his every word.
Turn.
Hello.
an officer standing there, young officers, looking for
direction looking for someone they could look up to
A.
In 45 minutes, I watched you interact with them. Remember
sitting there saying to myself, that's a l.
It's someone who should be in a leadership position in the
Chicago Police Department.
You're?
Your man of integrity.
I've always appreciated your your no-nonsense style, you
don't put up with any BS.
Yeah.
Yes, you're going to hold our police officers accountable
and we need more of that.
But I think you're also going to let them know and show
them day in and day out that he's got your back.
Stock.
Talking to someone earlier in the back.
Play the song.
He described you as having a heart.
What's the?
But some people might call that too sensitive.
But the almost 10,000 Chicago police officers.
Meeting.
Need to know. They have a leader with the heart cares about
them.
Eliza.
Elizabeth where that's been thrown around here a lot this
morning and night. And I think before I even get into that,
is the
there's been so much positive talk here today.
About people working together by forming Partnerships.
and,
And yes, we have a very serious issue in the city.
Well.
Will lack of trust.
Does.
Cross between elected officials, trust between police
officers and communities.
But if we can take the positive energy in the room, this
room this morning, Weatherby the commission that work long
and hard to bring us to this point.
Or.
Or all of us as leaders in our community.
The part.
The partner with the police to support the police.
Make.
Maybe just maybe.
We?
we can start the
We can start to turn this thing around.
She?
She's the only look forward to doing any, I can.
The hell.
To help you.
Read.
But I think all of us have so much work to do on that
front. We need to invest in technology.
Play.
Light.
license plate, readers pod, cameras helicopters,
When?
We need to modernize is a police department.
But I think it's real important to fifty of us in this
room.
and,
In the mirror, we've got to work together on Public Safety.
You've got a partner together. We need to support each
other. We need to support the police. Thank you. Thank you
Alderman. I want to make sure that I didn't miss this.
Alder does Alderman, Brendan Reilly wish to be recognized.
You don't have to speak sir. I just leave we marked your
name. You actually here recognizes Alderman, Brendan
Reilly. Thank you, mr. President, I wasn't going to speak
as going to save my comments for our new superintendent
personally. But I have to say marry you, you've been
excellent pick here and like all the other speakers have
acknowledged. I think that superintendent selling to do a
lot to improve Morale on the
Depart.
Department. And I think at a time, we need its critical, and
I also want to recognize all the work, that's our civilian
Partners have done in bringing Snelling to your attention.
So I wish you very well superintendent. I look forward to
working with you and your team to continue to make games
and making Chicago, a safer, place to live and work. Thank
you very much. The chair recognizes Michael Mike Rodriguez.
They?
Thank you, mr. President, and I want to start off with in
joining the chorus regarding the community commission for
Public Safety and accountability, and the work that you've
done. I'm truly impressed, very impressed by our work as
well. We did a good job in creating a policy year. Did I
think works and the end product is working. So, thank you
so much for your leadership chair driver and the rest of
the commission. You've done good, and you continue to do
good. I want to highlight that. I think it's tomorrow that
there's a special public meeting at Truman College in and
part of the public meetings going to talk about,
Raichu.
Rideshare drivers that have been the victims of violence,
Little Village. Vendors are also going to be a part of that
conversation. My friends were experiencing the string of
thefts. I will take you back to 18 months ago when in my
neighborhood we had food trucks. Being stuck up at 3 for 5
in the morning and do some great creative work, resolve
some of those issues but that thievery went on to our other
vendors and have gone on to other parts of the city. We got
to come together on this issue.
I want.
I want to tell Anne and thank you for having this will
tomorrow at Truman College. I believe in the evening is
that a great event, right? So, make sure Folks at 10, if
you're able, if I do want to tell to Quick stories this
morning, a chief I was at Corcoran Elementary School at
their LSC meeting and it was in the middle of the night.
Several days ago, two blocks from the school, where a 16
year old young woman was shot in the head.
It was the Outreach teams that new life that went out and
make sure there was no retaliation and make sure.
at the,
That they separated the family, they were there with the
family walking with them every step of the way up, to
Pastor, to them to work with them.
What?
But it was also come in and Benson Court.
Who responded to me quickly. And this morning told me that
the young woman think God was just grazed and hopefully we
believe in the hospital, a hopefully in a matter of hours.
3.
