Good morning. We're going to get our session today, started
today. As with the Chicago Police Department, Sergeant
large. If you can provide us, the sheets for public
comment, so that we can begin the. Public comments this
morning.
I'll talk.
I'll talk to him.
I talked to him already.
Good morning will be.
Good morning will begin public. Comment the first person,
mr. George Blakemore.
The park.
The part.
All right, mr. Blakemore you as everyone has a 3 minutes
for everybody. So before you got to start again for the
comment. Everyone will have a 3 minutes to speak in. The
first speaker will be mr. George blade for, thank you sir.
People.
people have given me a title, the 51st ultimate they have
called me in a kitchen, each all kind of need
I'm from.
I'm somebody.
and,
And black people. Some bad. Where are you? Mr. Blakemore
City Hall. Again, you go down there every day. Listen, you
do what you do everyday and I do what I do. Everyday, the
notorious, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police
Department, it's racist.
Why?
well, I'm too
Well, I'm talk. That's what kind of leadership that we have
and you said, I'm a, I'm going to take a little nap and
talk to everybody in your hernia wrap it, right? You
supposed to have order. They have something that you can
hit down there when they get here.
that's,
That's so.
That's so, the hit on back until we won't order here. We
don't want Sky Had conversation. You seem ignorant me. She
did that other day just turn over.
I don't know. Anyway. Mister Blakemore your 3 minutes, but
you was talkin. Why is the police department Freedom? What
is the percentage?
What?
What 50% 40% is, Hispanic. 10% is black. I want you back
with the S.
Play.
Let's Crush.
That's crushed.
I want.
I want you to.
I want you to have how many back to man do I'm in the back,
so I can
I'm in.
How many play?
How many black lieutenant but you got a back?
Thank you.
Thank you, Miss.
Thank you, mr. Blakemore next, we will have Levon Stone
senior.
Thank.
Thanks.
Thanks again.
Thanks again, my name is Levon Stone singing. I'm the CEO of
a clipping where the 501 c 3 bundles of engine ignition to
use a public health model workout for hospitals. Those for
hospitals is Northwestern Sinai Mount Sinai me Mount Sinai.
Georgia and Saint Bernard we working seven communities.
Seven communities is Washington Park Boulevard greater
Grand Crossing Grand Boulevard, Douglas
when I'm a,
when I'm at,
When I'm asking.
When I'm asking today is hopefully there's opportunity that
activists as a standalone will be able to get direct
funding. We've done this work for the last six years in the
city of Chicago and it wasn't, haven't received the dime
from the city. We've got money directly from the state and
a few philanthropy organizations. So that in this hearing,
we was just my question is, what's the process? I know,
I've talked to some several, you all individually and the
last
Inspiration, didn't give.
Inspiration, didn't give us.
Inspiration, didn't give us a tongue.
Immigration didn't give us opportunity to get any funding.
So I'm asking you off at this chance. I know this is an
opportunity for funding that we get direct money.
Thank.
Thank you, Miss.
Thank you, mr. Stone
Neck.
Next.
next, we'll have do lie.
A.
A buffet.
A force.
And before she starts. I did. But Before Time apologizing
from yesterday, I miss quoted her pronoun. So I did, I
wanted to publicly apologize for that even though I talk to
her personally this morning, so miss Zoli,
Russia.
Appreciate the.
Appreciate that. Thank you today. I'm frustrated, I'm hurt
and I'm tired of discrimination in a blatant abuse of
authority of city council members on October 23rd Alderman.
Greg Mitchell to the public servant while standing in a
public building City Hall having a very public conversation
during his working hours assaulted Mr. Michael Young back.
Miss.
missing you
Mr. Young Bae is a content creator more real news. And all
of y'all know him from Tik-Tok all them and Mitchell like
every other person and City Hall knows exactly who mr.
Young Bae is on October 8th. This young Bae, spoke at the
city council meeting about being homeless, with his family
and his daughter with special needs because of being
assaulted by Alderman. Greg Mitchell, who snatched his
phone and violated his first amendment right mr. Young
requested me to Young Bay requested the police so that he
can file a report on Altima.
Ask.
F on all the.
I'm all done in this or asked for the police. I mean,
Michael Young, Bae ask for the police, however, due to the
power of an alderman missing Yung Bae was arrested for
battery. Aggravated battery, instead of being able to file,
the police report against all the Mitchel as he requested.
He before mention missing, Yung Bae Express his housing
needs to maor. Unfortunately, being true to form Mayor
Johnson, never responded or did any type of follow-up to
help mr. Young back October 13th, the shows came out in
addicted, mr. Bay young and his family mr. Young Bae is a
man who has been fighting for housing to keep his family
together. A black family, a taxpayer, a man who lost his
job earlier this year. 2 months later, his wife lost her
job,
As soon as I.
a citizen who has come to the
A citizen who has come to the city council meetings, asking
for help on a consistent basis. Unfortunately, the city of
Chicago has chosen illegal immigrants over black families,
in matters of housing. We all witnessed on October 13th,
the Palestinians fought, the police in the hallway of City
Hall, and not one person arrested and have not been banned
from City Hall, however, Michael Young bed because Greg
Mitchell grabbed his personal property. First violated his
right when touching him first. This is the type of
different discrimination from a black mayor and a black
aldermen is the worst type of discrimination and it's a
perfect example of black on black crime.
I don't.
I don't know.
I don't know what is going to take for y'all. Black
aldermen like to get some leadership but I don't want to
break this. That
I'm a blue.
I'm a black person. Born black black before I can get a
program. We are the beginning and the end. We all know
maybe. Thank you.
Thank you. My
Thank you, Miss.
Thank you, Miss Lee.
Thank.
Thank you, Miss.
Thank you. Miss Lee. Are you at your time is expired. Next
Neck.
Next one.
Next, we going to have Jessica Jackson.
Miss.
Misspelled.
there's,
Does Jax.
Does Jackson.
New Jack.
Is Jackson.
Jackson Hewitt Street.
Is Jax.
Is Jackson.
I want to.
I want to make it.
I want to make it clear.
That.
That all.
That all of us came here.
End.
Indepen.
Independent of one another.
Add.
I did.
I didn't.
I didn't know them. They didn't know me. We're not a group
without an organization with people citizens that came here
to City Hall for assistance because everything all the
steps that we took Pryor
To get.
To get into.
To get in here. None of the people in the city of Chicago
would do that jobs. Not the courtrooms, not the independent
office has not the representatives, not the ottoman, not
the elected officials. Nobody would do their jobs. That's
what landed us here.
Only.
Only to get here.
and,
and I know,
and I know that have,
And I nothing happened in here, either.
because,
because you got,
because you got a bunch of unconcerned, all the men, all
the men, and all the women who for me sleep,
To get a bubble.
To get a bubbling some attention 3 minutes, 3 minutes, and
you can't even do that.
What's?
Look at you you going to prove that you don't have to do
it.
so, as
So as a result of a man that came here looking for help,
he's locked up because your punk ass, Greg Mitchell.
Man.
Ma'am. May I please know what I can't say, don't tell me
about what I can't do when every last one of y'all saw me
come here and asked the mayor to anybody in my situation
with my mother's estate. Don't you dare tell me about what
I can't stay and what I can't do. Leave me alone with that
garbage.
You.
You are legit.
You are a disgrace, your disgrace, your disgrace. All you
black aldermen, your black automatic with the exception of
the one that you when y'all know who it is. Y'all know
y'all know the ones that's been true. And I'm not talkin to
y'all. Y'all know the ones that I can talk into and I don't
expect nothing from the white ottoman. I don't expect
nothing for no white person to do.
but,
but we
but when
But when you can't even get your own back, right? Because
you so much about house Niger,
Yo.
Y'all got?
Y'all got Michael locked up for me.
I'll tell.
I'm telling you that stay away from me, you don't know me
like that. You better man. Better back up off me. You see
what it is.
Mike.
Michael.
Michael Fay, your time has expired.
Jack in the Box.
Next, we'll have a Lakeisha Latham.
Ma'am. Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, ma'am.
Man.
Ma'am.
Google.
man, we will
Man weave, please refrain from the profanity language.
and now,
Annex.
The next next will have Lakeisha Latham.
Good morning.
And a half.
And a hard to fight.
Kind of hard to follow, passion like that.
We?
We've.
We've been down here.
Anna.
A number.
A number of people.
Lava.
Lobby.
Lobby and disgusting pornatar hearts.
just,
discussing the
Discussing the wrongs.
I'm in.
How many?
How many years?
What things do?
Four things that can.
4 things that came before you die.
Is.
Is the most.
Is emotional as I didn't know, most of the history that
warns, the reason the true reasons for reparations for the
descendants of enslaved, Africans, and it is painful.
It is.
It is on.
It is unjust.
and we,
And we all know that slavery was not kind.
What's?
Much love.
much like we
Much like war is stem from hatred.
Ever.
Every.
Everybody.
Everybody in here have a duty. Has the heart, the capacity.
and,
And the power.
And the power to right? What's wrong.
Or.
Organ is.
Organizations of the last couple weeks have come down here
and we have protested, we have plead. We have shouted, we
have holler.
We?
We have.
We have come with kindness. We have come with love.
this is,
This is just.
This is the season.
For.
Porsche car.
For Chicago to make its budget.
Rapper.
Reparation.
Reparations is a national movement.
and,
and we,
and we've
And we've asked for for different things, the office of
what you like to call Black Chicagoans.
It.
A toy.
A task.
A task force fully funded or reparative, basic income jobs,
contracts to help bridge, the wealth Gap, as well as a new,
or amended slavery, era, disclosure, and redress order.
Ever.
Everybody.
Everybody here.
Can.
Tim help this situation before in mounts to something. That
is ugly. We've seen the outcome of what happened with
George Floyd.
and,
and nobody would,
And nobody wants that.
Every.
everybody here, he
Everybody here has had the opportunity to be very proactive
and stopping any outcomes of negative outlash. This is the
time, Chicago, Alderman and city council can ReStore in
2020 for our families, our finances, our housing, our
pride, our faith in you,
That's all we.
That's all we are asking.
We?
We know.
We know that, you know, the difference between what is
right and wrong.
Play.
Put reparations for our people in the 2024 budget. Thank
you.
Thank you. Miss Lady.
Thank you, Miss Latham.
Net.
next, we'll have
Roar.
Broad.
BJ Franklin.
When?
when my
with my
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National Grid.
National Grid by Jay Franklin.
I do.
I don't.
I don't like what I just heard as being a victim of police
misconduct and stuff.
No.
Not as.
Not smsa about 34.
Send.
7, black.
7 Black Faces in this is still happening so that's kind of
concerning kind of make me wonder who's really doing a job
but nothing to judge or nothing.
I'm a.
I'm up late.
and my place to judge, but
what?
what did I?
I want to ask you some questions answered at school between
2019 and 2023. The city has spent hours of 280 million
dollars on police police misconduct in cases and just only
116 officers with disciplinary backgrounds, have cost the
city about $93 in misconduct cases. My question is
What is the?
What is your plan to repay?
what is your plan to repay the city of
What is your plan to repay the city? The money money? So I
can prevent violence housing and Public Health Services.
When?
When's.
Melissa.
Let's go.
That's cool.
That's cool down. This other things I want to talk about.
My thing is, how come all these immigrants are getting so
much of these resources and black people earn over here,
for what / 2030 is. And we haven't got s*** to be honest
and I see about two black faces and one just got her head
turning you look on interested. So, I don't want to
That's been.
that's very concerning.
No Lie.
Not only that, we also have a bunch of short. He's getting
roughed up by the police. And police is illegal game. So,
why are we having so much of misconduct cases? Are you
going to hold the police officers accountable? I just heard
due to this guy, just has messed up down there. Y'all ain't
doing s***. Y'all just saying that you can't. My thing is,
my question is are you going to hold those officers
accountable?
When?
When they just go up to some.
When they just go up to some Kenny.
When they just go up to some Kenny just rough him up.
Are you?
Are you going to leave?
Are you going to at least have more disciplinary action?
Are you at least going to at least care?
This summer.
There's so much stuff happening with black people in the
community does not enough resources.
We're.
which,
We're trying.
We're trying to get the pee.
We're trying to get the peace boat introduced, so that way
we can have another job. Some people
I'll see.
I don't see nothing to.
I don't see nothing happening.
How do?
I just see.
I just seen two black faces, just looking at me talkin and
I don't think you're actually listen, y'all just sending
it.
About only.
About only 116 disciplinary only 160 officers but you know
I'm saying, was notice, but disciplinary charges, and not
enough is happening. That's all I want is over. But the
only thing I can ask is, can you at least change?
yeah, I've
You have a?
Yeah, I would like me.
Yeah, I have a black man. Something needs to happen.
I saw.
That's all.
Thank you for.
Thank you for the.
Thank you for your comment.
All.
Our.
Our final speaker this morning is Nicole, young bae.
me, and
Me and my husband.
Me and my husband have been coming down to the city council
meeting for a while. So
Mike.
My Google.
Michael Young Bae. So everyone knows us pretty much.
yes, it
Yesterday.
He will.
He was.
He was a.
He was assaulted by Greg Mitchell, all because he didn't
want to get recorded.
Either.
He didn't.
He didn't say, did you stop recording me? I don't want to
be recorded or anything. It just threw it on the floor,
scratches on his arm and everything.
Iroquois.
He requested.
Apple.
A police.
A police report.
But it.
but as
But instead he was arrested he was taken down to the First
District police station and was arrested for aggravated
battery. So I'm requesting that y'all get him out of jail
or I'm calling. For Greg Mitchell resignation
Thank you.
Thank you for.
Thank you for your comment.
We all.
We also.
We also have a written testimony from RI to move or Lauren
Jones, that also will be added to the record for today.
We're going to take care of you. When you take a brief
recess to allow for Chicago Police Department to come in
and then we'll proceed at 10:30.
Want to.
One of my.
One more YouTube.
You're?
Your cousin Chris not here watching out here.
so, you've
So you'll be fine.
so, you'll be first
I'm sorry.
Good morn.
Good morning. We will continue today's hearing
What do you think?
What do Chicago Police Department?
I will.
I will begin.
I will begin with a brief overview. From Copa Copa followed
by a superintendent if you would introduce a members of
your team that are with you today, I thought I saw or did I
see a former interim superintendent? Fred Waller. You still
you still still want to hang out now. Okay, well keep him
around.
no, prob
Well, no problem.
Well no problem. Okay, so welcome welcome. Former
superintendent with us code for followed by superintendent
Snelling after, which you can give your opening statement,
and we're going to questions after they're starting with
the ultimate mix.
Jeremy.
Charmander be
Chairman Irving, Vice chairman, Lee city council CPD and
guest. Good morning. My name is Jana soda grey. I'm the
acting director of Copa today. I'm going to briefly talk
about the Chicago Police Department.
first of all, we had
First of all, we had a survey. We had a survey with the
alderman a couple months ago when budget season began and
we have some questions about what's really important to you
and they listed items of importance by department and they
did have a few items for c p d.
The Serb.
The survey.
The survey results for c p. D the primary issues, crime,
reduction, strategies office, vacancies, quality of life.
and,
and office to
And office deployment.
now, I
Now, it's look.
Now, let's look at your numbers, fy20 for Budget, 2.0,
billion dollars is 91.3 million. More than the f y 23
number budgeted FTE 14137. It's constant didn't change from
f y 23.
80s.
87.
8720.
87.02% was funded with corporate funds.
Person.
Personnel 1.71 billion dollars in personality PD.
Now.
9.
Non-personal.
9 personality modern 87 million dollars.
Personnel. Say,
Personnel search.
Personnel Service category set to grow 37.42. Million
representing a 2.24 increase compared to f y 23.
and a
and the first,
And the Personnel expenses are up. However, transfer and
reimbursements are budgeted to decrease
neck.
Next.
Next, we're going.
Next, we're going to look at the funding type, when you see
the local funding type, of course of corporate bond would
be the most because it's 87.02%. At one point seven
billion. We also have the Chicago, Police ETA detail fun
and the airport funds is also Grant funds for 195 million
dollars.
Next.
The next pay.
The next page will detail, you have three pages of Grants.
So some of the higher grants we have the new presidential
nominating convention Grant, we have you as a grant and the
cops hiring on this page is three pages. The next page, the
top grants Transit, security, sexual, assault kit. And the
Paul Coverdale, and the last page of Grant detail the law
enforcement Grant and the pub.
Safe.
Safety Pryor.
Safety. Private Grant.
going to,
Going to the next pay.
Going to the next page will looking at FTE by fund for the
corporate find. We have 13715 FTE for the airport finds. We
have 290 FTE going down to Grant's. We have one f t, e and
improving, cpd's response, 75 ft D for the sick. For the
cops hiring program and 43, FTD for Transit security, and 1
ft D or violence against women the final page of the
appropriation categories.
Her purse.
Per person.
Her personnel.
Or Personnel Services. One point.
Okay.
Okay, thank you for Personnel, Services, 1.7 billion and
contractual Services 143 million dollars. That's my report
for today. Thank you. But you will direct the gray
superintendent. Please introduce the members that you have
with you in the Box in there. Give your opening statement
after which I miss will start the questions. Good morning
everybody. The first thing I'd like to do is just I
introduce my team. This over in the box box. One got a
cheaper Patrol Jeep, McDermott.
Cheapest.
People Detective.
People detectives cheaper City.
We?
We got cheese.
We got cheap Angel nopales.
Cheap.
If you.
If you want.
If you don't mind the deli.
We?
We've.
we've got acting Chief Duane DeVries.
We?
We've got.
We've got deputy chief Steve Sean. Good morning.
We?
We've.
We got.
We got deputy chief Sonora been.
We?
We go.
We got deputy chief, Chris poppy. Want them. Good morning.
We got commanded on the Raleigh
We?
We've.
we got the
We got Dan Casey.
We?
We've.
We got Robert Lewandowski.
Are.
and,
And we have Ryan Fitzsimmons.
More.
Morning.
I'm so,
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I don't know if he needs no introduction.
We?
We got Glen.
We got glenbrooks over in the Box. Everybody knows and I owe
you a cup of coffee for that. So good morning.
and I'd like,
and I'd like to,
And I'd like to thank Jim in Irving and the committee
members for the opportunity to speak on behalf of the Brave
hard-working, and dedicated men, and women of Chicago
Police Department, everyday office is already willing to
respond to the most dangerous situations for the protection
of our Chicago communities. We experienced firsthand both
the trials and triumphs that come with our diverse
neighborhoods.
and,
And we work.
And we work with residents and victims and survivors of
crime through it all
that's,
That's what I'm for.
That's what informs and inspires our goals. I want
survivors of crime and violence in this city to know that
we are with you.
and we,
It will all.
And we'll always seek Justice For You. CBD is committed to
The Innovation and collaboration at every level across. The
city will equally committed to reform and making progress
in every facet of this department are 2024. Budget is
transformational and essential and moving CPD forward in
our reform and consent decree. Go, we're building a pond
vital initiatives while diligently working
Whirlpool comply.
We're full compliance.