The reason I tell this story is because this is the story
of Chicago working together and coming together. Police
Community elected. Officials of the sea members principal
coming together to address this issue. Issue of violence,
another story. It was last week when the record gun books
and I stood on the street corner on 48th and Lacrosse in
the Garfield Ridge Neighborhood with about 40 community
members.
Who were?
Who were up in arms around the fact that they in and day
out there witnessing men, taking advantage of women in the
sex trade, if you will.
If you.
If you're really up in arms about that issue, but director
Brooks was there with myself with our block Club leader,
with my precinct Captain as well, talk in the Neighbors,
about how we come together to resolve that issue as well.
so,
So, I say that in the fact that I think we've got something
good going on in the city of Chicago, I don't think we're
all doom and gloom.
I,
I think you for calling me and, for reaching out, she's
smelling the talk about these issues to learn about our
perspective and how we do things in our neck of the woods.
I think we are on a good trajectory and I think you are
very humble mannequin that I think the mission is under the
back of that. I think this process is emblematic of that.
And I think the fact that today, I expect you not to miss
boat on your behalf is emblematic of our city coming
together. There's people who try to put us apart,
They try.
They try to say that we can.
believe in accountability or abolition or we can't believe
in and supporting our police all at the same time, because
I believe we can
I've
I believe that we need to support our officers because I
think it's really, really bad that they don't have enough
time to spend with their families. At the Mental Health
crisis, that led the record numbers of suicides in within
the police destroy, which I think we should all come
together and agree that that's terrible.
I think we,
I think we should offer.
I think we should all come together and agree that there
should be accountability of our public servants, all our
public service including the police.
I can.
I think we come together. That's when our city is at its
greatest and I'm glad that we're coming together today to
select you as our new Police Superintendent. Thank you, mr.
President, thank you the chair recognizes Alderman, Desmond
Yancey.
Bank of espresso.
As the son of retired, Chicago police officer that and the
co-founder of the Grassroots Alliance for police
accountability and empowering communities in public safety
coalitions that I do rise in support of disappointment. I
don't like the echo to settle sent Sentiments of my
colleagues, and thank superintendent, waller for his
leadership, and service during this period. And to the
commission, I can't say enough the commission, the
community and they are Johnson. Thank you for your
difficult work in selecting our next to Police
Superintendent, as we know, the last couple of
superintendent, search is really failed to inspire
confidence, in CPT leadership, but we can trust the process
that was outlined in the ordinance that was passed in July
of 2021, and that is worked to bring us a superintendent.
Going to call your superintendent Snelling, not just an
excellent choice, but the best choice. So, good luck to
you. Congratulations to the superintendent, and I look
forward to working with you to help you boss Chicago and
safe. Thank you. Thank you. The chair recognizes Alden
woman.
Mine are.
Monopoly board.
Thank.
Thank you, mister president.
it's
It's really quite an honor to be here to think. So many of
my colleagues who helped put up the empowering communities
for Public Safety ordinances and aldermen, yesi your groove
Grassroots Alliance. I also want to thank you for doing
such wonderful work. Include Richard, driver in
and,
And also pass your background. Thank you.
I want.
I want to thank all the Grassroots for getting us here to
this moment cuz we really need it right now.
Thank.
thank you, interim, superintendent, waller for your work
and also to
Skip.
Superintendent Snelling. I was very impressed during the
meeting on Friday and your words about what we needed to
do. Moving moving forward.
Every.
Everyone has to play a part and I appreciate what you said
about, wanting to keep everyone safe, no matter who they
loved or their race ethnicity, how much money they have in
their pockets or ZIP code or their citizenship status? I
know that you will be held to your word that you will do
that for everyone and doing it through building community.
Bring a
Bringing people together.
I was.
I want.
I want to tell you it, we invited you to the meeting that
we had yesterday in Andersonville. Edgewater, I know you're
very busy. I'm very grateful to my colleague, Armand
Vasquez. He was there.
We are.
we also had the
That pleases your counselors there. We also had the Chamber
of Commerce there, we had many blocks of L there.
We?
We had gun violence? Prevention activists there.
We had teachers small business owners. We had so many
people students, we had those with disabilities who were
there wanted to talk about, how can we reimagine Public
Safety?
And I just wanted to appreciate all the words that you
shared with us during the committee meeting because we need
those words. Right now, we're living in such polarized
times where Chicago is often used as a punching bag.
and,
We?
we know the words that people are saying to divide us,
He's?
These are dog, whistles that I want you to come back.
with the
With your work to bring us together.
Because what we're truly fighting is apathy.
People, people want something more than what they're seeing
right now.
and,
And I know that you have the heart to do it. I've heard so
much about you and I can't wait to work with you more
coming from the 48th Ward. And one of the safest districts
in Chicago, the 20th,
We have a part to play, too.
and,
And that and that is with the messaging. The way that we
talk about public safety and who deserves it? Everyone.
Ever.
Every.
Everyone deserves housing, everyone deserves Healthcare,
including mental health support, including all the ones
that you are truly going to be leading on your team.
I was.
I wanted to again, just thank you for taking this
appointment. I look forward to collaborating with you. I
also and someone who wants to live in a world where I don't
have to call 911, but we need to do that when things
happen. And for somebody like me who does not want to do
that, but had to this year, somebody had to walk me through
and say you know, you have to relive what happened to you,
but it's going to be okay, it's going to be okay, but
because we know that in the end, it was the right thing to
do. And also, we know that people are going to be held
accountable
I've
I think about my friend, at least Mallory, a beautiful
black Trans woman who is on the board at the Chicago
therapy Collective.
and,
and we lost her, we lost her, her family deserves
resolution,
and I,
And that's why I'm also here to thank you for your
commitment to the training for higher trans now, and you
said on Friday that not only are you going to take that
training, but you're going to take others with you and I
know that's really the spirit of where we are right now,
bringing others along and I looked you all of my
colleagues.
To help superintendent Snelling, do his job? Well and I'm
here for it to. So thank you. Thank you for taking this
appointment. Thank you, mr. Christmas prints to our chair.
According to what we have, I have one more speaker before I
pass it back to Chairman Taliaferro and that person to
chair recognizes unless someone else wishes to speak to
this. The chair recognizes all the woman Nicole Lee
They?
thank you, mr. President didn't know if the Asian caucus
was closing out the the accolades here. Congratulations on
this appointment. I think you've heard today. Resulting
Lee. How impressed we are with this choice, that it is
somebody from, within the ranks of the Chicago Police
Department. And is so well-regarded, I'm going to keep
things short and where, I believe her all of this but see
where every moment of this, we got a tough road ahead of us
and we're Partners on this. I told you that when we met and
appreciate it right away,
You're so willing.
You're so willing to just jump in, I don't have a big
history with you, but I've heard your history with many
others. My colleague. Another police members of the police
force, who I trust, and hold in high esteem. So I wish you
well on this journey. I thank you for taking it on, for
wanting to do it. I think you got to be a little nuts to
want to do the things that we do here, but it tastes good.
People, like you and like, the rest of us to help move the
city forward. I think, you know, he's got Partners in all
of us. I for one am looking forward to when people call the
police that they feel that we are going this song. And that
is the work that we have to do together to help recruit
more police officers, that we have more of that are
reflective of the communities that they serve, and I'm here
for all of it. Thank you two Acting Superintendent, waller
for all that, you've done in your career, and in
particular, in these last few months, when you came in to
really get the the ships that up right here. And then
Set.
set a
Set up soon to be superintendent Snelling for. Who's his
next Journey here? So, congratulations and good luck.
Thank you. Very
Thank you very much. Apparently there's at least one more
unless someone else wishes to speak before. I pass it back
to the chairman Taliaferro and so with that the chair
recognizes ottoman, Lamont Robinson.
Miss.
Mr. President, thank you. As the chair of Vice chair of
police and fire. I want to thank you for this opportunity.
I also want to thank Acting Superintendent waller for
taking 2 hours.
To sit down with me and talk to me about the inner workings
of CPD and how we can get our city back in a place that
everyone Mister mayor feel safe and soul.
Miss.
Mr. Waller Fred again, thank you for your commitment to the
city of Chicago. Thank you for listening and as many of my
colleagues mention, I previously don't throw your cellphone
away will be reaching out.
At.
I see.
I think it's also important, I miss president that the city
of Chicago understands
That.
That you live in Austin.
and,
and I,
And understand that every day.
You live in a community that unfortunately has been
over-policed. And also live in a community that has had
lack of investment people Chicago's and understand that
because you come to this job with a different lands and it
is a blessing to the city of Chicago for us to be able to
have you at this time.
That moves meet you.
Our chief who I believe will be our next superintendent.
Roaring up and Inglewood living in Woodlawn.
Call.