For full compliance, we are laser focused on officer
Wellness this year. We opened two new, satellite EAP
facilities on the North and South sides. We're dedicated to
improving Public Safety through Recruitment and Retention
enhanced investigations and cultivating Community
Partnerships. Not only will we equip officers with
state-of-the-art training and resources. We aim to
strengthen the department Staffing by increasing the number
of sworn supervisors to improve internal oversight.
Will.
Will do this.
Will do this while simultaneously adding civilian position
in key areas such as records management to improve the
efficiency, bring up administrative, roles to put more
officers back on the street, in our communities. In
addition, we're modernizing the Chicago Police Department,
by hiring more civilians and filling positions that require
specialized Knowledge and Skills will increase Staffing of
our crime, victim Service Unit, and its capacity to provide
support services to survivors of gender-based violence,
sexual assault and human trafficking.
What?
We're trained.
We're trying.
We're trained domestic violence. Personnel in each district
and expand our support programme to include victims and
survivors of other types of crime. Alongside the families
of homicide, victims are also seeking to create the
Department's first-ever diversity, and equity and
inclusion. Team, consisting of an assistant director, a
senior Equity officer into Equity offices. We know a
stronger future, is rooted in a stronger, Police
Department.
and,
Any straw?
Any stronger police.
Any stronger. Police Department is rooted in equity and
opportunity.
Be.
Beaver.
These are just.
These are just a few examples of the work, the Chicago,
Police Department is ready to do, and the work will
continue to do as the Guardians of this great City. We must
invest in our communities and into those who serve and
protect our communities. This profession is as much about
engagement as it is about enforcement. We look to work in
partnership with our community members and stakeholders as
we work towards effective. Public Safety.
Last.
Master.
Leslie.
Address.
I just liked.
I just like to add this and to be clear of the direction
that the Chicago Police Department is going with our
members,
In life.
A light.
In light of January 26th. We all saw what occurred there
and we know that there were members of hate groups that
were there. They were taxed on the capital of tax on police
officers.
Are.
They're big.
That being said, Chicago Police Department will be
astringent in background investigations and we will
complete thorough investigations to make sure that we do
not have members of hate groups, amongst our Chicago Police
Department through those investigations.
What?
What's the?
What those?
What those are?
What those investigations have been completed.
and,
And Dupree.
And due process is served and we find that we have members
amongst our ranks were members of hate groups. We will do
everything that we can to remove those members from our
ranks.
it's
It'd serve.
It serves.
It serves the Chicago Police Department in no way in no
way, good to have members amongst our department.
Whoop.
Wolfie.
Woodfield.
Or feel with bias or members of hate groups. And we will not
tolerate with that being said,
I've
I'd like.
I'd like to.
I'd like to thank everyone and thank you for the
opportunity to present here today and I'm ready to go gym.
Thank you. All right.
Alright, thank you. So
Alright, thank you. Super attendant. So, today, we will,
will have 10 minutes on the clock today or we will stick as
closely as possible to the to the 10 minutes today, we will
also go in order of seniority, by those who are present now
or so members and non-members will go in that order. Those
who have arrived after this point, will be put on the list
and they'll go in the order as they arrive. So I guess
Altima Manahawkin where if you win today since you are
number 50 in the council and rookies who have been with us
throughout this process, everyone is on the list. Everyone
will have 10 minutes and we ask that you are here to
determine the rule will start with with all them. It's
Thank you, Miss.
Thank you, mr. Chairman, good morning to pantana. Good
morning and to your staff. I know this is your first time
appearing before the budget, but my first question would be
to you
if you have a plan,
if you have a plan in,
if you have a plan in place,
To.
2.
With.
Remove.
Remove the migrants from the police district. Is there a
something at all being worked on from since you've been in?
You know, it's getting to be, I don't have to even tell you
Eve.
Eva.
Even in.
Even in the 15 District police station, when the residents
are calling and saying that they're having and merchandise,
things around the house being stolen and they can go to the
station a chair. The barbecue grills at a birth things.
Coming up missing and just them infringing. On residents in
the backyard, please, that shouldn't be happening. What
law, what what do we have in place for her to hold them
accountable. We have laws in this city and
What?
What, at what?
What up, what are the things that can be? What are the
police do when they break that law? Smoking marijuana
writing at the police district. Let's just tell me what did
the police do so it. Here's what I'll tell you all the men.
It's a challenging thing for our police officers and are
police stations to have that number of people housed within
the district's. It is
Very challenging City.
Very challenging.
Very challenging situation. And like I said before, officers
have done a great job of treating, everybody with respect
the way that we would treat anyone, or we should treat
anyone in this city with that level of respect. That being
said the same thing applies, no matter who you are, if
you're committing crimes, and if you're committing crimes
are police, officers will respond the same way that they
would to anyone in this city, who's committing crimes. And
now, I will tell you this. We have had migrants who have
committed crimes, I'm not a bad, they have been arrested
for those crimes that they've committed. So if we get
information that someone is committing a crime, Chicago
Police Department will take action we have and will
continue to do so.
I think.
I think that the problem we have is that the public the
taxpayers need to feel safe.
Indian.
And just go.
And just going to the police department. If we don't feel
safe going there,
How is?
How we supposed to feel safe in the city.
and,
Any job.
And it just, it's a, it's a challenge. Just disgusting is
disgraceful.
Not.
Not that there.
Not that there is the fact that I Public Safety.
Brazil.
Facility.
Facilities. A housing.
All the migrants are not.
and,
and it's
And it just seemed like, you know, I don't want to walk
cross.
I thought.
I threw.
I threw just to go put in a report, I just don't, I
wouldn't want to do it.
I don't.
I want.
How much do?
I want to step over, no one.
I get a
I guess I don't know what to say, but let me move on to my
next question. As you were talkin about, there's this
elements that I want to talk about police elements that we
have and we often pan out money here in the city council
and one of the cases is very touching to me cuz I feel like
I'm a victim of one of these detectives food name, keep
popping up and we keep providing when keep an eye out
settlement form and it's something long before your term,
but
there's,
There shouldn't.
There should be.
There should.
Play.
Lisa.
Please something. And
Please something and plays. We shouldn't have to pay.
Welcome to.
I'll continue to pay.
Penn.
Penta.
Penton.
Pension money out.
When do?
Wendy's.
Wendy's peoples have cost the taxpayer that's still calling
cause and taxpayer dollars.
And if
and that some
And that's something that we should be looking at.
If?
Evil.
Even though.
Even with what need to be in place when officers get so
many.
Bye.
Write up the citation, something have to be wrong with that
picture. And somebody got to know that. Before we start
paying that, all these starting to get bad. You got to have
you cut a bad part about you, get rid of them, they got to
go and you have to have checks and balance in place, where
people are making sure they provide that information. And
we going to get this part right because that in France on
public Trust.
and if the people,
And if the people can't support in the police and trust
them, then where is the Law & Order? Going to come from it,
take all of us working together and they got to feel that
trust. And as you can tell me, what do you work? What are
your thoughts on bringing the truck back with police in the
apartment? That's the most important thing old man died in
the I would have to go back and agreed with a lot of what
you're saying and we need some measures in place. And in a
second I'll turn it over to why.
The general, counsel's Godspeed.
The General Counsel Scott Spears.
Be general, counsel Scott Spears. Who's going to talk to
you about some of the things they were looking to do moving
forward and listen until there is some trust between the
Chicago Police Department in our community members. We're
never going to get anywhere. We have to bring that trust
back. We have to make people feel safe. No one is going to
want to talk to us if we don't have that trust this is why
that you hear me talking constantly about working together
as a unit. Bringing everybody to the table and talking to
each other. Now, are we going to get along with everything?
Are we going to agree on everything? Absolutely not. It
just doesn't work that way with human being and not
agreeing on everything is that those are things that are
going to make us better. Right? Because it challenges us,
it makes us think it makes us do a deeper dive, so that we
don't have these biases. That helps us work things out. So
I want to hear
people have to say, I want
People have to say, I want to hear those arguments and I
want to engage with everyone the same way. So what we're
looking to do moving forward is putting better measures in
place, better education? All four offices and
accountability measures that's going to help us keep those
things down. So if you want to talk about a few things that
we're doing, good morning, I'm acting general counsel Scott
Spears, these are very serious issues rust and in
particular, the detective you're talking about, did these
actions in the eighties and nineties, what we're trying to
do and what we have been doing throughout work on the
consent, decree is to stop that cycle from going forward,
we are adopting policies that ensure that we are a policing
constitutionally, we have an extensive training program for
our officers now, requiring 40 hours of training per year.
For each officer, we've taken on a number of
initiatives to improve.
Initiatives to improve supervision, making sure we have
span of control over our officers. We've been hiring,
Sergeant's been hiring supervisor is working to get to that
10 officers to one supervisor ratio. And then another thing
that we've done for our officers, as we've really worked on
Wellness initiatives, we hired clinicians as a
superintendent indicated in his opening statement. We both
end up to new e, a p facilities, making 43 across the city.
We're.
We're officers can.
We're officers can go when they can.
We're officers can go and they can seek assistance if
they're, they're having trouble. We've updated our gym
equipment, we have quiet rooms in our districts now for
those officers to have a chance to decompress Depp 280p
remembers who are part of the employee assistance program,
to listen to officers and recognize behaviors that crap
should be escalated. We've instituted an app fraud,
department members civilian us Warren and their families,
that has Wellness information on it and an instant line. If
you need to see counseling you'd be able to go that
direction. I will looking to add new civilian attorneys to
help us deal with lawsuits as they come in.
In.
If you need.
In addition, we have Bob, we've been instituted a number of
DePauw.
Depart.
Departments in units within the department such as our
Force review, board, that reviews level three uses, of
course, it gives us an opportunity to take a look at how we
used for in a non-disciplinary fashion and recommend
officers, great digital training, or other measures needed.
If we see something wrong, when there is a use-of-force, we
have the Tactical review and evaluation division. Also
known as the tread divisions, reviews, tactical response.
And you talk. And I want to ask him a question. I'm sorry,
I just summarize and say that we have a lot going.
I do.
I do, I do understand. And then just say for the Academy,
I'm sure that is serving a purpose over there because now I
see all for everyone there actually. Parking lot being
filled up, but I did want to ask you about
and,
Internal.
In terms of police officers, are you moving any of them
around? Are we getting? Are you still in a transition
period of moving with it all. When you say Amanda is or any
of the staff, are you still making moves now naan being
made right now.. At this moment right now? Obviously that's
going to happen battery. Time to community, get used to one
Commander. We got another commander and I know that's been
going on.
Boy.
Board.
Boys.
Bordentown.
45, you know, being a two-year time by the time. So right
now, we just getting, in fact, I may have met the new
Commander, maybe one, but that's something that we got to
be able to now. Rihanna, does that Commander to the
command? How can we be a trust? It will change it. So,
here's here's what I'm looking to do, and I've taken
Station in.
Haitian. And I've heard that.
Haitian. And I've heard that over and over again, I heard
it when I was a command. So in and they do move a lot and
then once you get used to Commander is kind of hard to see
him go with specially when he or she could do it, that
they're doing a, great job all, but what we're looking to
do now, I'm not looking to to move someone quickly. Now,
what we don't want to do, we don't want to penalize
somebody for being great and then stopping for being
promoted. However, if we do, make a transition of a new
Commander, their transition will take some time, we will
have the prior command to Mentor, the new Commander coming
in, do introductions. So that there's a smooth transition
of power between those command to get to know the community
to start to understand who it is. They need to be reaching
out to a no stakeholders so that it won't be someone just
walking in that you don't know. There's going
Be there.
to be that friends.
To be that transition of power. Because in order for that
Commander to be successful, we have to set them up for
Success. So the prior command, if you do a better job of
getting them acclimated to that position. So rest assured
we won't be moving anybody to. So thank you. Thank you, mr.
Chairman, thank God, I didn't get out of my question to ask
but that's okay. I'll wait for the next time. Do you want
to sign up for round two? Absolutely Fair.
Dial.
Madonna.
Thank.
Thank you. First. I really want to thank you for being true
to your word and keeping your word that immediately coming
in and doing the area meetings when I had mine it was
amazing. A real learning experience for me considering that
I have so many new officers. I've been around a long time,
I'm everybody's public life and so I have a lot of new
officers but I appreciate it all the information that I
received around my area meeting in. So I'm good because I'm
going to ask a question. All my questions off the Record,
but I got to thank my commanders because I have four
amazing commanders. They work really hard with a lot of
tough issues. So keep mailman commanded pendarvis. Amanda
branch and come in to take awesome individuals. I really
hope not to lose any of them. You know, every time I bond
with one before the bonding is completed, like you pulling
the baby.
Ground beef.
It's from me. So I did
From me. So I just need to know that I'm going to be able
to keep keep them, but I am quite happy that in my career
here that are free at Wyler. Who was a, one of my former
Commander has moved up and became the Acting
Superintendent. And you, who has been amazing out an area
to came out to area 2 and kind of took us by storm. So
thank you. Thank people for what they do and I don't have a
lot of questions because I asked all men off the Record.
Thank.
Thank you. All.
Thank you all the time.
Thank you all, you probably should stop buying them with
those commanders. Now they're they're not going anywhere
anytime soon either. So
Oak.
okay.
Okay, thank you, almond Harris, will have all the men dial
followed.
Now.
Now it's been a lot to say about your budget and I've been
listening to the news all morning and yesterday about the
the increase in the Personnel lines is and it's not Julian.
I want you are just on a wrecker to explain the increase in
the Personnel line, not just that it's the body's but it's
other things that are part of a union contracts that raises
and all of this thing, that is leading the increase in that
Personnel. I turned it over to talk about that. The first
thing I want to say is that those positions. It it helps
with the consent decree when we talked about span of
control with the number of supervisory position that we put
in our field training officers detectives sergeants and
lieutenants and a couple of captains positions also to
enhance
investigations, the
Investigations that there.
Investigations 13th.
Investigations there. 30, new spots for evidence
technicians. This helps us with the consent decree and
helps us with oversight and helps with FANUC control. So
that when we have more supervision out there for our
officers, there's a higher level of accountability. So with
that, what I'll do is push it over to Ryan for assignments
to talk about that. I ran into Peter at your office of the
superintendent. So our budget is going to
The purse.
the person.
the personnel and you'll see going up by a little under
Thirty million from the corporate fund. Essentially, what
we're doing here is we're already at about 80% compliance
on our consent, decree for a first-level compliance, right?
So, our policy is in place, we now need to move the
secondary compliance. So, a lot of what that is, it's going
to be training. So what this budget will do is it will add
170 field training officers, which will ensure that each
and every officer who is coming out of our Academy has
one-on-one instruction to make sure that we are teaching
them best practices. So that their policing
constitutionally symbol tenuously. We're going to be adding
one hundred civilian training officers to add to our
training academy to make sure that we're doing our training
there, as well. Kind of Turbo Charge, the progress, we're
making our consent decree. Well, as we progressed from
primary to secondary, you're also seeing a hundred more
detectives. Just like the superintendent said a hundred
more sergeants, which is another major consent decree item
that we need to push forward.
To ensure that.
to ensure that each of our officers out in the field, have
the same supervise
the same supervisor on a consistent basis to make sure that
those supervisors know what's going on with those officers.
So they can provide Wellness for them. You're also going to
see on the civilian side, almost 50 position to build out
of Civilian victims Services team along with another 50
people to build out our records team. So overall while this
is only increasing by a little under Thirty million
Thurston sweeping changes which are going to be beneficial
for the Department. Thank you. I just wanted to make it
crystal clear that these are part of things that we have to
do by law and that they're just not things that you all
have decided to do. Also my last requested that you moved
it, the consent decree training facility, back to 76th and
Constance
Thanks.
Thank you. We will look into that for y'all. Thank you.
Thank you. I'm here still to a point that you're a deputy
director made its relation to the span of control between
the sergeants and officers, other sergeants, the sergeant
that's over, seeing that group of eight to ten officers.
Are they all in the same day off group, or are they in
different day off? Was cuz you talk about span of control.
We talked about team building and that's one way that we
find that if people are not working at the same time. So
it's difficult to build a rapport in that in that respect
it. Well that's that that's part of the span of control and
unity of command
The hell.
They have this.
They have the same officers working under the same
supervisor. So what what that helps with having them
working at the same time? Is that they have a clear
understanding, who these officers are. So if they see a
change in Behavior, they can recommend certain things for
that officer, right? But if I'm a new supervisor coming in
and I've never worked with these offices before. I don't
recognize certain behaviors. So I wouldn't necessarily know
what measures did. Take immediately to correct those
Behavior. So, that is the purpose of having them in the
same day. Thank you. I'm in the morning superintendent. I
have a lot of questions, so I know I'm probably going to go
to around 2, but we'll get started. I wanted to say that I
was driving into work this morning. The big topic on wvon
was The Oath Keepers and so I was glad to hear you speak to
that issue, right off the bat and I was wondering how long
do you
This.
This investigation that you mentioned in your opening,
remarks will take so that we know where the community knows
how long. As you know what I'll do is I'll I'll go to the
chief of internal affairs. Yolanda Talley to talk about
that.
Good morning.
Good morning, I'll do women. Sheep, Yolanda, tally, Bureau
of internal affairs. What we plan to do is make a swift
thooral investigation into these allegations of the old
Keepers. I know there's a lot of talk about the old Keepers
and when we, when we hear about it, especially in a media
it's like it's a lot of police officers. Last week we
received the names of nine police officers with allegations
of belonging to The Oath Keepers organization 9.
Beef.
before I
Before last week, we had not received any allegations about
officers being old keeper. So all the information we have
about these allegations, I don't mean to cut you off with
this afternoon. We just have a lot of, a lot of questions.
So I'd like to know how long, do you think these
investigations would take? You said Swift. So what does
swift mean in your mind? Well, I hate to put a time frame
on how long enough to gain range less than six months.
Thank you. I really think that this is low-hanging fruit.
Given the fact that we really want to focus on changing the
whole culture in the police department, is to me is like
low hanging fruit. Let's get them and get them out. I'm
going on to the next question superintendent. What's your
opinion? I spent Saturday.
Play Marco.
Play my car washed in.
Play my car washed and standing out on State Street at the
first district just paying attention to what was going on
with the micro situation. It is overwhelming. At the first
district. I noticed some activity going across the street
in front of the puppy store of the dogs at the dog store
some activity in the back, underneath the L behind that
part. What's your opinion about bringing in the National
Guard to help? Relieve some of the pressure on the police
department, they do have units that have expertise in
dealing with refugees. The issue with that, we can talk
about the National Guard that the issue with that is the
migrants need housing.
and then,
I didn't.
and until we,
and until we get housing for the migrants, the National
Guard won't offer much in the way of service in helping the
Chicago Police Department, first of all, when we say
Activity, if we're talkin about criminal activity, criminal
Behavior as the police, we have to enforce laws so that if
there is criminal activity and we see it and we have seen
some of it and we've acted on that and we have made arrests
of migrants in those situations, that's not something that
the National Guard can help us with the
They don't have.
They don't have a arrest Powers, but when we talk about a
refugee crisis, if they can come in and bring some help
with housing, that would, that would be the only effective
measure that the National Guard would have with something
like that. So until until I'm sorry. But we've had a fight
break out that involved the police at the first district.