Coming up through the ranks, as one alter mentioned, having
a heart. Also, being able to listen a role as a State Rep.
I worked alongside of my friend, My Mentor, my colleague
chairwoman down, because we are large issues on 35th and
King Drive. And it was then when I first met Chief Snelling
to try to get,
Ascend.
I sent.
A sense of urgency.
On.
On the issues that we were having on 35th Street and I
found Chief Snelling to be someone again. That was listen,
someone that understood the issues and called out the
issues that we were having in the community with the
business owners, unfortunately, with the officers that
Patrol that area, and I can say that we have been able to
move the needle on 35th Street. Certainly, we have more
work to do, but I can say that Mr. Mayer, we have the right
person for the job.
and I want,
And I want to thank you for again, putting Chief Snelling
in this position and I think it's important to speak to the
citizens of Chicago.
that we have somebody that gets it to the folks that are in
the box and the folks in this room the officers as
The outer mentioned, who spent 10 years of his life and
Chicago, Chicago Police Department. These are the folks
that make our cities move and these are the folks that will
also support Chief Snelling and is extremely difficult job,
that he will be talked are taking for the city of Chicago.
and so chief on your way, to being superintendent,
God bless you, God bless your family. And God bless the
department of police and see if Chicago thank you very
much. Thank you very much. I just want to make sure I don't
miss anyone.
Zen.
Does anyone else wish to speak? And with that the chair
recognizes, chairman Taliaferro, thinking, mr. President,
and I'll before I make my motion, I'll be very brief, I'm
in congratulating, she's Snelling Snelling. It was an honor
to be able to present you in committee for this
appointment. I think one thing that became evident to me
doing our hearing and that was your passionate about your
commitment to the city of Chicago in his residence. But not
only that your passion and commitment, to the members of
the Chicago Police Department, both
and so,
and some
And civilian, it's because of that passion. I know that our
department will move in the right direction over your
tenure, as superintendent and I look forward to our leave
your leadership in the city and with that. Mr. President I
moved at the city council confirmed, the appointment of
Larry Snelling this.
Superintendent of Chicago Police Department by roll call
vote.
The chair recognizes Alderman. Raymond Lopez.
Thank you, mr. President, can we have this as a voice roll
call vote, please in light of the significance of this
vote.
Nicholas, sposato old man, has seconded that by the way,
and light of significance of this boat.
Would you?
Would like to give a nod to tradition and absolutely asked
the clerk to conduct a verbal. Roll call Madam clerk. Will
you please call the row are going? Old school alderlick?
Badda badda is a yes, all their Hopkins other Hopkins that
they yes all derdau. All the doubt is a yes all the
Robinson. All the Robinson is a yes. Other Yancey Yancey is
a yes Alder Hall. Other Holiday Gas. Tyler Mitchell
Mitchell is a year.
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Alder. Harris, Harris is a yes older bill.
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alderley is a yes. All the Ramirez Ramirez is a yes. Alder
Quinn. Quinn is a yes Alder. Gutierrez as on Zoom or
online, although Gutierrez is a yes, all their Lopez.
Lopez is a yes? All their Coleman. Coleman is a yes,
aldermore.
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faster. Other Curtis is not present.
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their Taylor. Taylor is a. Yes, all or mostly mostly as a
yes. All rodriguez-rodriguez, as a yes. All about Eres Tu.
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yes. All their Conway.
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yes. All their Lawson Lawson is a yes. Other Gardener
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There are 48 yays, zero. Nays, the appointment is past
ottoman Mitchell, please.
Alderman Mitchell. Please on the motion to reconsider. I
would like to be on record to say this is only procedural
soup. I move to reconsider devote. All those in favor of
the reconsideration of disposed signify by saying pie, all
those opposed signify by saying they know this motion has
failed. Congratulations superintendent, Larry Miller.
I just for a moment, if you could just bear with us, please
be seated. Just for a brief moment as we go through this
official ceremony now and as the box, and those who are in
the box today as they offer up their congratulations. Let
me also thank the process by which the city of Chicago
Indoor to get us. To this point today is living proof and
testament that democracy prevails
You know, this.
you know, this is
You know, the city of Chicago.
Has been on a journey, a journey for some time.
and,
In a long-distance running, there are moments where
sometimes our values are called into question.
As.
Has been articulated already. It is truly an incredible
Testament to who we are as a city where the sun of this
city can Prevail through some of the greatest circumstances
and Dynamics to reach a point along this journey to hell,
believe this city.