So that would be something. I would think the National
Guard could address and maybe let the police go and do what
they need to do to solve crime. Take police reports all
that other stuff but but again if it fits
Bruno.
criminal act.
Criminal activity, the officers are still going to have to
respond if a fight breaks out that the officers have to
respond. If nothing else we have to record and document if
I if there's not an arrest to be made, but the National
Guard wouldn't have the power to do that. We would still
have to show. So it wouldn't take much off of our place. If
that's how long, you mentioned a new vehicle or growing the
vehicle hijacking. Unit, can you tell me more specifics
about that? And how will that be reflected on the ground?
so,
Zodiac.
So what I'll do is I'll go to Deputy Chief Dwayne The Breeze
acting chief of the Bureau of counterterrorism. We can talk
a little bit about that.
Good.
Good morning. I think she joined the breeze from the bureau
counterterrorism. Currently are hijacking, task force works
out of OMC. They have an office there. They use the
computer system are the lp ours. If we were to expand that
we had extra roster so we'd have more officers on each
watch currently. They work primarily the Third Watch and
into the early morning hours. That's when we see. A lot of
our car jack is a lot of activity. We also the helicopter
is very, very important for us. Currently our helicopters
are not in good, shape of their down more than their up. So
that makes it difficult to do about the helicopter. You
don't have the eyes in the sky that can follow these
vehicles. We are not having our officers chased these
vehicles and causing harm to the public. So when the
helicopters up, we see where these cars and up and were
able to get police ahead of there and find the houses, they
might go into and apprehend them at that time. But we are
looking to expand it where I looking at more Oscars,
Oscars, I can pick up on the plate readers Oscars, I can
coordinate with the SD.
Heroes in the Disco.
Heroes in the district. And that way, we can follow these
vehicles from District number on the number of more
offices. I'm going to let my other colleagues deal with
helicopters and drones, but I'm sure those questions will
come up, but when you speak of more officers, what does
that mean? It means we can add that is feasible, will get
that memory number to the chair. Okay, thank you.
This.
just,
Just want.
Just wondering, I like to see more enforcement of parking
loading zones in our peepees. And I was going to suggest
that perhaps the proactive approach to working with the
revenue department to come up with a plan so that we can
hit more areas of the city. I know you guys are focused on
violent crime, and guns, and drugs and games, but it's the
little things like parking enforcement traffic missions,
speeding missions. Are you thinking about them? Increasing
the enforcement of those kinds of small crime to your
point, Alderman do smaller things lead to bigger things.
And this is why we do those types of enforcement. We know.
Now and I mean, I'm sure everybody in here, can tell the
people are driving a lot more.
Crazy.
Crazier than they use.
Crazier than they used to drive faster. We have people just
blow red lights and they're not even paying any attention
to. This is where we would apply traffic missions for
safety. Measures did change the mentality of drivers who
ignore are traffic signals and I have asked permission,
sometimes I get them sometimes I don't it seems like more
recently. They're harder to get is that through the
Commander's, but if you if we talk offline about this,
like, I can get you what you need. Okay, next question,
what changes are being contemplated the whole office? Has
more accountable for violations of police orders, I've
heard consistent supervision as one, but is there are there
some other things? And I think I ask this because
I see.
I see a lot.
I see a lot of the settlements. Now the details of it and I
am concerned about the accountability of officers for
violating orders and just want to see how you're thinking
about that. So, there are several levels of oversight now
that we have especially with our trade unit unit, we review
body one cameras, and even in the district, the on each
watch, each Watch, Commander has to watch random body.
One camera for
Open camera footage.
On camera footage. They find something within that footage.
They take action throughout trade unit, if we see anything
or body-worn camera when there's a use-of-force, something
of that. Nature is a level of accountability held there. If
there needs to be an investigation we can do that
investigation but for the most part we push it over to
Copa. Copa will do an investigation and follow up. These
are some of the accountability measures that were you lying
right now to hold officers accountable in, no situation,
obviously the Bureau of internal affairs can always use
more investigators to get these things done in the more
timely fashion and we're looking at that we want to make
sure that we get the right people in
alright, thank
Alright, thank you superintendent, I'll take around 2.
Autumn.
Automobile.
Autumn Riley, followed by Don McQueen. Thank you, mr.
Chairman, good morning superintendent. Good morning. All
the band. Congratulations. I was happy to support your
appointment time since Almon Dao and go there. I will
helicopters. I've been kind of a squeaky wheel on this for
about a decade now and as we were just talking about the
car jacking issue here in Chicago, I wanted to remind my
colleagues how Chicago shapes up against other big cities
around the country, notably Los Angeles with a population
of 3.8 million at 17,
Helicopter.
Helicopters.
Helicopters New York City has ate fruits. 8.4 million
Houston a city of 2.3 million has eight helicopters that
Phoenix a city of 1.6. Million has nine helicopters in
three. Airplanes, Detroit with a population of 600000,
people has four helicopters in the air and we have two in
our Fleet, but really probably one based on down time for
service and parts and all that sort of stuff. We passed a
budget under the previous administration. I was supposed to
deliver to us a new helicopter. I'm to get us up to a
whopping two and a half helicopters. Give him that we have
no vehicular, Chase policy and I think that we really do
need to lean heavily on technology here. And it, it's
really impossible to understand how all these other cities
have made these Investments.
Commence, in an air crash.
Commence, in an aircraft Fleet.
Mention an aircraft Fleet and are doing much better at
confronting the carjacking problem. And we are, where is
our new helicopter? So be here, I'll I'll tell you this all
the men, I agree with you. One hundred percent. One of the
things that we talked about what I vehicular hijacking team
that air support was always helpful to them because to
avoid getting involved in a vehicle
Suit.
flute, that are
Suit that air support was able to follow these individuals
to a particular location and the CPD was able to get there
and take those individuals in the custody. So that was
extremely help. When did There's technology that can record
the event right now? Without tell you, is that we have a
couple of helicopters that we're watering, the contract is
still being worked out, then we can talk to write besides
about that in a second, but the timeliness is of an issue.
There is a more expensive helicopter that we could get
probably earlier. It would be great to have that for the
DNC. But at this time right now we we have something on
order. So if you like I would they have a right beside his
talk a little bit about a lot of questions for you, but I
appreciate the answer. I just want to say that even two or
three helicopters is not nearly enough.
Are.
An.
and,
And what you just laid out. Only works. If one of those two
things is happening. Either we're doing for his killer,
Pursuits, or we've got a helicopter to help us get ahead of
the carjacker, right. I'm having neither explains a lot,
and so I would just say to procurement, hurry up, time is
of essence and let's talk about budgeting for more
helicopters. We are way behind the rest of the country when
it comes to that technology. And I think it shows and you
guys deserved
Have those 20?
Have those tools superintendent.
Have those tools superintendent? Could you have, you wanted
to answer that question? I understand your point about the
time. Did you have whenever you wanted to answer the
question that he has previously? Could you have mastered a
question?
Thank.
Thank you, Joe.
Thank you, Jenny.
Thank you, Shannon. Deputy director. Ryan symonds CPD. So,
basically, DOL is promised that they are going to expedite
our legal review of our helicopter contract, we are hoping
to get those two helicopters by end of 2025. But as you can
see, we need a lot of interdepartmental cooperation. We
need procurement to work with us and they are working with
us. We need Department of lost also review and then once we
do get our two helicopters, if we want to start talking the
numbers that you were talking Alderman, four, five, six,
seven, eight, then we need to start involving a is who not
only maintains our helicopters, but they also do our
facilities sites. So we can only, I believe hold two to
three helicopters in our current hangers. So we're going to
have to be looking at a much longer-term. Interdepartmental
cooperation to kind of achieve that vision.
Did.
Did you?
Did you say 20?
Did you say 2025?
I can.
I can hear me to order for a 2024 next year closer to the
second or third quarter of 2024. So you're right now in
procurement for the the helicopter and we anticipate it
being online by the end of next year. Yes, sir. And there's
no other option between now. And then, from a lease
perspective or any other options that you all are exploring
to get something moving sooner rather than later. What
they're there are out, there are options lives up there to
there's a fort for seven is a 429 and do 427 that
helicopter will probably be available sooner, but it's more
expensive. So it's something that we need to look at. Okay.
Could you all through the chair? Get that information as to
the difference between those two items. So that's something
that can be evaluated.
Will do.
Go to.
Will do.
Cheap.
Cheap air conditioner. Brace for the counterterrorism.
Currently the 23 hot. We actually have three helicopters
but they are down the majority of time. You're right and
all them are correct you but I want to help make your point
laxes 36 helicopters. So way more than what you even said
and Houston has 22. I love you at work. Your numbers are a
little off the subject.
Your benefit. But in regards to the helicopter were talking
about, if we go with a twin-engine helicopter, which is it?
The majority of your major Police Department's own, they
are twice as much as the ones we're looking at which are
single in the advantage to a twin-engine less maintenance,
less gas, euloge and a we can fly them for longer periods
of time before they need a maintenance check cuz right now
you got your schedule maintenance. Based on the hours you
fly with those new modern helicopters, you get a lot more
hours. So in the long run, the cost would be cheaper based
on the maintenance. We're doing on the current helicopters
but as I said, if we do the twin-engine, we could have that
six months. But the single-engine looking for a year, maybe
two more and then just one thing at that, while we do
expect to have these two helicopters by 2024. If we are
seeking to lease helicopters, we will need a new purchasing
vehicle, we will need a new contract, which means we'll
have to restart this process with procurement to move that
forward for Leasing.
Okay.
Good.
You're welcome. Thank you, chairman. And again, I'd be the
first person to stand up and Champion a budget amendment to
get you the appropriate amount of money for the twin-engine
aircraft, if that is the dust piece of equipment that we
can get. And I know we're not going to solve our helicopter
shortage problem in this year's budget, but I do think it
would be smart. Speaking of long-term, planning and
Facilities. Let's engage a is. Now, we need to find more
and Hangar space for what needs to be a
And Hangar space for what needs to be a larger Fleet of
helicopters. And again, I think the majority of the city
council wants to give you all the tools you need to be
successful. So let's have that conversation now and make
sure that next year's fiscal year in the in the in the
subsequent two years reflect are ramping up to get to a
level that I think puts us better. We're competitive at
least with the other big cities that I clearly under
counted on the number of helicopters how many LP ours are
currently deployed on Lakeshore Drive in Cayce. Do we have
that information?
That's it.
Back to the chair. Okay. And also when was the last time we
ran a DUI admission in the central business district?
Juvederm
Jake McDermott
are
our Traffic Unit is the unit that runs DUI missions that's
run out of Europe counter-terrorism. But as far as Patrol,
we don't specifically run DUI missions, but we do run
regular traffic missions usually joint missions are around
areas of our gang violence like the Cabrini homes Dearborn
homes things of that nature. I would like to recommend some
DUI missions in the central business district their number
of words that are impacted by the night club activities and
the late hour bars and it is clear that when people are
leaving these bars at 3 and 4 in the
There.
There be a.
They're beyond any.
They're beyond inebriated.
They're beyond inebriated, yet they're being handed the keys
to their car by ballets, and off they go. And that's when
we see a lot of people running, red lights, people getting
run over all of it. And so, I would think that we may cut
down on that bad behavior. If we had some enforcement
mechanisms in place overnight, I know that requires some
scheduling but that is a request of you superintendent. We
still receive money from the state to do DUI Emissions on a
overtime basis or
so,
support from them to do, do you? I don't know if I'm not
sure if you came from the secretary of state from the
attorney general. But there was State money available for
that 72°. Yes, we do. How much do we receive on annual
basis? But I'll have to get that to the chair, but we going
to be
make a
Nicky Jam.
Thank you, Shama.
Make a chairman also wanted to ask you about an issue. That
is also again playing in the wards around downtown but also
in the South and West sides drag racing and drifting and we
see a lot of this on social media. You all did the right
thing by getting what are called stop sticks for your
officers that you have in the trunk of your vehicle. Is it
can be deployed to base with blowout tires without
overturning vehicles and causing accidents when they're
engaging in illegal activity through the chair. If you
could, let me know how many Stop Sticks were deployed in
2022 and then year-to-date 2023, especially related.
racing and drifting that would be how
Racing and drifting that would be helpful. And it totally
looking at video footage, it does not seem like we're using
this new tool and given how expensive the tires are in
these expensive drag racing cars. I would Advocate strongly
that we need to start using that. I've invested millions of
dollars literally in new infrastructure to cut down on this
practice downtown out of precious menu fun but that alone
isn't enough. And so I just ask that through the chair, we
get that that detail will get that information to you but
just so we're clear. We see a lot of those videos but those
videos don't capture everything. We are using those
Chopsticks and ready, we're getting. And it's something
that I said to me, when I talked about handling those
situations more aggressively and when I say more
aggressively, there's been a crash into what are police
officers when they encounter these people who are not from
the city. Sure, I'm in no, stop sticks or use but often
times and just keep in mind those expensive tires that
you're talkin about those are called run-flat, tires are
usually on those
Cars. And even when we use those Stop Sticks, there still
able to drive with those with those tires. So, they make
$20,000 penalty. That we have to pay. When I do replace
those, those tires absolutes, I'm all for that. It's better
than our fine structure is. I have a couple questions that
you pray. I don't have handy, but if you can provide the
answer to the chair to appreciate it, cost for service
related to the migrant facility located at 162 East, Ohio,
Ohio State.
Ohio St. Clair the in a
Ohio St. Clair the end of Chicago since it was opened. I'd
appreciate that. Also, how many incidents have occurred in
and around that shelter. Since it opened, then finally, how
many arrests have been made related to the end of Chicago?
Shelter, like all the woman doll and others. We've 1,600
people not my house in that facility. And there are a
number of young men, they're in their twenties should have
gotten entrepreneurial and they are selling drugs. Engaging
in sex trafficking, many of these folks have weapons and
they are terrorizing the community and tourists, this is
just a block off the mag Mile and I worry for two groups of
people were free neighborhood residents.
Poor.
Taurus.
Poorest. But most importantly, the young families that are
housed in that shelter, we need to clean this place up and
we are spending $24,000 a month. Inexplicably her security
guard facility, that's a whole lot more than you're at.
Your officers are making and it's a disaster inside those
four walls. And so, again, that's not your fault, you are
reacting to a crisis but these numbers would be very
helpful to me. And my colleagues in evaluating that
program, I'm about to run out a time, I hit a couple other
things. Real super quick. Could you please provide the
number of citations issued an arrest made related to CTA
transit platform,
Trains.
Trains by transit line 2021 2022, and 2023, year-to-date. I
think I pre submit of these questions to do in a memo into
your staff, in a memo few days back. But again, for the
chair and then how many officers are dedicated to CTA
transit Duty by shaft on a daily basis and then how many
beat officers are dedicated to CTA transit detail? That's
been an issue that that I've also been harping on, like
helicopters, especially the red line, we need to do a few
things to get transit. Use up, certainly getting folks,
back to work, downtown is important. Back in the office,
has a lot of progress on that, but a lot of people that
used to rely upon the red line, the Brown Line and other
lines are scared to use it now. And a lot of this happen
during the pandemic, when you said was way down all the
wrong folks were using these trains, we need to take them
back and provide some level of security and safety on them.
And I
Endocrine system.
Inconsistent.
Inconsistent play.
Inconsistent police presence were seeing a better on the
platforms and thank you but actually walking the train cars
as they do in New York City where I grew up that sends a
message to the would-be. Criminals! Hey you know that
there's a 50-50 chance. I caught me walk through that car
door, while the train is moving, once he's trying to leave
stations, that's what we see. All this activity happened is
the next platform and they scatter, so maybe a special
missions, maybe it's not forever, but I think there would
be
Turn.
current the fact if we saw,
current the fact if we saw a heightened presents on on the
trains themselves from time to time,
I'm
I know, I
I know. I'm at a time, Sherman. Please put me down for
round to be a call to me and we will make sure that we get
that information to you. And and we, you will see the
increases that we were affected on those train. Thank you
superintendent. And again, deputy chief highness,
fantastic, as well as Commander bars. I spent a lot of time
with him, not as much time with Commander Harris but again
you have an excellent team downtown and I appreciate it.
Thank you. How many Chicago police officers are currently
on the job? That wear the blue shirt?
I,
Is deputy director, Ryan Simon's, the number of police
officers that we have as of last Friday was 8456 in that
title code. How many of the blue shirt officers could
retire in 2024?
We have to.
Do we have that new?
Do we have that number?
The house key.
House key.
Is.
It's a
Is Bob Lewandowski Human Resources. We have roughly 891
officers over the age of 55. We currently have roughly
eleven 1146 between the ages of 49 with 20 years of service
1,000 146th 49. + currently with 20 years of service at it,
and it how many how many officers are we planning on hiring
in 2024?
Currently.
Currently would we have any Academy?
891.
Bob.
Bob, and
Department of Human Resources. The plan our plan is to
average at least 75 officers.
Vermont.
Per month.
Per month in the academy. With did that? Answer your
question sir. So that's
read about a
Read about a thousand officers for next year.
As.
that's,
Pet Supply.
That's the plan. Yes. Or roughly 900 superintendent in the
mayor's budget address. She talked about 400 new civilian
positions, I've heard.
,
comments of
Comments about records management and victims program. What
else is going to be part of those four? Hundred civilian,
Part.
Party.
Part of that.
Part of that is to bring on new Trainers for Academy to
help out with that. And we're actually looking at retired
police officers, those who have a particular expertise and
understanding of police work to bring them back. Train them
to be training. This will reduce our need for sworn members
to be trained as in the academy. Also, I tried you are unit
that it's our oversight unit for you to force, to get the
civilian ranks in near non-sworn, and hire someone to help
out with the these investigation. This will help us put
more police officers on the street. There are other
positions within the department. It may be held by sworn
members. This will reduce the need for some more members in
those positions. I'm delighted to hear
the idea of using,
The idea of using retire.
The idea of using retired police officers. I think that's a
great idea. My concern is, this award are really concerned
about the response time and how long it takes for
responsive 911 calls. And so how, how do I go back to my
residence and say this budget is going to help with
response times. That's the ball games for me. So there are
several things that that we are attempting to do right now.
Number one, put more officers back in the beat cars but
more officers back on the street along with this budget
will looking to create a system where those calls for
service that are oven on criminal nature that we have
someone else responding to those calls. This will free
offices of the handle those priority calls. Obviously, we
have priority calls that we have to go to especially those
domestic violence events. Things that shots fired, those
kinds of calls,
Stream.
Are extremely bored.
Are extremely important to get to. However, we do know that
there are other calls for service that we have to get to.
So if we can, if we can get a non-criminal response, that
would alleviate the police that were the need for the
police, to go to those calls, we can filter out those
priority calls for officers to be there. So that's, that's
going to be helpful in that way. However, when we look at
more supervision, a supervisor will make sure that our
office
Play.
The clear.
the clear making sure that they
The clear, making sure that they're not being held down on
jobs to move them into positions where they can get the
calls quicker so that that extra oversight will probably
help more with that response. But my fear is that we talked
it in the mayor's budget rescue talks about 100 new
detectives comments made about a hundred Sergeant. I'm
concerned about the integrity and concerned about being
able to respond to calls. So, I, I know that that's a
juggling act. You're going to have to do. When you say
that, do you mean the, that they will be promoted out of
control correct in making sure that we have ample backfill.
So so we we can't leave a hole in Patrol by making a random
promotion. So that's not going to happen. If I know that
making more sergeants at this time is going to reduce
Patrol because we don't have enough patrolman at the time.
Then we can't make those promotions. Those promotions will
be made.
A metal.
Remember, we are.
Remember, we overtime?
Remember we over time as we get new bodies, out of the
academy to go into Patrol so that there's no reason to
deplete Patrol to make promotions because it would make any
sense. We'd be working backwards happy to hear that. I'd
like to add my voice to the helicopter conversation. I
don't think dollars should get in the way of getting
multiple helicopters, if there is a 6-month option out.
Discount.
This Council should take.
This Council should take immediate action on that because
not only are we being played with carjackings but catalytic
converters are are a problem. And and the people that are
stealing catalytic converters their Shooters, it will shoot
you on the spot. And so I would just want to add my, my
voice to in support of that the helicopters. And I agree
with you superintendent that it will cut down on what we
pay out on the back end in the finance committee on
settlements. And so it's it's good policing. So I just
wanted to add my voice to that the superintendent. How was
your Fleet of squad squad, cars squad cars, what we're
always in need of squad. However, we do know that we have
had an issue with squad cars because of the orders and as
matter fact Ryan, if you can talk about that a little bit
and what we're doing to help with those cars,
Yep. So we
Yep. So worried.
Yep. So we're working in collaboration with opsa and a is
for the figures provided by a is and their meeting. We have
2443 Patrol vehicles with the 482 ordered and we expect
delivery of 372. So that's for patrol. We're also in this
budget. We have 1.9 million dollars for detective Lisa's to
make sure that we're able to get the detectives, the
resources that they need to conduct their investigations.
And that will not be in
Actor.
Acted with some of the labor is.
Acted with some of the Labour issues.
Acted with some of the Labour issues that we're currently
seeing with our current vendor of Forge. So we're going to
continue continue working with PSA Fleet and we're going to
continue working with a. I asked to make sure we have all
the cars we need to keep all citizens of Chicago State,
just Switching gears and running out of time. Here, we got
into a conversation with the comedian special events last
week about how many festivals today Chicago has were
Chicago. Police Department is sort of sit in front and
center on providing security. Is there a number that you
could quantify that activity, that has been a major issue
and it is a serious pull on Manpower from the Chicago
Police Department and I believe deputy chief debris. May
have that answer.
Not sure.
Most of them are we currently in talks with volume c d,
case they go. They give us a list of the events early in
the year and we tried to decapitate the while those,
unfortunately, the police department isn't giving out the
permits IDK still, Chicago Park District. They're all,
they're the ones that give out the permits, and we just
have to identify the manpower to do these events. Do we
have several large-scale events like Chicago marathon
Lollapalooza? Suenos fast that we know our yearly event. So
we try to put those on the map early on and let the
Play weak.
Although we can't have other events going.
Although, we can't have other events going on at that time.
Although we can't have other events going on. At that time,
unfortunately allowed to Parks across the city and live our
districts. As you have seen in your, your areas of concern
have their own events going on in separate events to all
these other events are occurring downtown and that takes a
major drain on our resources because we had not only cover
the event is going on downtown, but then now we had the
events going on in the district as well, right?
You.
Yesterday.
Yesterday, we had the Office of Public Safety
Administration before us. In there, seem to be a gap and
communication on cameras and, and LPR want to make sure
that we tighten that down. And I know that in an interview
did last week you talk about technology playing a major
role moving forward and so I stand ready to be helpful and
in doing whatever it is. I can in my capacity to make sure
that cameras in the lp ours are are installed in a more
timely manner. That was yesterday was incredibly
frustrating to hear us through that Gap. The last thing
I'll say is I I have the utmost respect for all the
members, the 8th, District and Commander sprained. His son
are very, very nice, job of Building Bridges. And so I
thought I would be remiss not to recognize him publicly.
Thank you, and thank you for that all. Appreciate it.
Albany.
Orbital shape of.
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Come on.
Good morning to print a.
Good morning superintendent. Good morning.
Priest.
Appreciate.
you, and
You and everything, you said.
Send.
Since.
Since you started, this role is exactly what both the
rank-and-file, and communities need to hear across our
city. So thank you for your strong leadership. I'd like to
jump on the helicopter discussion.
Tell Mike.
Some of my colleagues.
Some of my colleagues have been.
Talking.
Talking about this and I'm in recent years been pushing
pass Administration on this topic, I have been digging up
emails here as this conversation is going on.
The.
Lisa.
The same dusk.
The same discussions as far back as 2020, just the failed
leadership of previous Administrations.
Is.
Is Mine by.
Is mind-boggling to me and as we've seen carjackings and
catalytic converters and then have just devastated
communities across our city. That we haven't done more as a
city to support law enforcement, the police department and
giving you the tools to combat this.
Are.
Bible.
I believe we.
I believe we need twin engine a helicopters. I think we
should spend the money. I think we should give you guys the
tools you need Brendan's. Numbers were coming off of those
cities recent purchases. So those fleets of helicopters
from all these other major cities.
Cigna.
Signal.
Significant.
Significantly more investment in air support than then we
have done. We got one helicopter for a dollar folks.
We?
We bought.
We bought a helicopter.
We bought a helicopter in last 2 years for $1.
Are they?
I think everybody in this room needs to do a better job of
putting pressure, whether it's a I asked or the
administration we need to invest in air support.
To go.
To give the.
To give the Chicago Police Department the tools to make our
communities safer. So thank you for your position on that.
Sir, I want to talk a little bit about license plate.
Readers pods Etc.
Many.
Many of a.
Many of us.
Many of us invested significantly in our communities to get
more of those more of that technology recently you stated,
we need to rely on that more. I completely agree.
I've had.
I've had two scotches.
I've had discussions with the governor's office about as
much as 20 million dollars been given to the city of
Chicago to put this type of technology in communities
across the city. And my colleague here mentioned Lake Shore
Drive. I hope that
Lowe's Dollar.
Those dollars are.
those dollars are coming soon. I hope that all of us are
working with our commanders to identify locations high
crime areas, areas where the police department feels they
could be most helpful.
When?
we need in the
We need to invest more in that again, to provide more
tools. For the Chicago Police Department to support our
officers. Every one of us has example. After example, where
those have been proven effective, can we talk your thoughts
on where we need to go there sir? What I can tell you is
once, I was one in, I received the call from the governor's
office, specifically about adding lprs to the city and I'm
100% on board. Are we going to push forward to see whatever
we can get. Now take every ounce of help and every penny
that they're willing to send to identify the locations. The
best locations to do. I put these LPS obviously, we've
looked in areas where we know
where,
We're off to.
We're officers have.
We're officers have recovered stolen vehicles, and places
that we've identified with stolen vehicles or dropped. But
with the recent rash of robberies and things of that
nature, they need to be all over the city because we need
to to identify be stolen vehicles because we know that the
vehicles that are stolen. Usually, the key is in the hot
days, those are used and secondary crimes mostly robberies.
So when we're able to identify stolen vehicles are usually
able to identify in a lot of situations are robbery Cruise.
So those LPS cars, help us identify those stolen vehicles,
along with our officers, recognizing the signs of a stolen
vehicle and finding that Reasonable articulable Suspicion,
or probable, cause that's present to stop at vehicle and
possibly arrest. Individuals were committing those heinous
crimes,
Thank you for.
Thank you for that. I appreciate what you said about.
meant to,
Mattawa.
Mental Wellness for our officers. We were lucky enough to
get a facility on the Southside opened up recently. Thank
you for that. Thank you for.
What?
What you?
What you said about supporting our officers.
I want.
I want to.
I want to ask, what more can we do to support our officers
in in what is becoming an increasingly more stressful job
jobs that they take home each and every day to their
families just judge offices fairly often times. We see. And
and listen, I'm not going to sit here and say that an
officer has never done anything wrong, or we don't have
officers who have, you know, made mistakes or have gone
overboard or even shouldn't be on the job that we see that
across the country and that's an any organization, not just
as police officers. However,
When?
When are?
Whenever you.
When everyone is judged based on the actions of a few,
someone is already judged you before you walk up. Now, I
would say this in any given situation as a person of color
as a woman as whatever you walk up there. People who going
to judge you before you open your mouth before you say a
word.
In cases.
In cases of police.
In cases of police officers, the uniform becomes their
skin.
and,
and I'll
And oftentimes, they approach and they are judged before
they say a word, before they open their mouths, I've seen
police officers, do some great things for communities and
step up and, and I was there. I saw it, save lives. So we
would ask that officers are judged fairly. They did give it
a shot and that you're willing to have a conversation with
an officer because I need officers to be willing to have a
conversation with every Community member that fairness. I
think goes a long way officers, understand the job that
they have to do it and stand in this dangerous, we don't
need to keep reminding them of that. They know when they
take the old, how dangerous this job is, however, they just
want to be judged fairly like everyone else, so that that
is the best support that we can give offices.
Amen. In closing. I really liked what you said and what
Chief Callie said about, identifying anybody who might be
associated with the old keepers.
there's,
There's no play.
There's no place for the.
There's no place for that. I appreciate your strong position
on that, getting to the bottom of it.
Winnie.
We need to.
We need to rebuild Trust.
In commune.
In communities all across our city, but we need to partner
with the police. And I really feel over these past several
months, starting off with the leadership, Fred Waller. And
in continuing with you, that we see,
People.
People and can.
people in communities across the city and our men and women
out there, each and every day, they feel like
The two.
The tightest.
the tide is turning, we can start to turn this narrative
around, we can start to 2 to begin to rebuild some of these
relationships.
and,
And last.
and lastly,
irie.
A real.
I really appreciate the leadership of Commander, Brian
Kinane, in the 22nd District.
he's my
He's made it clear.
He's made it clear to the officers that he has their back.
He's made it clear to my community that he can do whatever
he can to protect us. So why do I close with that? Thank
you, superintendent. Whatever I can do to be helpful moving
forward. They could Sherman. Thank you.
Thank you, Kim.
Thank you, Tammy good.
Thank you. Tammy. Good morning superintendent. Good
morning. I said you know you all are totally appreciate it.
You all have been response from your cell phone Acting
Superintendent, Fred Weiler Keith McDermott Chieftain or
being who you called when people looked over. She wasn't
there. She got that working. You are there was a situation
on 87th street. So somebody's got to you know, do something
when we get everybody else in here, answering a question
and my good commanders and eight, really some great
commanders to tell you the truth committee. Brian Sprain
and a officer Tate over and sex is just doing a magnificent
job as well as aux cords. I will tell you if it wasn't and
I have no problem. I wish I would have a problem with doing
that and they have really stepped up and unresponsive just
like yourself and that that's has some
About.
about the lead.
about the leaders.
about the leadership and I
About the leadership and I really appreciate it. I'm going
to start out with this question that I asked the previous
superintendent and I know we all have a boss, but
Are.
Are you?
Are you running the shop?
When?
When you see me sitting here all the men, and I'm talking,
I'm speaking not only for the Chicago Police Department,
but I'm speaking as superintendent Larry snow, what I will
tell you is this I have had conversations with the mayor,
obviously. We know he's the mayor of the city of Chicago,
but he has not interfered with anything that we're doing
right now. So, the thing that I appreciate is that the
mayor chose me to do this job and he's trusting me right
now to get it done. So, any decisions that I made right now
falls on my shoulders, right? So the message that comes
from me, is my message in the message that trickles down to
our offices is my message. Thank you so much and I command
them are for that as well. And thank you for answering that
question as we get to sort of what my colleague was talking
about in terms of the officers cuz I just need it for my
clarity's sake.
The phone.
The full.
The.
The 400 start with the 70 officers. There was talking about
a hundred digital detectives. And according to the mayor's
report, there was 70 detectives have been promoted since he
took office of those 70 detectives. Then we'll get into the
hundred additional. So, when it says her additional to me,
that means 170. So that start with the 72 active that's
been promoted since he's been in office that we replace
those 70 detective. What is what's 70 officers? So, it is
that the police officers come out of the academy. That's
where we fill those numbers. Now, what I can tell you is,
I'm
and,
and if we go,
and if we got to get,
And if we got to get through the chair that's fine, it will
get you that. So I need, I just might, my question is of
the 72 detective that we
Komodo.
Promote it.
Promote it is. In this report have been promoted since I
took office. Now, my question was that we feel those
assembly officers if you don't have that answer? Now, you
can provide that question to the answer to that question
is, yes. Okay. Now did you want to spend on that all this
time? You wanted to expand on that we have.
To answer your.
To answer your question, we have fill those positions.
Okay, no detective positions in this by this someone out
here in this budget that mean it's going to be a hundred
additional detectives for this coming up. 2024 year are
have those fellows had to have been moved but we have
identified a hundred and will we be able to fill those with
a hundred officers? So we have not identified those
detectives? As of this point, those are positions that will
be available in the upcoming years now how we feel those
will be incrementally. So we will not deplete Patrol to
make promotions to detectives or Sergeant. So as we move
bodies in from the academy,
me, and we get
Me and we get new office.
Me and we get new offices.
Me and we get new offices and we get them trained then and
only then will we know that we can make those incremental
promotions so that we don't deplete Patrol. Okay, going
back to your promotional the current list you have
available to promote or detective and Sergeant number one.
How old is that list the number to what is the makeup and
diversity of those respective?
List.
List woke.
List will go to the record about laying down sleeping at.
Bother.
Bob Linda.
Bob Lewandowski Human Resources. The current detected list
is a new list from 2022. We can get you the demographic
breakdown of that, through the chair. I don't have that
with me. Sir and D promotional list for sergeant.
Yeah.
Yes, sir are
Yes sir. Our Sergeant list was finalized in 2021 and we are
currently in development for a new sergeant exam that will
be given in 2024 can do all pull it together before we
leave today.
We'll go.
We'll get you down here.
Will get you that info. Thank you. Go ahead and going back
to Artemis Queens College just for clarity for myself. And
he asked about the number of officers, and I think
The new.
the number is,
The number is down correct. Without without, without with
we all. We all know that, that's correct, and shortest.
What's the plan to fill these vacancies? How many classes
are we talkin about and potentially how many we are
possible? People were looking to be in those classes right
now, we're looking at about 450 officers in the academy
currently right now. I believe that there's a class
starting pretty soon.
Is it?
Is, is that correct? My believe about 50 November and
November? And then, the next year, we can do about how many
you think we can get through. And otherwise, it is. What is
the plan to feel these vacancies, to fill the vacancies.
We, we really have to re-up and revamp the way that we're
recruiting right now and part of that is to start to
recruit from communities. I think if if we can end this is
part of like rebuilding that trust in regaining the trust
of the community. To now, have people start to reach out,
we know over the past few years, with the Auntie police
said him, and it's been really hard to recruit. Not just
here in Chicago, but across the country, but I think
re-establishing and rebuilding those that Community Trust
will help us recruit. We, we need to recruit in communities
where people are complaining that they're not seeing enough
police.
Not not Joe.
Not not just.
Not not just within those communities. We reached out to
faith-based and everything else. To put some job fairs and
things together that we will show up too. And we will
recruit people will qualify to be police officers. And do
we have the capacity to Academy to keep up with the current
vacancies? And the projected attrition that we're having.
So both do we have the capacity at the Academy?
Absolute.
Absolutely, we do.
Absolutely, we do, okay.
He talked to.
He talked about who is eligible to make land at the number
for retirement for based on that. Is there any type of do
we have a projection or somebody talkin about? What is it
that people turn in papers and terms up who you think may
be retiring of that number that was given to have a
projection and and I can let director Lighthouse key talk
about that. I believe that we've seen slow down in that
there was a mass Exodus. So
Bob.
At the morning, all the minion, Bob lendosky, Human
Resources. So this year, when we pull this report in early
October weird about 606 retirements and resignations from
the Chicago Police Department, we're anticipating about 700
for this year in 2023. That's compared to last year where
that number was 1078 and then in 2021, that number was 973.
So will be significantly down from 2021 and 2022. And 2024,
we have officers that have the ability to our contract to
put in. To retire for in 2024, I want to say that number
was, as of right now is a little bit over 2.
But that.
but that can grow throughout the
But that can grow throughout the year of what was that
number again that you gave Altima Quin. That was eligible
eligible, was 891 that were over the age of 40 V8, 91, you
expecting a little about 200 you know? So far as our adult
so far. But that could change. Right? Absolutely. Okay. And
just to further with that part of it, in the budget with
the increases for pay and the opportunity to be promoted
will help with retention. So they are more opportunities
for these individuals to decide to stick around. We saw
If?
different ways.
Different reasons why officers believe you know, this is
just a bunch of, you know, in the past two to three years
has been really crowded on officer. So we saw a mass Exodus
but we we are seeing it slow down at the I'm superintendent
there in recent the newspaper reports was a retention bonus
that has been. We got you on the time and I got you a
retention bonus of $2,500 per officer. Can someone either
you or someone from the staff? Talk about that and help us
understand what that actually means of. What that what you
and tell from that happening.
Part of this. Current contract to go.
Part of this current contract.
Part of this current contract negotiation. We negotiated a
one-time bonus for all police officers, and it's a $2,500
bonus. That'll be paid and the early part of 2024. And
again, that's a one-time bonus for all officers. Not just
officers with over 20 years of service is not a retention
bonus. It was it was Kelsey's retention. Bonus is that is,
is that the understanding? Or was it just a, just a
straight bones. I think the confusion with the terminology
came with the prior award from the arbitrator, there was a
$2,500, I'm sorry. A $2,000 retention bonus to officers
over 20 years that bonus. We then negotiated with the fop
to get rid of that retention bonus and instead offer the
bonus to all police officers for $2,500. I think that's
where the confusion and terminology came.
Okay, so what is
Okay, so it is.
Okay, so it is just as
Okay. So it is just a straight bone is not a retention
bonus. And that's that's in this not pensionable. I would
assume correct. Thank you. And we had to come back to that
one and based on that and you were talking about in terms
of the number for different reasons. Are we still losing
experience offers to nearby suburbs right now? Why ever
ties in to recruit Chicago police officers at lateral.
Hire,
Not on.
Not only have we.
Not only have we seen a major slow down in that and we're
not losing them at the rate that we were. We're saying
those officers returned back to our department.
Okay.
We?
We talked to.
We talked about cars briefly. I'm already McQueen hit on
it, so
The.
The answer is the.
The answer is that we are short cars, at least that's what
I heard from that conversation. And if you can tell me, or
if you can provide us with the chair, but, you know, now,
how many cars are we short? And how many my car's we
thought was short, and what is the, what's the main reason
why we're short, what will get that information through the
chair for you? Okay? I just want to make sure you pay for
those numbers but do you know the reason why I wear short,
a lot of it has to do with production problems. But Ryan,
if you can talk about that a little bit,
i r a
I r a, i r a x, deputy director of the superintendent, hit
the nail on the head board can only make car so fast, we're
coming out of covid. There were a lot of production
disruptions then every single Police Department Nationwide
is seeking these cars. So there's a huge backlog for the
Ford interceptors and trying to get that vehicle. Just wrap
this question up. So do we have? So that contract is with,
for I guess, it's a peculiar
Quest.