What's the?
What's superintendent?
What superintendents? Nelly imbibes is who we are as a
city.
Some.
Something that Alderman O'Shea said that I think it's worth
repeating. Having the ability to express your leadership
through your heart with love is not weakness. In fact, it
is the greatest power that we possessed on this Earth. In
fact, one of the greatest leaders
Have.
happens to be my savior said that there is no greater love
than someone who was willing to lay down their life.
Solar.
So let this be your mark in a testament to who we are.
There is nothing soft about the city of Chicago.
And that.
and that every part of us leads with collaborative
collaboration with competence and compassion and that is
Larry Snelling is
That.
That's who Chicago is.
A long day.
Along this journey we have reached a critical moment in our
City's history. Were those challenges have all culminated.
Literally at 1 the need for safety is also a need for
housing.
Reggie.
Vegetation.
A good paying jobs, access to healthcare a transportation
system. That is second to none. In a climate that allows
for black brown, whomever you are to be able to breathe and
drink clean water.
What?
What are task is today is not simply just say
superintendent, Snelling, you're in charge, good luck. Our
task is to do with the city of Chicago, does best. We Stand
shoulder to shoulder and we support one another. That's
what's going to Build a Better Stronger. Say, for Chicago
as we've all said repeatedly, if you think that the only
way we can get you a better stronger, say for Chicago is
with policing alone, you are attempting to take us in the
wrong direction. This city will not tolerate it. We won't
accept it whether you are walking into your home because
you're coming home from a grocery store or you're walking
to a school, no matter who you are and where you were on
this city, you deserve to not just feel safe, but to be
safe.
in a
And it is truly.
And it is truly my honor to be in this position with a
journey of the city of Chicago has reached the bridge that
were only going to be able to cross it if we do it
together. And so with that, I would ask this body to at
least allow me.
To ask.
Are in a room.
Former.
Former interim superintendent, Fred Waller to step up to
the Lord dies and some offer up the official baton passing.
to our new superintendent of police of the greatest
freaking city in the world, the city of Chicago,
The chair recognizes automobile, I leave to suspend the
rules to allow our new superintendent for privileges in
order to address the body. So thank you for that. I'm leave
is granted a motion has been offered up or chief Snelling.
I'm sorry former Chiefs Deli now superintendent's Delhi to
come before the diets were the official Stark in the past
and then allowing him an opportunity to address his body.
let,
Let me.
Let me just offer some clarity here. There's a lot that's
happening. So, there will be an official star passing
But we're going to first do before superintendent Snelling
addresses, the body. He will take the official oath and be
sworn in by our Clark.
I think your name is Nelly.
The off.
the office of superintendent of police, the United States
and the constitution of the state of Illinois for tenants
sweep, the office of the superintendent of police
Restart, before you start.
Big bro.
Go.
Good afternoon, everybody.
Earth.
First thing I want to say is how humbling this is, just sit
in that box and hear all of the great things in the great
comments about myself, it's amazing. I wear when I go to
work or just threw out my day today, I just try to do
what's right.
and,
And I find it. That's the most important thing. Just try to
do what's right?
and,
Any.
And in this role, I'll continue to do that. But before I
get into anything else, let me think the mayor or your
choice. I really appreciate it. We had some great
conversations, some tough questions but I thank you. I know
this was a tough decision for you but I thank you. That was
some tough competition so I really appreciate. Are you
choosing me for this position?
I liked.
I like to say,
then.
The interim superintendent, Fred Waller still going to be
by superintendent. Always what I what I will tell you.
What, what?
What what I was?
What, what I would tell you.
About.
Read.
Brett, Wallin.
Is throughout my career throughout the time that I've known
him.
He's always cared about doing. What's right? Is always
cared about doing right by people.
And that's not just the police officers. But also the
community members is the only person that I know that every
Community member that I came in contact with knew who he
was.
Ever.
Everybody.
And if
And it would say y'all can you call me back? While always
calls me back.
So, I had to be more Waller like, right. That was that was
a thing. So,
I do.
I just want to thank you for your mentorship.
Wake.
Because I would not be standing here. Had it not been for
you.
Are.
Add a
Had it not been for you, recognizing me and it not been for
you fighting for me. I would not be standing here before
this Council.