Question.
Question chairman, and I don't know if they would know it.
Can we do we get a benefit or a revisement of that
contract. If I'm paying my contract, was I need x amount of
cars in x amount of times at this car and they don't get
delivered. What is there a penalty self forward somewhere
in there? I mean,
Who wrote?
Apple Rose. Let me just say this from prior experience of
the there is a contractors generally go. She ate it by the
state for purchasing of vehicles by the state. What what I
do is I would call but I do not recall any penalty
mechanisms because the cost at the city pays in
municipality page is far less than what Joe citizen would
pay for the same vehicle. Still a contract. So I can, you
know, so I will know for sure channel to you or anything
that was written into the contract that will utilize when
purchasing. Alright. Thank its. You're a deck around 2 or
around 2.
B.
Vice mayor.
Vice mayor of all the Baldwin to bars. They thank you very
much, Miss Miss chairman, good morning, superintendent,
good morning sir, very excited for you to be in a position
and excited for the rest of the department because you are
in that position, just want to say something one, I'll give
me plan. And all the rally was talking about the
helicopters. We do need them, and I don't know if you are
ever thought about a private-public partnership, I would
imagine some big Corporation would like to advertise their
names on you, all's helicopters that they had the
opportunity. That's a, that's a big billboard for a lot of
people in that maybe could help pay for that. I don't know
if you are thought about those kind of thing where we just
have to look into the legal aspects of that. But anything
that any help that we can get would be greatly appreciated
by. So, I might even put a Walter Burnett on the
helicopter. You know, it don't cost too much and I'm just
kidding.
will do that, if
Will do that if you go.
Will do that if you get us the money. I got to come up with
the money also has a great but they're really, really
strange and I feel it every time I ask them for, something
is draining and a couple of ways they strain cuz they don't
have enough people helping, no one and then they also
strained cuz of the, my, my current situation is straining
them. So you can feel feel it when you talk to them. That
is, this is challenging on them. When
Call about.
Call about a couple of things. So we want we need to make
sure that they get help and we got to figure out a better
way of dealing with the Micra situation of them being in
the first in all of the police district 18 Spurs. I just
had a meeting over in the first and man, I want to hurry up
and get out of there, you know. It's not is not a
Noah.
No one, should I?
no one should have.
No one should have to work in those conditions, right? So I
just wanted to mention that also, you know, there's a
letter going around myself, Alderman, Villegas Sparta
police and for the 13th District to come back. As, you
know, the emergency 12 and 13 and such a large District,
you know, it's a lot going on, you got piercing on one
side, you got, you know, what's humble park on the other
side? Humboldt Park over there. It's just a lot going on
for cars to be able to run that far to do their business.
So hopefully, we can get that District back. I wanted to
ask you about the police academy, the old police academy,
which is in, in my ward, what's your plans with the old
police academy? We, we had a brief conversation about that.
We really need to look at it. Our facilities are relatively
small area that Academy with small if we're going.
Do.
do a
To ramp up recruitment if we're going to get all of our
officers trained daily, when we are getting our out of our
officers up to speed with the 40 hours of training and all
of our in-service training, we need all facilities that we
can get. So, for that Academy over there, it would be nice
to hold on to that and maybe until we come up with an
alternative site or an even bigger Academy. But we, we
definitely need all the space that we can get it this time,
but I think that Academy also could be a potential
satellite office, but it's 13 District 2 is think about
that, while I got your email on that, okay, and when we
meet, we can talk about. All right. Good deal. Also, you
know, I got a lot of pickpocketing going on in Fulton
market right now. That's one of the highest tourist areas
in the city of Chicago, you know, the
You all.
You all have were.
You all have worked with us to put a couple of cars over
there but we need to we need to treat that area just like
we do Rush Street and all those other places because I mean
this is it this is where we make a lot of our money at over
in that area. And we don't need people to be afraid to go
to the area. So, so hopefully we can do a special detail,
like y'all do downtown. I don't know what you call it, the
entertainment, DJ land.
Set a timer.
entertainment teams and we can also
Entertainment teams, and we can also get rid of your
accounts are located, some work that I was able to get the
sheriff to bring some people over in Lincoln Park. How does
how does how does those things work out? I know that we
used to share and we use ATF and we use, you know,
everybody on the west side where we got, a lot of
high-crime going on that, but how does that work in those
areas like that? And then is it okay for other folks, to
ask for Cheryl to be in different areas of our community
was always helpful and the sheriff's department along with
State Police. They work in lockstep with this where they
have the available Manpower. We can we can ask for that
help. So we can always talk about that. Reach out to Leo.
Schmitz than that. We see what?
Can get.
Can get a.
Can get it.
We can get in that area. Alright, I appreciate you knowing
some of your statements and reference to working with the
violence prevention people. I think that's very important.
I heard you say something earlier about Cabrini-Green and
Dearborn homes and I kind of miss that. But, you know, one
of my challenges with Cabrini-Green is I don't get the new
Northside, as, you know, and all the police know, we still
got stuff.
Going on over there.
going on over there because the building,
Going on over there because the buildings have gone down. A
lot of people think that you know it is glittering and it's
nothing going on but we still got to fraction two factions
or two or three factions of folks that still fight over
there by lately and that community. And and I need when I
vitamins prevention, folks, when I talk to them, they act
like we don't need violence prevention over there and not
want. Want to know from your perspective, do you think
violence prevention can be helpful in that area with the
stuff is going on in a row houses and Marshall Field Garden
Apartment. You know what I'm talkin about eating? Here's
the, here's the thing with violence prevention. When we
talked about, a lot of the Outreach, they have to know that
area. They have to know the location. They have to know the
demographics. They have to know the gangs because if they
don't it's going to be a little harder for them to talk to
those individuals and get to the bottom of things. Then you
have to look at who you're bringing in there.
Obviously.
Obviously, they're
Obviously, there's some
Obviously there's some people were better than others. It
what they do but when you have particular Community groups
and and when it comes to violence prevention, some of those
workers need to be recruited from those neighborhoods. If
they are not, they may not be quite as effective. It can be
dangerous work, if you're not from that community, in that
neighborhood. But we have to focus on those who are doing
the true work, the real work.
I'm a.
I'm in.
I'm in, we buy, I've seen some change, I saw it in the area
to my salt with working with the right people in the right
communities. We were able to bring down a lot of shootings
and a lot of homicides as a result of it. So over in that
community. And, and I talked with my officers, I mean, we
all know what's going on.
If?
if you take care,
If you take care of that Community to bring that down and
can have it, it helps downtown to write cuz you know, is
right across the border and it's all connected. So, we can
handle, if we can tone that down, I think downtown to be a
lot safer to. Let's talk about that and we can get you some
groups over there or I could do also Macaulay. Just asked
me, are you working on a strategy for violence prevention,
device, prevention, strategies, strategies that are going
on? Yes, sold that I've had several meetings with the
George foundation and I have several meetings coming up to
meet with all of the Outreach groups across the entire
city.
Anti.
Fantastic. So I like to I like to be engaged and involved
with that cuz you know, as you know, I got several areas
the near Westside what's Humboldt Park in though. It's a
lot. He's Garfield Park. So I mean no different than
anybody else, but we got it going on. I know everybody
thing cuz I got the West Loop on the market. That is
nothing happening, but it's a lot happening. And if you, if
you're involved just just know there's going to be some
truth to talk there. So I will be making sure that we
understand each other, okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for
my time. As far as I know where we'll take it all to
McDowell. Also would be like to be added to that
conversation, as well as it might affect any of us that are
impacting. And some of the I think 15 communities that have
the service I need to be included in that conversation as
well. So that's weird Autumn into bars. Your next you still
on hold.
Okay.
Okay, no problem.
Okay, go ahead Alderman tomorrow, everybody's on the list.
You everybody's on the list or you just going to go down.
Go ahead. All the officers in a regular basis. I see a
reduction in the budget which makes me concerned. We are
expecting, are we expecting a Laura headcount or not
anticipating? Feeling they can face because of this
decrease. And can you walk us through the reduction in duty
of
Ability. And
Ability and uniformly.
Ability and uniform allowance and what the reasoning behind
it. If we can go to Commander Rowling, I don't believe
there's a reduction is there. So there was no reduction
there. Now it may be, you may see a reduction because of
the reduction in the number of officers wear weave that
where we haven't fill those positions. So that's quite
possible. I know all about the four hundred civilian
position, but can you walk us through those four hundred
civilian positions? The mayor has talked about and what
they will be doing? Are these positions currently in
existence and just at by officers, or are some of these
newly created position? So it's a lot of those positions
are newly created because when we look at the number of
civilians that we have on the job, our numbers
I'll be.
I'll pay.
Appealing. A
pale in comparison to other major metropolitan cities. We
have a pretty small percentage. It will be helpful to us as
a department again, to replace some of these positions with
non-sworn and retired police officers to come back and do
some of the work that we have sworn members doing right
now. When we can have those more members in vehicles with
I need.
I need to.
I need to call the El.
I need to call the other day.
I need to call. The other thing is, we're looking at
bringing people in, who have a background in technology,
things of that nature, which is going to help us, they're
going to help support the officer. So this will be helpful
to us has a department as a whole and then you don't
civilian Rising. A portion of the department, helps our
officers with a better understanding of dealing with those
who are non-sworn, right? This is going to help us as a
department. Develop and learn how to work more in
partnership with those who are not want. So this will help
us with our contact with the community. Also and then the
Chicago Police Department, they recently transition to a
new pay schedule. I've heard from dozens of police officers
about problems with their tax withholdings where money was
taken out when it should not have been or not deduct it at
all. What accounts for the payroll issues and is it being
addressed
Goodwill.
Can we?
Good weed.
About a donkey. Can you up or just a question?
but,
Bob.
Bangla.
Department of Human Resources. I'll try to address it. Yeah
we change the payroll schedule for the officers.
The.
this, the
This this past summer, I wasn't aware of a lot of a lot of
issues. I'd have to go back to our payroll department and
take a look at that and see where it where those were and
possibly. If there were incorrect, adoptions taken will get
back to you in a
What's?
I think it was somebody else. I wanted to chime in rhymes
with diamonds, deputy director. I just wanted to chime in
on your earlier, question about the uniform allowance in
the duty availability. So those are figures that are
confident that budget does most of those figures for us. So
what they do is they look at previous expenditures versus
kind of what's going on. The trends that they're saying,
so. That is why they kind of reduce that. So if you look at
your 2022 expenditures, they're much more in line with
that. Could you walk us through the budgeting process with
regard to facility maintenance? You know, I've seen what
officers have to deal with in the 11th District, where it
crumbling parking garage, and there's flooding locker
rooms. And you know, also officers also have to park their
personal vehicles on the street when they attend Domestic
Violence Court. And often these cars are getting vandalized
when they return and these issues persist in other
districts to what are we doing?
Droste's issues. I'm sure that's a PS, a question but I ran
to Tom Tepe director, Chicago Police Department. So we work
in partnership with a is in PSA. So at the officer level,
what they would do if they work with their command that
they would Smith vs a request which would then go over to a
is for work, what we're hoping is what as we see a is split
into DTI into FM. We look forward to those coming
conversations with to FM about that Capital planning on how
to fix those problems in a large scale, in systematic
Manner. And you write all the men we do, we have to do a
better job of making these facilities, more workable for
office. And that mean that goes to Wellness, you notice the
broken windows theory that should be applied tire
department in offices, so we will be looking at
to fix some of those issue.
to fix some of those issues. And one of the issues that
I've heard is how quickly a district can be put into a
backlog after a shooting, you know, for each shooting, you
have a car that doesn't report a s b car that goes to the
hospital with the victim, a third, the car that holds the
crime scene. You know, if there are multiple victims, you
have multiple cars going to hospitals, if the crime scene
is large.
5.
add multiple cars, hold
Add multiple cars holding the seat. Now, if you have
multiple shootings on one watch, you have calls going hours
without being answered. That's a minimum of three beat
cards, galper shooting for hours. I know the mayor wants to
add more detectives, but does this budget increase the
number of evidence technicians? I think I heard you earlier
say 30 and 6330 evidence technicians, when when they are in
a backlog to process the scene. So it has a compounding
effect on Manpower and in the districts were holding things
for their arrival. What other bottlenecks have you
identified to cut back on the amount of time districts are
in a backlog. So what what we just recently did so we had
the Citywide cstt that we just broke down. That's it e w e
s t team and put those officers in the areas those officers
now will be responsible.
Ending in the air.
Ending in the area. A
In the area and each district to help out with backlog. So
not only will these officers be over there to respond to
the most violent crimes. The most violent occurrences in
the district, but when we know that a district is in a
backlog, those officers will step in and start to take
calls. So they will specialize in particular things because
we as we know, we have a robbery issue, we have a stolen
car issue, so their mission will be
Zip.
Pacific and focused.
Pacific and focused how.
Pacific and focused. However, when we know that the
district's need help and we have multiple shootings in a
district. They will be there to step in for those offices
and help out with those calls, okay? And then through the
chair, if you can provide a breakdown on race and gender of
the villian and sworn police officers in Chicago Police
Department to break down, we will get you that. And then I
just want to thank the men and women, the Chicago Police
Department, especially the 8th District. Thank you to
Commander sprained knee. Thank you to Chief McDermott and
thank you to rcpd chaplains as well.
Thank you, ma'am.
Good very well. When do you want to go now or after lunch?
Am I?
Am I just had to
I just had a couple questions. Okay, baby Will Ferrell?
Good afternoon now superintendent. How are you, sir? I'm
doing well, thank you. And I'm into all the officers in the
Box as well. I just want to start out by saying. Thank you
so much work out of the box letting officers know on this
Police Department that you have their backs right out of
box. You talked about the emotional and the health impact
that the migrants sleeping in front of the police officer
with a heads on their emotional and in health.
and,
and I kind,
And I appreciate your concern there now, for the office is,
so thanks for standing up for them. And each one of these
districts with regard to hiring, I think my colleague asked
about it a little earlier. And if that's the four hundred
civilians that this Budget anticipates on hiring, I have
you considered bringing in a retired sworn. Yes. So that's
that's part of what we're looking to do. You know, we have
a lot of sworn members who retired, we have a lot of
institutional knowledge that they took with them and when
we are looking at the oversight aspect of it and the
training they have the experience and expertise that we can
train to that will help them be more effective in making
judgment on within the tread unit. When they're looking at
use of force on the part of an officer,
To train off.
To trained officer soda.
To train officer. So today. So we have a more effective
training team of people with knowledge experience and
expertise so bringing in those retired. One of the few more
members would be affected for us. Has a department officer.
Do you anticipate that we'll be able to put back on the
streets in the Patrol Division will right now with 400. I
can't give you a an exact number but it will be several
hundred office.
Is that we can put back.
Is that we can put back into Patrol one of these in a one.
And I asked that, because one of the problems that, you
know, I think many of us having our district is response
times. I might had instances where, where burglary has
occurred and in the police officers had not responded in
several days. Now, that's probably an isolated incident
that happened in the year, 2050 District. But certainly a
lot of calls that may not be able to emergency nature.
To.
Tuna.
Tonight.
2911 give police response in about 4 to 5 hours in some
instances. So I think the more officers we can have on I'm
in the Patrol Division in our District's, the better that
response time will be. I'm so it. Do you have any plans?
And I know this is something that that you've thought about
to certain degree. But do you have any plans with regard to
how we can decrease the response time? And now I'm in
districts like the 15th District the house or the 11th
District with the 10th District on the west side and where
there is a, a a huge number of calls coming in every single
night. So, the number one thing we have to do is assess the
number of bodies that we have in each one of those
districts. So, we have to assess the number of officers and
that's going to be based on calls for service types Prime
that occur. Now, I obviously everybody wants more officers,
right? We're going to do the best we have.
We?
We can't.
We can with what we have. However,
We can with what we have, however, I believe with putting
that Citywide CST team back into the areas back into the
district's that increase our ability to respond to some of
these jobs a lot quicker. That's the number one will have
more officers. They're not only the respond to the most
violent crimes. But we know that when our officers are down
on jobs, we started to go into a backlog. These officers
will be able to respond to the jobs and help out each
district. That's one. The other one is that with bringing
in more civilian staff, this stops us from in the future
having to, man, those positions with sworn members. So this
will also keep that down that last thing we need to do is
wait, we're planning on having a meeting with oemc to see
how we can, prioritize these calls the best way. Specially
those of a
Framing.
framing a
Criminal nature.
Criminal nature, and how we can come up with a with
responders, who can respond, maybe to write a report, but
for something non-criminal. It does not necessarily require
police response. We can start to weed out some of those
calls. It'll save our opposite sometime and we'll go to
those priority jobs and we'll get there for you. It would
it would it be and I just have a couple of questions left.
What is the current eligibility?
Permits to become.
Permits to become a police.
Permits to become a police officer.
It's
Disturbed.
Is there Bob Lewandowski? Human resources are current
eligibility requirements. We do we do look for a valid
driver's license, a FOID card when it comes to education
and experience we look for 60 college credit hours. But
also in lieu of the 60 college credit hours, we will take
work experience in certain areas as far as Social Work
safety. So we will look at that work experience in lieu of
some of the college hours. We also work with the city
colleges in cheap tally. Can talk a little bit about that
for a program that we currently are working with for
individuals to get there. 60 college credit hours in public
safety that also can come through through our program.
What about?
What about the polygraph?
What about the polygraph inside?
What about the polygraph and psychological?
Pause.
Polygraph inside.
Polygraph and psychological part of the background check.
So ya won't once they've met those minimum qualifications
and they've applied and they're taking the police officer
test through the background at the, during the background
there's a polygraph and at the end of the process there is
a medical and psychological. Yes sir. If you can because
you guys know that we are not getting a sufficient number
of applicants to sustain. You know why you're mad with
Police Department with some folks believe is is an adequate
size, some may not there was a time when we were receiving,
you do 20 up to 40,000 applicants at a time. And now I
believe that number is down to about four thousand. Have
you considered relaxing some of the requirements,
specification, the 60, credit hours. And then looking at
evaluating
The.
DePaul.
The polygraph.
The polygraph test.
The polygraph test in this essity of it, have you
considered those will? There's a, there's a couple of
things and I'll tell you what, the polygraph does not
itself, does not eliminate a person. So it's not like, you
know, you can take a polygraph and it just eliminate you.
One of the things I will say, is this time, we've we've
looked at that when it comes to the 60 credit hours and
it's quite possible that you can get some really good
police officers. If you did that, especially those who have
been in the workforce but quite some
Would.
We're just looking for a Lego.
We're just looking for a leg up, in the better.
We're just looking for a leg up, in a better job and a
better opportunity at life. That's, that's great. However,
we have to be careful with over relaxing standards because
what are we hiring? If we do that, right? We still want to
get the best and the brightest on the job. If we go too far
and are relaxing the standards, we end up allowing people
to come on, the job would probably eventually going to
embarrass her since not everybody. So it's some point until
we know that we're hiring the best, and we because that's
what we should be targeting because we need to
professionalize this job, because it is a profession and
not just a job. This is a job where you have to have
people. If you, if you look at the study done, only 1% of
the population, actually qualified to do the job of a
police officer in the terms of what we expect the police
officer to be and to do. So if we over, relax standards we
songs.