So, I thank you for bringing something out of me that I may
not have recognized it myself. So, thank you for that. And
you always be here with me, you'll always be with Chicago,
Police Department. Thank you and thank you to your family
for the sacrifices. They have to make for you to come back
and do this.
You and Steve.
You and steal something in offices that we haven't seen in
awhile, you know, you brought back some Smiles on their
faces. You brought back some confidence and you did it to
the rank-and-file. Also. So we thank you for that and thank
you for the time that you dedicated here when you didn't
have to. But you did it and you stepped up because you knew
you were doing the right thing for your city. So we
appreciate you for that.
Thank.
Thank you to the Command Staff over in the box there. I
separate members.
Are.
Are non-sworn.
You.
Yeah.
You have no idea how important are non-sworn, is in this
department, not just about sworn members, our department is
made up of sworn and nice. One and the work that I know,
I'm sworn put in, in this department in across the city.
Is it?
Is an amazing thing to do amongst warn. You know, sometimes
we have attitudes right? Because we're sworn, but we can't
be separate, we can't be separated, we can't be against
each other.
We?
We can't have an adversarial relationship. We have to work
together as teams and we have to see each other as equals
and in this is a partnership.
and,
And that's how we work together. That's how we going to
continue to work and build upon that. That's how we're
going to get better as a city.
My support staff back there. Can you stand up for me,
please?
Eliza.
These are the people in my office on a daily basis. I take
the bullwhip to so they work hard for me. They put day. Did
I tell you? I couldn't be here without him. They do such an
excellent job and supporting me. Where is Sue Sue. Sue back
there.
so,
So he's retired, but she still here. She's not going
anywhere. Love sweet. Love you. Thank you.
The commission.
Thank.
Thank you during the all those interviews for raking me
over the coals.
I'll tell you this right now and they did not take it easy.
They worked hard to make this happen. And one thing I want
to say about the commission, and the example that they
said, I guarantee you that the people of that commission.
Didn't agree upon everything.
but I
But it shows you that when people sit in the room, even
with their differences and they communicate, they can come
to a consensus.
Bing.
Things can get done.
So, they should serve as an example of what we can do
across this entire city.
We?
When?
We're not going to agree on everything. We shouldn't. We
all come from different places. We have different issues,
different problems.
That does.
That doesn't mean that my problems are more important in
someone else's.
We go.
We got to listen to each other and we've got to lift each
other up. If we don't do that, that's not going to work. We
cannot be siloed.
UK.
You can't take your ball and go home because you didn't get
your way.
We have to stand with each other.
And bring some of these issues to a conclusion, especially
violent crime.
The more.
the most important thing, that I think that we've been
missing,
Are.
Are victims.
All survivors of crime.
We go.
We get a lot of marches protest.
What will?
but when a one-year-old is murdered,
where,
Where's that same passion?
Yeah.
It happens all the time and all too often and officers are
responding to these calls officers who have children.
Who see this?
I need.
And they suffer from it in the vicarious trauma.
Effects these offices, but they find a way to go back out
there and do it again.
What's?
Question now is, do we all show up for our children?
Do.
Do we all stand up when our children are hurt injured and
even murdered?
Where is the outrage when that happens? Cuz I tell you
right now, I don't care who it is.
Wenatchee.
When a child is hurt and murdered.
I'll stand with anybody. Who's outraged about that? I'll
march with anybody walk with anybody. Who's outraged about
that?
Robberies carjackings 86 year old man.
Live.
Lived.
Linda stellalife.
Boy.
Born in the 30s.
They have his life taken for his vehicle.
Is it?
Is no justice in there.
We have to find a way to stop this.
Be.
The only way we're going to get that done.
Is.
Is to work together. Work as a team, we can have our
differences, we can agree to disagree. But we what we have
to greet upon is that we need each other. We need
everybody. History shows that when you just put the police
out there to handle these problems, it doesn't resolve the
problem.
We?
We need everybody involved. So I want to thank
me, and
the entire Council here today.
IP.
I feel the excitement in the room about the possibility of
change.
let,
Let's use that.
let,
Let's bill.
Let's build a pond that.
B, o.
I told you I'm willing to talk to everybody in this room and
I will, we will meet. We will talk
I didn't.
But in order for this to work as police officers and as a
police department, we have to be a part of the community.
You have to be a part of us.
We have to support each other.
When it comes to accountability for my office, has, anybody
will tell you this? I hold officers accountable.
I will call office is out that we have bad offices. I will
call them out.
When I?
when all, this is a held accountable, they have to be held
accountable fairly
There have to be fairness when were judging offices.
because if you're not standing,
it's
It's 56 offices, in the middle of a crowd, a hostile
problem. You want to hurt you and you're outnumbered a
hundred to 5.
You.
You don't really know what that feels like.
and,
in a
and unless
And unless you've been there, you don't really know how
you're going to respond.
So,
So all I would ask is that you listen, listen to the facts.
By.
Find out what offices are going through. Have a
conversation.
If?
If they're wrong, I'm going to call them wrong.
What we need fairness?
We need them judge Fair the way anybody in this room.
Who won? The
want themselves or anyone, they know judged fairly
We're all human beings.
I see Outreach out here. I see you Tyrone.
We need you.
We need you to step in.
We?
We need you to step in and talk to some of these young
people because we've got to prevent crime.
so,
It's always good to say, we caught the bad guy. It's always
good to say that we caught the guy that committed the
robbery or the murder.
All.
Always better if we can prevent it.
We've.
We're going to need everyone for that.
I do.
I got to think my family. My mother called me this morning.
I had to get off the phone so I wasn't late.
And the only thing I can remember her saying is, oh my God.
I think she said that about 500 times. I don't know if
there were any words in between there, but that's what she
kept saying.
Gold and smelly. Thank you.
I've
I appreciate the call this morning even when I told her I
was going to be late. She kept saying oh my God.
My.
My family.
I can't be here without him.
The same.
The same level of accountability. I have a place on the
offices. I did that with my family.
We?
which,
Which I think everybody needs to do.
We?
We've got to start looking at our families and talk into
our family supporting each other, supporting our children.
Some.
Samba.
Somebody mentioned something about mental health,
facilities in schools, we need that.
We absolutely need that.
We?
We saw in Inglewood with a bunch of mental health.
Facilities were shut down. What happened.
We have to be able to dress their address those issues.
So, I won't prolong this anymore because I can talk about
this all day.
but,
Are.
Everybody in this room right now. The feeling that I have
right now, like I can't even describe it. Like, you for
you. I feel like we're onto something great, but we are
going to have to continue this feeling. We can't leave this
room and leave the feeling here and go back home. We've got
to be able to talk to our constituents and explain things
to them.
Not.
Niger.
Not just give in to demands.
What?
but a
But educate each other.
There's something deeper than the issues.
let,
Let's talk to each other. Let's find out what those issues
are. We will find
That all officers and your constituents are not that far
apart in beliefs. Everybody wants to go home. Safe.
Everybody wants to educate them for their children. They
want their children to be safe. Their grandparents, to be
safe.
Breathe.
Three of the possibility of being robbed.
Or even kill.
Are you?
Iowa people say about Chicago. I was in a
Helicopter ride a couple months ago just looking at the
city from the sky is the most beautiful place I've ever
been and I've been quite a few places. So at this point,
all I will say is this.
let,
Let's continue.
To keep our city, great.
let's,
Let's work together and fight to build this city so that it
is what we know it is and we can showcase this to everybody
else.
We don't have to listen to their criticisms, we can hear
them but we know what Chicago is. So let the naysayers say
nay
but,
But we win when we stick together in this city and work
together as a team. So thank you. I want to thank everybody
here for being here. Thank you for all of the kind words
and now it's time to get to work.
it's
We're just about ready to wrap this up. I do appreciate
again, superintendent Snelling for making himself
available. He said he's willing to talk. I just hope that
that the two hours standard that ultimate Lamont Robinson.
As said for that, you all are far more considerate of his
time than that. Thank you again to read Walter for his
leadership and his commitment to the city of Chicago. I
would say something else. Nice about him, but I don't want
a yet another Standing Ovation, cuz it makes me feel a
little insecure.
Thank you again. Fred Walter for your leadership chair.
Recognizes German Taliaferro.
Take.
Take a mr. President that concludes my report. Thank you,
old man Mitchell when a motion to adjourn.
Say follow the rules. Were suspended, Mr. Present, I move
that we return to regular business are no objections to
order now, the chair recognizes ottoman Mitchell. We got to
go back to the thank you for the Parliamentary exposure
here. Recognizes German Taliaferro.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you, Miss president that concludes my report. Thank
you very much. The chair recognizes ottoman. Mitchell or
motion to adjourn this present. There being no further
business with what is body. I move that we adjourn hearing
no objections to order to m a g.