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Times. Get bad.
Times. Get Bad Apple.
Times. Get bad apples.
Times get bad apples through and we end up having to remove
them. So at some point until we know we have the most
robust, recruiting plan, I would rather work with the right
people and work with a little less officers and be a full
staff and have the wrong ones. So we just want to make sure
that we get the right people in when we do that, I agree
with you to some degree. But I disagree with you a whole
lot on that because when you became a police officer, when
I became a police officer,
Basic.
That 60. So
They 60 semester credit hours was not in place. In fact, I
join the police department with a high school diploma and
had a successful career, and you've had a successful
career. I don't know what he went to college before you
became a police officer, but it was not a requirement then,
and perhaps everybody that sitting in a box when that time,
when that application process was in place, it was not a
requirement and it only other side of that. And on the flip
side of things, these these multimillion-dollar lawsuits
that we're settling are, all because of young police
officers that have 60 semester hours of credit. So I don't
believe I'm going to two years of college in and party and
doing those two years of college, I'll mix you a better
application. What work is? I think it's up here.
Which makes?
Which makes you?
which makes you a
Which makes your?
Which makes you a good. Apple will keep in mind, all of me.
What what I'm saying is? It's, it's not about the, the, the
60 credit hours. I agree with you there because my
statement was that we are, people, will probably right now,
working on the back of a garbage truck would make an
excellent police officer because they have the life and
work experience, and they would really appreciate working.
This job, they would be great. There's some people who
couldn't afford to go to college, but they have the
mentality in the Integrity to do this job, the way it's
supposed to be done, they're prepared and ready.
Someone coming out of college with no lie.
Someone coming out of college with no life.
Someone coming out of college with no life, experience with
60, credit hours. I agree with you. That doesn't mean that
they're going to be the best police officers. If even if
we're looking at that, it could be a degreed or not agreed.
We want the brightest and the best. The only thing I'm
saying is, if we relax, too many standards that we have to
be careful with that, it's not, it's not just about the
education aspect of it. Because again, you, you said it,
best. We are. As we see people wear, 60, credit hours was
still making mistakes having certain standards. Even with
your psychological exam, those things can be evaluated to
determine whether or not. We are actually administering the
best exam or whether or not another exam would be more much
better for our officers especially if they're seeking a job
because that's another thing HR said to me when I
Prices.
Price.
Processing is.
Processing as a recruit, a told me, I filled the
psychological and only one person has ever called me crazy.
But I would have what I'm trying to tell you is, I think we
are not getting in, and we're also dismissing a lot of what
I believe to be folks. That could be great police officers.
So I think we need to review these
Play.
Please read.
These requirements to some degree the words that we're not
relaxing them. They were but we're holding them to make
them better so that we can have a better applicant pool.
And I just had a couple, a couple of the questions, but I
think our superintendent doing a great job and he and I
will get an opportunity to talk over the years and I look
forward to working with you. A thank you, Lord, for all the
men. I think we're a little closer on that beat, you think.
Thank you, sir. Thank you. We are going to break the team
is a sister break at this point, or for lunch based on what
we have today. So we're going to reconvene at
a week.
We can be in.
we can be in at 1:30.
Comedian.
The committee will be ready.
The committee will be at ease into 1:30.
Members, members rcpd members are, please feel free to join
us upstairs for lunch. My apologies for not letting you
know before we closed out.
We're going.
We're going to hell.
I'll go ahead and get started back. If I can have everybody.
Gather.
Gather back.
Gather back in the box and up on the dais Alderman. Laspada
will kick us off in just a moment.
Espada going.
Espada, go ahead.
Kissimmee.
Kill somebody.
Kissam. What's the trickling in first order for the second
half to Stanley? Great to be with you. I off the bat cannot
say enough about the great work of my districts for the
14th District for the 12th District, kind of like a lot of
Alders. We've had a rotating cast of four commanders but
each one has build admirably issues of their predecessor so
I'm really grateful for that. Thank you sir.
I,
I will.
I will, I guess I'll start from the top so like when when
we're looking at our overtime costs for C P D, I know that
we have 100 million budgeted but in 2023 are actual number
that we have listed includes two supplemental learning was
200 million in 2020 to 192 million. There hasn't been a
year in the past five. Good, we
We were under a hundred.
we were under a Honda
We were under a hundred.
We were under 130 million for overtime. I just wanted to
ask you feel like this is an inaccurate number for
overtime. Or is it one that we feel Dooms to exceed? And
we're doomed is a harsh word, but isn't very likely that we
exceed this. And what would you think is a more accurate
number when you say exceed? Do you mean exceed the
expenditure of this this year? I think so sorry. I think
that the past five years, informs us that we were quite
likely to go over a hundred million, unless there's there's
some other way of thinking about this. I can always tell
you that there's always a great possibility of something
like that, because of some unexpected events, that could
have occurred it where we need to utilize overtime, and
some in some spaces. However, what I will tell you is this,
we're going to be a lot more fiscally responsible with
start coming.
Start coming by.
Coming budget, we were looking at day, all cancellations a
mandatory day off cancellations, which I have put it into a
few weeks back when I took office and what we're looking
for in the future is to just assess what we're getting for
that overtime. Now they're going to be times where we're
absolutely going to have to use over time right there
times. Because we
A lot of huge event.
A lot of huge events.
A lot of huge events that occur.
A lot of huge events that occur, especially during the
summer, and we need that Manpower out there to make sure
that we have those locations covered so that we can keep
our city safe. If, you know, you know, we get to the air
and water show. We have NASCAR now and we have the
Democratic National Convention coming up, which is another
thing with the sparking protests and these pop-up protest
that are occurring. Again, these are things that we can't
account for that is possible. We may need to do extensions
of tour to make sure that we have that Manpower. I'm glad
for the fiscal responsibilities were talking about,
on the
On that.
On that phone.
On that phone number that we have the 50 million additional
coming to provide for those DNC needs wanted to ask further
down the line.
It's either.
Item. 300-3321 under areas desk, District board feels like
they're the bulk of the policing that our neighbors
experience in the streets in this area. We have a headcount
that is at 9402, but that's down from 9696. The previous
year in terms of personnel within the district space, it's
concerning to me because it feels most relevant to the the
police presence that our neighbors experience in the
streets. Is there a reason to be concerned? How do we see
this decrease in Personnel, what what made it impact?
That looks.
Does that look like for?
Does that look like for this?
Does that look like for a district?
Does that look like four districts? So it again in a
decrease in personnel, has occurred throughout the
department in all districts and that decrease was a result
of the past. Three years. The mass Exodus covid, the the
Riots of the civil unrest. And then just need the Auntie
police feeling on the part of the officers who decided that
it was time to leave. Now what we need to do is make sure
that we do a good job of a better job of bringing in more
people, to the department, we have positions that are
unfilled that we do need to fill. I will not make you
restate a so you did make the case for that. I was just
curious. Vacancies, notwithstanding it. It looks like we're
budgeting for fewer officers in that space. Is that
accurate? Is that an accurate understanding? I can't see it
with budgeting for fewer office.
cuz we know the
As we noted.
cuz we know that we
As we know that we switched out some positions, this matter
fact, if Ryan Fitzsimmons could probably answer that
question was about to mean, you're looking at page 196 of
the aldermanic book. Is that accurate? Yes. So what you're
seeing there is in 2023, the appropriation was born, 9696.
What we've done is that's including everything. That's
including vacancies that's including
That's including people.
That's including people who are actually here. So when we
went through and we kind of looked at what we are trying to
do, you're going to see that some of those got turned into
field training officers. Some of those positions that turn
into Sergeant which most of those two title codes, all
stayed within the bureau Patrol and then the basically what
you're seeing is the impact of all the effects that the
superintendent was speaking about. I mean, I guess if I was
going to ask the question most bluntly the way our
neighbors would ask is do we feel like this will lead to
fewer beat officers being detailed in the signs in our
districts know we can it's like I could spend
It.
If you look here, it's what you're budgeting, right? And if
I decided to budget all of my money in one pool and I knew
I wouldn't spend it. It's not good. So what this is doing,
is it bring your budget more in alignment with reality
where you're looking at? What is actually in the district.
And that is helping us kind of moved the department into a
more modern era. That is a helpful way of looking at it. I
appreciate that. I would ask if you would say the same
thing cuz I was going through and I see it. Similar
decreases in head. Count in traffic, suck the traffic
section from 278 down from 321, narcotics, and vice 248
down from 287.
Gang intelligence.
Gang intelligence 109 down phone.
Gang intelligence 109 down from 159.
Are we?
Are we talked?
Are we talkin about it the same way or we just trying to be
realistic with our our head counter? What accounts for
those teams has a similar thing. We're adjusting vacancies
that we've recruited over Years and we're coming back into
alignment, we're where we need to go see what this is
doing. Is it putting resources back where we want to go? So
if you look, we're putting more money into forensics. So if
you look on page two hundred and three are evidence in
recovery recovered property section, we're fully going in
on Investigation, so we can make sure that we are going
after. For example, we had 30-day evidence technicians.
They're essentially what those people are doing is we have
switches where you're generating a large number of shell
casings, which we need more sworn officers to address that
problem which we're seeing in the past few years. A lot of
shift towards administrative support side of things. I
appreciate what's happening there, I have one other
question, I suppose that will work for me.
1 2.
one, just
One just sign me up for the round two in advance knowing
knowing that we're seeing those ships knowing that we're
trying to be accurate with our headcount. We also want to
make sure that we're using our officers time as effectively
as possible to tickle combating violent crime. Robberies
being the top concern for the 14th and 12th District
neighbors that a represent. I did want to talk about
briefly how we're proceeding then was traffic stops. So we
know in 2022, we had over half million just over half
million traffic stops which was a 35% increase over 2021
curiously for both 2021 and 2020 to about 67% of those
represent. Non-moving violations, only about 2% over for
speeding for DUI, for reckless driving. I wanted to know if
you could share
Why?
Why does?
Why this is a a philosophy of policing that we lean so
strongly into when such a, it feels like a small percentage
of these cases actually are resulting arrest in Contraband.
So here's what I can tell you what, what I can tell you is
what my strategy is moving forward. My strategy moving
forward is not just using traffic stops as a barometer to
determine how effective we are in policing, but the type of
traffic stop.
It wouldn't.
they were making or the
They were making or the Thai.
They were making for the typos.
They were making or the type of traffic missions and the
purpose. For those things, the purpose for a traffic
Mission, should be to change the behavior of bad drivers.
That's number one and then the focus on traffic stops
because one of the major issues that we have is you mention
or robberies and a lot of these robberies are occurring
with Crews who are driving around and stolen vehicles. So
our focus is that in and of itself is a traffic stop. The
fact that we will pull someone over because we know, or we
have reason to believe that they're in the stolen vehicle.
So we're looking to make our traffic stops constitutionally
based on Reasonable articulable Suspicion, or probable.
Cause our focus should be on the violent crimes and to
change the behavior of those dangerous drivers out there
will not following traffic signals.
author of
Honor of my guy. I look forward to continuing that
conversation with you and thank you very much. Thank you
madam president and good afternoon superintendent and all
right you got the death of a squad. After lunch. I wanted
to follow up on something that Tramadol had brought up this
morning and she had to mention the National Guard and I
sorta wanted to take it on a different angle, recognizing
that you, you inherited the new arrival crisis. At all,
your districts and are working with the shelters as well.
Safe to say, you.
safe to say, you were
Safe to say you'd welcome working with the National Guard.
If they were assisting in the shelters because they are
trained to work with folks in emergencies and in times,
like this versus contract employees that might not have
that experience. What we accept, all the help that we could
get, as long as we knew that that help was going to be
effective and focused on a particular thing. So if we know
that we were focusing on housing, moving the migrants into
some type of shelter and we got help with that movement and
the housing itself. Yeah, we would welcome that, especially
in light of the districts, being filled with migrants were
very down on their luck. That this, this is it but our
officers are paying a heavy toll psychologically with this
singing this on a daily basis. So I'm sure you've been by
some of our districts
you used.
You, you see?
You, you see how it looks out? There we have a history of
working with the guards, who covid and other events in the
police have worked with the card. Thank you. I wanted to go
back to the helicopters. I know we spend a lot of time
talking about them today.
How?
Help me here.
Help me here, here's what I'm struggling with and maybe
folks that specializes in constitutional policing can help
me to when I go through the consent decree.
Ice.
I see several paragraphs 168 169 17171 548 that deal with
foot pursuit, but when it comes to pursuing a vehicle and
maybe or not, maybe I'm dusty, but I don't see the amount
of paragraphs is there. Do we have a huge section in the
consent decree that talks about vehicular Pursuits, the
chief novalis. If you want to answer that question, his
Constitution place uniform? No, we do not have a movie
paragraphs that address that. Okay. So here's where I have
nine beats in the 39th. Ward, people are distraught that
they feel like folks that cause harm and are up to no good
and not be chased. We don't have to sounds like I've gotten
confirmation from your folks that we don't have a huge
component of the consent decree, dedicated to vehicular
Pursuit yet we've taken this policy through
Is it general order?
Is it? General order? Yes, it is. There's a general order on
a vehicle. Pursuits. Yes. General order. That really, I
believe, limits your Chicago Police Department's ability to
pursue through vehicle and contemporaneously. We have no
helicopters to what is the plan and what do we do between
now and 2024 with no helicopters in to my understanding, no
vehicular Pursuit policy. And I know that we're probably
going to say, well, we're going to use po d&lp ours and run
him through sdsc, but it's not working.
How?
It's not working.
It's not working enough. So what do we do? So here's the
and let me just explain that the pursuit policy, we can't
pursue, but officers have to apply the balancing test and
oftentimes depending on the location time of day, number of
people were on the street and we have to look at the
vehicle that is being pursued. And now we wait at balancing
test, here's what happens if that Pursuit ends in an
accident? Where someone's hurt injured? The liability on
the officer to liability on the city is huge and we could
have three or four of these incidents where we could have
purchased two helicopters payouts now.
In.
in the
In the mean.
In the meantime, what we're going to do is utilize
everything, the best that we can. When we have our
helicopters working, we do have them up and they've been
very effective moving forward. That's why we've been
pushing to try to build Upon Our Fleet because it has
supported very helpful. It what we can't do right now is
just decide to completely just go into vehicle Pursuits
because the officers are not only, not only does this
become a civil issue, but it becomes an internal issue
where the officer could now lose his or her job, because
they're being there being investigated by Copa, another
body care.
We can pray.
we can probably a
We can probably agree that this this isn't a good situation
to be in our group and we don't have helicopter soup and
that vain recognizing that we have. Some major events that
are coming up in the next year before before Q4 2024,
Is.
Is it possible?
Is it possible for us to pursue an mou or an
inter-governmental agreement within another municipality
that has the air capabilities that we could work with for
the course of the Year? This is what we're doing right now.
We we if we do get some help from the county, we also get
some help from the state as a matter fact. I'll have a
deputy chief are acting Chief Therese talked about that I
could afternoon 80° for the bureau, terrorism. Yeah, we
currently are good relationship with the DEA and also a
DHS. They give us their helicopter when it's available. So
usually we do have a helicopter from one of them when they
are there available for DHS for for Region 5 or 4 Chicago.
Okay, which is how many states are in the midwest. So I'm
not sure how many states is actually pay. And then DEA has,
how many
6.
64.
6.
64 Rita.
64 Region, 5 total.
For the con.
For the country. And yes, correct. That's what I believe.
So we're at a significant deficit but we also have the app
for us to be advanced, notice on that, but they put that up
as well. So we do have Alternatives when ours are down. And
I don't want everybody to think that I wrote down all the
time, they're done with frequently because of the age. So
when they are done, we do reach out for the federal help
and for the S8 note,
Is.
is Detroit part of our
Is Detroit part of our Urban.
Is Detroit part of our urban area who's handling u a c for
us.
that would be right, but
That would be right beside.
Oh, I
tell.
w.
deputy director Rhymes diamonds. So I liaise with PSA who
handles our grants, day-in-day-out Natalie Gutierrez and
Tomas mother. When they're extremely helpful in helping us
secure the resources, we need Dan Casey who also works for
you back with them. We are they are not to bring all this
up because I'm
upset.
Upset and disappointed. I look at people in caps meetings
all the time and say, I'm so sorry, this is ridiculous. I'm
happy to work with you guys to figure out how we work. Some
type of agreement with the municipality that has more
resources than us. I don't understand why those
municipalities have more resources than us. I believe her.
The third largest largest urban area in America. I think /
Natalie yesterday, we received the second largest, you a
sea Grant. And the country after New York, I want to say,
is that right there, right? There is just ridiculous. We're
supposed to be getting the DNC and we don't have, we don't
have a policy that we're not chasing through a vehicular.
I understand the reason.
I understand the reasons why?
I understand the reasons why you stay.
I understand the reasons why you say that it's frightening
to me because the consent decree doll supposed to be
supposed to be our our North Star and we don't have that
directive out of the consent decree.
Distance.
I'm just inquiring.
I'm just incredibly frustrated and I agree with you
especially as the second largest metropolitan police
department in the country. Yeah, I bet that's why we're
advocating for these things either. I will tell you
I'm a.
However, I will tell you that when it comes to, this is
incredibly frustrating for officers and the consent decree
when we talked about the things like that being in the
consent decree, usually, what we see in the consent decree
or changes to the way that we do things and sometimes that
puts limitations on what we're doing or the way that we do
things. I think a healthy conversation about this would be
extremely helpful because it's more nuanced than just that
because there are a lot of a body's there. There's a lot of
oversight when it comes to those vehicle. Pursuits are,
they could affect our offices and their employment. And I
respect that. I just, I think we probably need to evaluate
how we're going to move until we have aerial assets.
Operation.
Operational.
Operational, quite frankly, we've been talking about this
for years and years and our communities are suffering right
now and they feel like there's no consequences for bad
behavior. In. Demoralized, their victims of carjackings
they're getting guns. Pulled on them in the morning while
somebody steals your catalytic converter it's just it's
it's ridiculous. I recognized that the speech. I'm going to
take two more seconds Madam chair.
I'd like.
I'd like to.
I'd like to talk to you offline a little bit more about
this two points. I do want to make sure that I don't need
to take up around 2 is I do appreciate your your strong
position on an Oath Keepers and I think that's critically
important and I also just want to mention very quickly that
I am surrounded by some really tremendous people and the
39th Ward who are just tirelessly dedicated in that
commanders, Alvarez buyer and in Daniels and I would be
remiss if I did not thank them today. So that's it. Thank
you had a thank you. Thank you.
technology because of the results that it had fielded.
There is a report from the inspector Chicago say Spectre
General from 2021 that details how shotspotter might not be
good technology to use.
I was.
I want to.
I want to better understand. What are the protocols in
place?
Do a
Do it.
Do it all the way.
To evaluate the efficacy of technologies that will invest
money in when it comes to cpb. And I think shotspotter is a
good example but I'm sure there are other technology. So I
would like to be able to understand how do we evaluate the
efficacy of technologies that were using it through
determining how often?
Is it getting too.
Is it getting two jobs? What kind of information are those
officers armed with prior to getting to those jobs and then
afterwards? How effective was the technology in the
officer? Getting the job done? When it comes to our
technology and it and it doesn't have to just be sound
detection. Technology are lprs, sdsc rooms are ATC rooms.
What I would say to anyone if you really want to get a true
understanding of how that technology works, I would be more
than happy to have our analysts. Take anyone in this room,
through that technology, to have a better understanding of
how that technology works and how effective, or ineffective
it is, one of the things that I would tell you that she
will be there. A lot of times from outside, we have people
who look,
Rapport.
Report San.
Reports. And this,
Reports and it's just simple, is that? They'll look at the
report and they come up with a finding of what they believe
based on those reports. I would say to anyone. You know,
stop in and see how that technology works. And then make
make a decision on what you believe about that technology.
Find out what it does. And now from that point, I think we
can all make that a judgments. It's kind of like the
conversation I had with someone this morning about singing
child that shot.
We hear.
We hear it.
We hear it on the news and it sounds tragic but to actually
see it, it's a whole different ballgame. So, when you're
out in front of and you get to see it when you get to see
how it's made, I think you'll have a better understanding
of how it works for us as a body to make the sessions and
we have to be everything stays, right? If I am seeing that
a mechanism that where you saying is being evaluated and
it's not yielding, the results that it should be using, but
we need to be able to use that date, on that information to
make decisions in terms of how we invest. I can go and I
can see how or I can go. And look at the device, I can go
and look at how it works. But that gives me a tiny inside.
I need to see the big picture and how and what results were
getting from this.
I am. How
I am half.
I am happy to talk.
I am happy to talk more about this offline, but I do want
to be able to understand how do we choose the technologies
that we choose and how do we constantly evaluate if they
are working or not? Cuz I wouldn't be able to make a
decision about something just by going and taking it to
her, but I don't think that, that is how we need to be
making decisions. I want to talk about old Keepers. We had
a hearing, I believe that it was in February of this year
with the last Administration. And we talked about it was a
very frustrating hearing actually, and we were told that
there were around 13 officers, that could be potentially
involved with Oath Keepers, the names of we're not
accessible. So investigation was closed. Now investigation
is open, can you walk me through?
What's the?
Was that?
Was the invest.
Was the investigation.
Was the investigation reopened and I think I heard somebody
mention the number nine in terms of officers that we
believe that could be Affiliated, is this associated with
those 13 that we talked about in the last hearing. And if
we have that amount of officers, I don't think that it is
in
cost of a
Possible. That there are.
Possible that there are more officers involved. So I want to
be able to better understand why they investigation was
reopened. And how did we get to 9 out of 13? So what I'll
do is I'll turn this over to the chief of the FBI a who can
explain to you how that investigation is on phone.
good after
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon, good afternoon to tally of the Bureau of
internal affairs. So, when the investigation originally
came about we did not have the names of the officers. There
was another officer that had an ongoing investigation that
we closed out. Last week, we received the list of names and
we immediately initiated a log number. The reason it went
from 13 to 9 is because some of these officers retired a
while ago. So right now we just have this ongoing active
investigation into the 94, alleged membership in The Oath
Keepers. So for the officers that have already retired, do
we look into the records of this officers and how their
involvement in this white supremacist organizations could
have impacted their work.
Well, that is that would be part of the end.
well, that is, that would be part of the
Well, that is that would be part of the investigation and
is there anything that can be done after an officer retires
in terms of benefits or anything like that? If we do find
out that there was misconduct, no.
so,
So waste.
So we so we see how important it is that we investigate
this issues. I think that we have a lot of problems with
this. Trust, in our communities, particularly our black,
and brown communities, in the city of Chicago and desist,
it's heartbreaking to know that there are people in the
force that belong to these organizations and that.
I asked.
I asked if,
I actively in.
I actively engaging organizations that hate our
communities. It's scary and we need to know that that is
not going to happen. How are we prepared to prevent that
from happening again? How are we prepared to intervene to
the tact when there are officers, that are engaging with
this kinds of organizations? Well, actually, we have a
draft policy that we had input from the commission that
we're going through. We're looking at the best practices
from other departments across the country that we can
include in this job. And it's my policy to make sure we
prevent and get
Head of any future.
Head of any future incidents. And allegations of white
supremacist organization in the Chicago Police Department,
I think I read on the news about the current contract. And
how are we going to manage the list of organizations that
are considered hate groups by the police department? And
that officers can or cannot belong to take? Can you talk a
little bit about that while? I can't talk a bit about that
because the policy is still in draft and we need to
determine how we're going to categorized these hate groups
for the Department that it would not be made public. I
understand that it's a giraffe. I do want to make sure I
probably has access to what, what kind of organizations
were talking about.
Sebring.
Super Nintendo.
Superintendent you have said that you are in support of of
treatment not trauma which is a policy that I have been
pushing for the last 4 years now.
The bottom.
The possible.
The possibility of have.
The possibility of having a model of Mental Health crisis
response in the city of Chicago response and Care Hacienda.
It really good results in other cities and I have talked to
has lots of of police departments in other cities that said
that, he'd have impacted their departments positively.
Because it has shortened the, the time of response for
officers. I wanted to know your thoughts in terms of how a
model like this, could help your department. If our office
is because oftentimes offices go to calls that are
overnight criminal nature, but someone is calling because
someone is in crisis, right? They're suffering from a
mental episode and they need help. They don't then, we're
not looking to lock those people up or take him to jail.
Those people need help, and if we can get someone to that
call,
That.
That's a.
That's not.
That's not in you.
That's not in uniform that freeze our officers up to handle
more violent crimes in the focus on robberies and things of
that nature while we're now why we now have someone who's
qualified to actually may be diagnosed that person at the
scene and recognize what they need and then get them, they
hope that they need. So we don't want to show up as the
police in these situations and have a situation escalate
where officers are not necessarily train even though we do
have citr.
Trained officers.
trained officers by the
Trained officers, but if we can get someone to handle that
job was a clinician or someone who has the background for
it. Frees up our officers from that job. It gets that
person to help that they actually need, and nobody
traumatize in this situation. Thank you so much for that
response. I appreciate it. Thank you. Bella by Alderman
Martin.
Super.
Super Nintendo.
Superintendent, I'm on the same side. Where are you? I'm
good. And how are you sir? Thank you. And you try to
address a lot of the issues. I think that all men brought
up today, I think I share a lot of the same concerns and
issues, you know, that in our air, we've had 14 1918 and a
lot of issues with carjackings armed robberies to the point
where it's, you know, the frustration level everyday of
trying to keep up with how many there are is, is, you know,
it's kind of Beyond The Pale of what we've experienced in
the past. So I just hope you can continue to work with the
commanders as you are and and try to change the situation
for the better. And I trust that you guys will do that on
some policy issues from what I've been hearing from some
officers things like templates tinted windows, you know
some of that vehicle issues that we've been seeing. How do
you, how do you address it and your policy team?
when we have state laws like the tents,
when we have state laws, like the tinted window,
When we have state laws, like the tinted window law, that
was changed a few years ago to allow for much more tent or
to not enforce these templates. How, how does that plan to
an officer's day today on the street where they see these
kind of vehicles and maybe ones that they're responding to
calls on? It could be problematic at times. However, if we
know that, the law doesn't allow us to step into that realm
to stop a vehicle. Then we shouldn't be doing. It's that
simple. I mean, I know that there are those who believe
that it kind of handcuffs. The police is the term that
people use. However, however, if it is the law, then we
should be following the letter of that loss.
and then,
And then just kind of going through a couple things. I I I
believe the technology is a great asset to almost any
department. Whether it's bacp streets and sand Police
Department. I think I would just advocate for trying to get
this helicopter issue. Addressed I heard somebody mention
Department of lot today, but we were hearing from
procurement that. It was a police issue and it's sort of a
lot of finger-pointing going on. And I think if, if we can
help to finalize this issue, you know, make sure that we
have the assets that we need long-term. I think that any of
us are willing to help with that included.
I saw you have a budget for.
I saw you have a budget for drones.
I saw you have a budget for drones or at least through.
Maybe I'll um, see, you know, I'm moving into that
direction. I think, obviously technology technology does
not make a rest, but it can definitely help with a lot of
the situation. So, I hope you continue down that path and
then I think it was Alderman. Taliaferro, earlier, brought
up the auxiliary police, and, or, or something similar to
bring officers back.
When?
When when we had dks up earlier, we were talking about the
number of festivals and events that take place in the city.
And I know that at least and I think the 19th District 49
District. We've tried to reduce the number of events over
the years that I've been Alderman to reduce in Parthia
impact on the community. But also the impact on the
district's officers would have to be at those events. Do
you think and auxiliary or something like that would be
helpful just for those types of concerns? What it do? What
I tell you about. A lot of these events in a lot of major
events. They hire their own security, which is been helpful
for the police department, not to have to use Manpower at
those events. So, I would say that there has to be some
Love.
Level, of course.
level, of course, there are when
Level, of course, there are when a police presence is
needed to keep an event safe. If they are not providing
their own security, what would be really helpful is? If
these these event planners were they hired their own
private security officials required to hire him? Yes. Okay,
yes. That would be very helpful to us. All right. I think
that's something that we is all to make can work on and in
the special event packages because a lot of times they come
and, you know, how they have while you're supposed to get
it in 45 days before we get some of these that come in and
say 20 days before I go, I'm sorry, you know, I just had to
put the package in but we don't have time to hire and then
our officers get stuck, having to make sure they do the
rounds in there. So I'll look into that and make sure that
yes because when that happens then we have to plan around
that event up and then we have to assign officers and it's
a it's a huge strain on our Police Department.
I think, final.
I think, finally.
When?
when were
When we're looking at assessing the numbers of officers and
districts. I know it's an annual thing that we come up and
say we all need officer. So I hope the assessment process
goes well and and it's open. And you know what you land on
for those assessments is something that we, you know, can
trust in you to, to do the right way. I know we will, but
other than that, I think I just want to thank you all your
staff. And then certainly, I remember
look for
Look for super.
The force who works to protect this city and especially
under these tough circumstances that we find ourselves
under over the last several years. Just appreciate all that
work and hope you continue to do well in this position that
you're in. Thank you. Thank you sir. Good afternoon. Good
afternoon. I just have one question. I'm done. Are you
familiar with the cop house? Yes, I am. All right, are you
in favor of the cop house? Yes, I am.
The right.
Alright. Alright, the cop house is from my colleagues that
don't know. We passed a cop house. I think was 48 to 0 in
committee. That was a order for the superintendent at the
time under superintendent Brown. It was an order that he
ignored to get the cop house off the ground. Now, the cop
house is a, it's a new concept of crime-fighting in our
community. I was able to secure the funds to pay for the
cop house at no cost to the city of Chicago is totally
privately-funded. This is I think will be the first
Ray.
Racine, Wisconsin has the
Racine Wisconsin has six cops.
Racine Wisconsin has six cop houses that's funny about SC.
Johnson was also funding my cop house if he Jonathan bought
method. So they're the largest employer largest corporation
in the country right now and they're finding this and if it
works we can grow it in other communities but it's been
held up. But five years, five years has been held up and so
I'm hoping under your leadership, your guidance, your
direction. We're ready to move forward with the cop house.
We already have the house. We ready to go, but we just need
the police to get on board, so we can get this thing done,
so we can help you fight crime in our communities. Let's
talk as soon as possible. Thank you. That's all I have.
Thank you.
thank you, madam Che
Thank you, madam chair. I have 45 questions. Thank you so
much for being here, soup. Just want to ask you a question,
regards to the four hundred civilians or so, I did hear a
couple of my colleagues bring them up earlier. I'm not sure
if I understood, I wanted to re-ask, the question about
what type of positions are these four hundred civilians
taking over and how you believe that'll impact crime rates
in our city? Several
Position.
Physicians.
Positions that we will be using non-sworn. One of the things
that we talked about was rehiring, retired police officers
for that expertise to bring into the training academy. So,
we're looking at civilian Rising a large portion of the
training academy. This frees up to the need to have sworn
members assigned to the academy that puts more officers on
the street. Also shred division where our officers are
reviewing body-worn cameras, use use of force on to bring
civilians a civilian ass back to that that level of
oversight. So there are multiple positions there for that.
We also looking at a technology, right? They're bringing in
people who have expertise in certain levels of Technology
that's going to help us that's going to help the civilian
employees on the
child support.
Child support our officers in the work that they're doing
right now. Currently, the other thing is, it's just having
that those civilian employees amongst us. It it creates of
a better environment for the officer. So it's not just
office is working with officers, its officers working with
civilian. So that we have a better understanding of the
community community, has a better understanding a bus. So,
it shows that we can work in partnership with people who
are not sworn members and how many of those 400 to go to
the training academy
Angela.
Angela Valles.
Angela Bowers cheap. New Balance 100 training officers to
the Education and Training Division.
Okay, no.
okay, that's a
Okay, that's a biggest part. Probably 400. And the rest are
just spread out and different different positions
positions. Yes. But, there's about four hundred new
civilian positions, 100 of which will be dedicated towards
the training academy. I'm assuming that that's the largest
part of those 400 and the rest of 300 spread throughout the
beer. That's correct, that is correct. And that's what I
was trying to get a couple more items one, just on a
detective's, as I understand we've had a number of
promotions. I'm just curious Windows promotions of curd and
if we've seen any uptick or measurable, indicators of
success, after the increase, or after those promotions. So
you mean the promotions that that we've had? Yes, I've
detected earlier on 17, I just received
Motion of detective.
Motion of detector test.
Promotion of detective. Yes, sir, we can go to a chief or
city, the chief of detectives division.
Could.
Could a?
good after
Good afternoon. Can you hear me? It's another City chief
Bureau of detectives. Thank you for your question. Yes, we
did a detective this year. I think one of the benchmarks
that maybe is going to highlight the work that's happening
with those digital Personnel is right now, our clearance
rate percentage is the highest that it's been since 2014.
And we've been seeing that these additional Personnel are
now able to use the resources that were talking about and
looking to expand with this budget and to get the support
from civilians. We think as we add more detectives, it's
going to help us.
A b, a b.
I'll be able.
I'll be able to.
have a
Have a heart attack.
Have our detectives Focus entirely on complete and thorough
investigation to reduce the caseload that those detectives
her or handling. And I think that's also going to drive up
to parents rights. There was a lot of campaigning on the
mirror, another manic Trail about increasing the detectives
as a as a solution or as a means to address crime in our
community. Our residents don't believe that crime will be
resolved. They're much less likely to pick up the phone and
helps out. It's a cyclical problem in my humble opinion and
I think that I'm very interested. I am very interested in
looking at these promotions, the increases in detective to
see their investigations are are are are more fruitful and
leading towards
You don't.
You know, more.
You do more for the coldest place in the potentially
dangerous crime as well. I guess all that mean I'm sorry,
you're 100%, right, and just to go a little further with
that. What I can tell you about the cheaper City, she's
also increase the f l o. The family liaison program in
dealing with families who have been affected by a violent,
crimes of family members that are lost the homicides,
things of that nature. What we plan to do is to make sure
that all of our detectives detectives get the training they
need to know. Now bring more Comfort to the family follow
up on investigations. Rather they have a breakthrough in
the case or not but just to keep those families abreast of
what's going on when that happens and that, that is what's
going to build that trust that you're talkin about, is
going to get more information flowing into us. So, that's
the plan and that's why we need to work in lockstep with
the community. So I do appreciate that yet.
who is so we
who is so if we
Who is so if we had some wonderful engagement at the local
level with civilians and Anna deseos cetera, this increased
Focus that I'm seeing in this community relationship is
really understanding, how we determine violence, how to
prevent violence, how we keep people safe. It's all in
relation to our community members, and their trust in
policing and their ability to pick up that phone call and
make that call and feel confident that that call Will.
Inside.
in some of the
Salts insult if you want to see and that's more strategic
presence and better results. And you know whether it's you
know the gang violence issue that we see in that little
girl is North. Lawndale precincts, that I have an
engagement that we seen there and prevention. Efforts or if
it's the sex work happening. Sex trade happening along
Cicero Avenue. I I got to I got to get credit done. Brooks
is out there with me yesterday. We had about a hundred
Neighbors in a couple different blocks over on Cicero and
49th up there. And it's that kind of policing that I think
works. Proactive, policing, building relationships with an
also, we need to make sure that residents can be assured
that, there'll be presents when it's most needed and there
will be accountability when it's most needed. This issue
accountabilities, an important one for me as well. I'm a
firm believer that the vast majority are police are trying
to do great work and they're great partners of ours we got
to make sure
We work with.
we work with them.
We work with them and make sure that they're that your
professions honored by also holding. Folks accountable, I
will need to be held accountable, so I just want to get on
my soapbox there. Thank you so much for your for your
presents. I appreciate the job you're doing so far. You got
some great people. You're working with that. I work for a
long time with. So I looking forward to continue working
again. Thank you, ma'am stretches, her Alderman martinfeld
by Alderman Vasquez.
I got.
I never knew.
I got her new superintendent for the CU. I had a question
for the first day of budget hearings that the budget team
suggested I post to you and your team specifically around
overtime over the last number of years. I think we've been
consistently budgeting a hundred million dollars for lots
of reasons. It's been going consistently above 100, I think
in 2020 it was 169 million dollars 2021 is 130 2020, 292
million and then we see I think I was reporting this year.
There's 126 just through the first six months. So I was
hoping you could discuss. Why 100 million is in here for
the the next fiscal year and any relevant changes processes
that you and your team are putting in place to get us as
close to that hundred million dollar figure as possible.
Walter.
What did?
Did the assessment of what happened this year, right? We
need to go back and look and see where we spent the most
money. Do a lot of day off cancellations. They were
mandatory day off cancellations that we are looking at some
of that I've already put into. We also need to look at
voluntary overtime, initiatives, to make sure that we're
getting
The.
The best bang for the buck. So to speak, when it comes to
that, we need to make sure that when we're utilizing
overtime, that it's defective and its effect, if everyone
is effective in crime-fighting. So there places, where we
can cut, we've identified a lot of places where we, we can
cut overtime and we're going to continue that now.
Obviously, there are a lot of things that are unforeseen
that can happen, especially in this city with what we're
saying now, with the uptake in protest with the conflict
that's going on right now. We're seeing those things with
the Democratic National Convention coming up. We know that
we're going to have some challenges with overtime, where we
are going to have to cancel days off. But there's going to
be plenty of notice. When that happens, I'm we're going to
look at extensions of tour. We saw that there may have been
some waste there when it comes to extensions of Tour of
Duty within the district's. So that's something that we're
going to cut.
Going.
going to,
Each district Commander will get a budget and one of them
when their District Commander gets his, or her budget, they
will be responsible for staying within that budget
anything. That's outside their budget. They're going to be
held accountable for it. So they will be responsible for
maintaining their own budget. This gives him more time to
be back to each district commander and the level of
responsibility to make sure that their budgets are kept.
Rap. So,
Trapsoul.
Rap. So right now we're going to do everything that we can
to be fiscally responsible to make sure that we get as
close to that number as possible. Thank you to ask about
immodest item. This is about the increase in domestic
violence, advocacy positions. I think this is perhaps part
of the broader initiative to civilian, I certain positions
current fiscal year, we got 4 in the book, going up to 25,
hoping, you were someone on the team could provide a little
bit more gloss around, what the role of these Advocates.
Why the department thinks the increase can be helpful and
where they will be working geographically. If do to this
increase were talking about a person in each district court
there more centrally located in an area or headquarters
Cheap Nevada.
cheap in the valley.
Keeping the ballast with.
Keeping the balance. But you won't answer that with someone
else and the past with the office of community, policing
will go a little more into the weed. So what we're looking
at is adding 22 Crime Victims. Advocates and what we want
that group to do is to respond to none. Non-fatal gunshots
to ensure that the resources necessary, that the resources
he could leverage are applied to those victims drive. We
want to deal with the trauma of the other is going to the
increased. 22 domestic violence Advocates, and it's
essentially do the same thing. But for
Songs of cry.
songs of crimes that he
songs of crimes that have
Songs of crimes that have a domestic Nexus to them. As you
can see, the numbers are 22 or our goal. Is to ensure that
there is at least one of each addressing the issues in 22
of our District's, how they're going to be dispersed. I
will turn it over to the Rector Brooks.
Could a?
good after
Good afternoon director, Glenn Brooks office. Can you
please? Sing. So one of the things that we've been looking
at over the last couple years is how do we better care for
the victims, besides just looking for the bad guy or the
offender. One of our objective here is to provide more
Direct Services to that victim. Many victims of domestic
violence aren't ready to pursue the necessary, the criminal
side of the case, what are willing to receive help? We are
looking for ways and avenues to better service that victim.
One of the things that we want to do and it's been buried
out is building trust requires us to really focus on
providing the most service to the community and the victims
of those crimes. So, we are really looking here to bolster
that ability. We currently have domestic violence officers
in our district, but we are going to enhance Atwood Ave.
kid, who
Kid, who are civilian? Who
Kid who are civilian, who are better able to work and
coordinate with our community-based partners to provide
services for those individuals who find themselves in that
situation. Thank you, that's helpful. I had to request
through the chair. If there's been a posting in recent
years around this, I would love to learn a little bit more
about for the or soap is itions that are currently in place
with the scope of responsibilities are and whether it's a
job posting or something else. In terms of description, I
think that would be helpful as we. Make sure that I'm
moving forward. We're working collaboratively with them,
given the increasing, unfortunately, the number of D&D
calls that are coming both 2911, but especially to the DV
hotline. We can get that to you. Thank you. I have a few in
the interest of time through the chair request in terms of
the
cuz this
Position.
Position code for contractual service has it's all all
contractual service has three in total. So one is 0140,
professional Tax Services. Just curious why the increase in
1.2 million year-over-year through the chair. The second
0157 it's for rental of equipment and services,
approximately $200, increase curious, what that's going
towards and then third and lastly, 0169 technical meeting
cost up to $90 increase.
I'm
Anthony, the
Anthony the blame for that right now, but through the
Anthony, the blame for that right now, but through the chair
would be great. I wanted to shift gears to the consent
decree in the most recent semiannual report there were
three areas that were highlighted in the executive summary
that need an improvement, one, we've discussed at nauseam
both today and previously, around an adequate number of
sworn not sworn personnel, the second item concerns data,
collection and transparency. Hoping I could get some
insights in terms of from a budgetary standpoint where that
work is Houston here. And if we're looking at an increase
in positions to help address this, or just drilling down
using the existing positions, how were looking to address
that collection of issues that related?
Uniform, do it, as you know, in our efforts to attempt to
achieve operational compliance. We are going to have to
collect data and information to prove that we have a
policies in place that the training has been implemented
and that were actually doing it out in the field and doing
it correctly, in order to do. So, we have to ensure that we
have the positions in place to collected data and have the
systems in place to collect that data. All the reason being
is that currently we have multiple systems.
I sometimes, the data does a,
I sometimes, the data doesn't.
I sometimes, the data doesn't rot reconcile. So we have to
ensure that we have that in place. So one of the things
that we're looking to do is have our very own internal
group and what we're looking to have on here is going to
be, you know, a team that collects that data, analyzes that
data makes recommendations for us to be a self-correcting
agency in also assist us in writing accurate reports and we
can report out to the public so they can see our progress
as we continue down this road of the consent decree. And so
I'm looking at page 216 in the recommendations, it's office
of constitutional policing and reform. Is that where you
think the majority of the work would be housed in the
budget as compared to say, the research and development
division?
Show.
Show it.
So it is, it's all part of constitutional policing. So
we'll have areas in research and development and doubt, we
will be standing up our own unit to collect that data and
analyze that data. And then my last question is about the
third and final issue in terms of challenges that the
monitor had identified which was around on supervision
deficiencies as they understood it. And I don't want to get
into all the details that they were talking about, but I am
curious, what updates there are in terms of that 10 to 1
ratio in terms of Patrol officers to supervisors. How, how
I'm going.
Ongoing War.
Ongoing work.
Ongoing work has been.
I want to go.
I want to go to Chief McGee.
I want to go to cheap McDermott for that one.
Gaffney.
Good afternoon Alderman, friend become a chief Patrol.
Thanks for that question. So, back in 2022. We did rule out
our unit command span of control model to the 6th District.
We did have some operational hurdles who had overcome
during me time. We work with the independent monitor to
come up with a new model to remove those barriers. Which we
believe we're going to be able to roll this out faster Pace
in 2024 and October we did rule out the model to the for
district and in January of 2024 going to be rolling out the
model to the seventh sister.
Why. I'm
Why?
May I see.
May I share may, I ask one quick ball question and I don't
need to run to why why those three districts Securities to
start the minor team. First came here in 6, District
Southside Central located, one of our more violent
districts, higher number of police officers in that
District. So we wanted to test the model in a district that
had an old number police officers and I believe they are
the same thing. Holds true for seven district there by the
top three, both of them in the top three in the number of
officers assigned to the district and City B6 7-Eleven and
then I'm not sure how would child support District. Thank
you, that's all
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Vasquez, Follow My Lead.
Damn it, take it, you're not confusing anybody. She said he
was next, right? Okay, so he's next fall about advice to
the first, thank you for your work. I actually feel really
comforted by having you in the role given how tumultuous
things have been since the last time. So she could have
couple questions, most related to budget and
accountability. Some I'll start asking through the chair
that way, it's easier to just data. So in 2021. This body
approved, a series of salary increases retroactive from
2017 until 2025 as part of the, Appleby contract extension,
since the 2021 budget, which was the last budget before the
extension took effect, the city's total budgeted cost for a
poke positions have gone up from 994 million to 1.1
billion. This budget per head cost increases by 15,000
So what we'd like?
so what we'd like is a purge
So what we'd like is a projection of what those ongoing
salary increases are going to add to the budget in 2025 or
what, any further, extension to add to annual cost rights,
you got cost baked in but as you get the increases and
raises to know, what that looks like a similarly second
question, how much are we paying yearly? And retention
bonuses for officers with 20-plus years of service.
Yeah, so we just get that number as well. Would you like as
of right now we do not have an agreement with the fop to
pay retention bonuses. What we do have is an agreement to
pay a $2,500 bonus. It's a one-time bonus that will be paid
in the first quarter of 2024. There is no annual retention
bonus. And so, for that, is that cost factored. In, in this
budget for 2024 already, or is that in addition to what's
in the books? I'm not sure. I will get that answer through
the chair. Thank you. So the same contract is going to, I
believe, I might already had it increase of salary cap room
114 130,000. Similarly, can you give us a breakdown of how
many officers have passed that old cap year-over-year? And
what the new salaries above the old cap are going to cost
the city, so just just numbers, right?
Thank.
Thank you.
All right.
All right, so the
All right. So that the largest single Appropriations
increase in CPUs budget this year, is 60.3 million, jump,
and outside Contracting. Be the professional and Technical
Services category that up like, 80% from the previous year,
and it includes about 4.5 million from the corporate fun in
addition to various grants. What major Contracting expenses
are you expecting a 2024 that led to the increase and is
shotspotter? Sound thinking included in that.
IRA.
Iran sits.
I rhymes with time and deputy director CPD, so you're
seeing that increased. A lot of that is coming from the
DNC. That's 50 million right there. You're also going to
see as far as our contractual service is about 1.9 million
to get us some leased vehicles for our detective division.
We also are adding about 1.4 million or late and print
training to make sure that we're building strong cases
there within our forensics Division and we are now also
budgeting for our helicopter, pilot training in
anticipation of getting those two new helicopters. We've
all heard so much about this year.
Shotspotter is now.
Shotspotter is not.
Shotspotter is not done, thinking is not within cpd's
budget, it's within pspsa. Okay, thank you for that. I'll
say this, you know different folks have different takes on
the helicopters but I think we're all in agreement that
procurement is not the best friend to a lot of different
departments. So similarly like having conversations about a
ski up, so many things are very found a conversation with
that would be in support of you also mentioned and says a
follow-up.
To the best of.
To the best of your ability.
To the best of your ability obvious, you have to put
together a plan given the amount of protesting that's going
to happen. Now, we have a middle eastern conflict, which
could lead to even different kinds of protest. Is there a,
a timeline for when you all will have a plan for DNC? I
imagine it's still evolving, right? So here's what I'll
tell you. We have a plan in place. Now, the training has
begun. We've got deputy chief, a popular 10 from the
academy. You can talk about what we're doing moving
forward, and how we going to train new officers to respond
to protest and to protect people's rights to do. So,
absolutely, I think you very much for the great question.
WTF Crystal call you on with the training support group. So
it with the onset of the announcement of Democratic
National Convention, the training support group in
consultation with what not everybody might know. The
superintendent's Snelling was instrumental in the
initiation, the training and execution of the national
Oh my gosh.
NATO convention in 2012. So he's very experienced in this.
So we consulted with the superintendent, with the chief
know, Allison and she acting Chief DeVries. We got a team
together, a multi multi talented team, which included our
policy Riders R&D, SWAT team academy trainers, and we flew
out to Anniston Alabama, which we were able to get trained
through the center of domestic preparedness. They do the
fuel Force operations training, which prepares officers
through these large-scale events. All we got our officers
back. We work with them to where are and we did this almost
immediately when it was announced. So we created a group.
The group is now being sent out to do the train and do the
Train the trainer while this was being prepared. We're also
looking at many of our policies. We're updating our
alternate tactical response reporting during according to
multiple incident arrest in, corded multiple arrests for
updating all of our
plans are
Plans are paw.
Plans are Paula.
Plans, our policy.
Plans are policies to conform with First Amendment you, no
responsibilities and everything that's going on with that.
Currently were working with our monitors, throughout this
whole process and the center of domestic preparedness where
they're going to come out. And it we're going to train our
department throughout and they will be here, overseeing the
training and several of our monitors have already been
involved in other body Inc, events in assisting Us in the
preparation and
All the way.
All the way following.
All the way following through up.
All the way following through up until, but we do have a
plan. We will be ready. We're looking at every contingency
that might happen. We're working with our outside Federal
Partners, getting information, working with our internal
part. To make sure that anything that comes up, we'll be
ready for. Yeah, I really appreciate the thoughtfulness in
the answer. I appreciate the superintendent experience for
NATO conventions. I think those are good backgrounds to
bring. I think are happening. I'm sure you already thinking
through it, but I also add with the migrant crisis, being
what it is. I don't think any of us are under the illusion
that we're not going to see an exponential increase in
buses when you get close to. That date 10th is like place
like the United Center McCormick Place and in ways you want
to prepare for it. I'm sure those are things are taking new
account, but thank you for that my next question. So, in
the 2024 budget, right with a dab, police raises, we are
now looking at a buddy that's over 2 billion dollars,
right? Billion with a B. We seen it go off from 1.3 to 1.5
and 1.72 billion.
Do you say?
Do you say super in?
Do you a superintendent feel like that you see that money
on the ground so to speak and the reason I asked that is,
I've been advocating for auditing, not just the police
department but all our department to see if those funds are
actually being used effectively because I imagine there
might be money going to things that you don't even know
you're using potentially but it was here asking for two
billion dollars from his body. Do you feel like you're
seeing that those funds on the ground here? Here's what.
I'll tell you. I'm always open for everything right there.
Trash.
Currency.
Currency is is a must when we're allocating huge sums of
money to to any organization event, whatever we should know
where that money is going, and see if we getting the best
out of it. So, right now, I'm just sitting in this seat,
I'll tell you moving forward. I will make sure where that,
that I'm physically responsible and all of this and make
sure that everybody is held accountable for making sure
that that happens. So once I get a little more of this
under my belt and I get a better view of everything is
going on, I can actually give you a better answer to. I
appreciate that. I mean you know what, I'm talk to officers
on the ground like they feel like they don't see the
dollars right? And so I think it's it's not something that
it may sometimes feel ideological, but it's really just
doing them at your end in the mass shows. You what's
effective in what is in. So I appreciate that answer out of
that two billion dollar budget annually receipt over a
hundred million dollars. Go to police misconduct
settlement, not know what you kind of answer some of
I'm a.
I might.
I might, I
I'm, I talked to a couple of the offices before and hearing
what I'm wondering is who's tracking wooden cases started
compared to when we're paying the settlements, right?
Because of someone saying, Peter from the 80s and 90s and
we've actually done reform, that doesn't lead to the same
kind of result. I'd love to see the data to correlate to
that, right? Cuz if we see that is trending down, we're
with the newer cases and it's a good thing to say, right?
So just wondering if there's tracking on those metrics, I
have
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I acted.
I'm sorry, I'm acting Jenner.
I'm sorry, I'm acting general, counsel Scott Spears here.
You can talk about that, good afternoon, Alderman, acting
general, counsel Scott Spears, we work with the law
Department, to track our lawsuits and to determine whether
our settlements are coming down, we also work on them or
work with them. I should say to help us Trend spot and get
ahead of the issues that perhaps they're seeing perhaps
we're seeing if you could provide a net to the chair cuz I
said is metric tracking, I'm interested in and I would like
around to German. Thank you.
Thank you, thank you. All the Vasquez, ottoman, vice-chair
Leaf, all the Baldwin had,
Thank.
Thank you, turn.
Thank you, Charmin law, superintendent, her you listening
to some of the answers today that you all and you or you
and your team have given about some of the stranger making
in terms of closing cases cheap for setting, that was great
to hear curbing. The the people the number of people
jumping ship basically. I'm so I'm really glad to see that
that trend has continued with you from former
superintendent Waller. I'm going to I'll probably meet
around 2. I'm start with migrants because I think that's
top of mine for a lot of folks right now. And, you know, I
don't have a shelter in the, in the 11th ward. But the 9th
district, is, is pretty regularly above 200 at this point.
What are?
What do you see, right?
What do you see right now? Today?
What do you see right now today or are the biggest
challenges for police officers? I'm just tired of dealing
with the number of physical people in the police districts
right now, you know, that the challenge is more mental than
anything else. Just a day in and day out seeing people
sleeping on the floors of the districts. And then there's
certain challenges that come with that. Also, we have to
worry about people getting sick within the districts and
that illness is spreading throughout. So it makes our
officers who are in close proximity vulnerable in that in
that way but they do a good job. The district's do a good
job cleaning up at times during the day that lobby area to
make sure that they can contain the spread of germs and
things of that nature.
The other.
The other is.
The other issue is.
The other issue is just seeing that from day to day walking
in. It's a challenge to offices because it be there times
especially coming from jobs that are challenging officers
need to kind of wine down a little bit before they go to
that. Next job is helpful to them mentally and we're seeing
because we have such limited space that officers don't have
that space right now. They're doing the very best they can
with what they have, they showing some great resilience in
the district. Now.
also, I
Also issues where we have to make sure that the people
within and around those districts are following the law.
And, and we, as a police department, will police anyone in
and around those District, the same way that we were police
anyone in the city of Chicago. So, they're a lot of
challenges obviously. If we can find shelter for these
individuals, that would be way better for our Police
Department, it would be way better for our response, if we
can find some shelter and I'll find a place to House
people. Other than the police station. Thank you for that.
Try.
Track.
Tracking dirt.
Tracking Journey starts at the police districts, when they
get off the bus as we've asked these questions in their
Central Police District. They enter into the SR system for
for tracking and I think that's how a lot of these numbers
are based in just given the trouble with keeping up with
the, the volume people that are not just being dropped off
there, but are coming back in like switching between
districts. Cuz we know that's happening is, well, for those
that are committing crimes that you're arresting and then
such how do we, how do we keep track of people? How do we
make sure that we know where they are? Especially, if they,
if they've committed crimes that they've been arrested for?
What would I do without, I'll go to Chi.
McDonald.
McDermott.
McDermott that one.
McDermott that one and then I'll follow up.
Yeah.
Yes, Chief McDermott's programme Kermit thank you for a
question. So it's difficult to track the migrants track,
any other ahresty. So you know, once they get her laptop,
if you don't know where that come from, but once they do
fall into the criminal justice system, we do have the
opportunity to fingerprint time, and we least I have a
picture of them fingerprints records. Lot of times we don't
have a home address, but we do have a fingerprint and it in
a picture on file. So answers your question, what, what I
will tell you though that if we do that, the person who's
been arrested is one of our migrants, that information goes
out and goes up to change. So we do know. And we are able
to track to some degree more than you would think. When we
have members of the migrant population, who are engaging in
criminal activity,
Sure.
sure, in a sentence for my
Sure. Innocent information.
Sure. It is that information also then shared with like O E
M C or D FSS because the police stations are staging areas.
Everybody's waiting for a shelter bed and if someone's
committed an assault on somebody at the station, let's say
you don't seem to me that that would be useful information
to pass along in the shelter placement process is that if
you know, if that's happening to, Steven Chung has been
working really hard on this. And you may be able to answer
a few more questions with that. Thank you for the question
form. In regards to the question, we really don't track
because of the sanctuary status and welcoming City. The
specific crimes with the migrants, I will say that in
conjunction with the CPD has been doing a really good job
of being aware of such certain situations more. So with the
domestic incidents and just being really aware of the
victim in a fender relationship and regards to
replacement in.
replacement into shelter.
Replacement into shelters in in different facilities, while
there are new arrivals are waiting shelter, okay? I got
that clearly would. There's an issue with the same story
city that is said we don't necessarily pass along certain
pieces of information, but you are sharing enough so that
the perpetrator and victim or not being sent to the same
shelter, that's okay, great, thank you for that. So
yesterday I asked opsa and I asked a ISX
Last.
Last week.
Last week about the placement of cameras outside of police
districts. I've just given what you were just talking about
earlier with the number. People were keeping track your
staff or keeping track of outside in the, the vulnerable
nature of these populations. I know on the 9th District, we
had attempted learning. Some I got hit by a car and there's
all kinds of stuff that's going on outside. I'm just
wondering if there's any more movement or you're certain.
There's been conversation about placing cameras on the
outside of building. So that there is at least another set
of eyes to observe things that are going on. I can put that
question to Dan Casey.
Definitely.
Lieutenant Dan Case.
Lieutenant. Dan Casey, yesterday, many of these buildings
were built by public building commission. We are updating
their camera systems and their Access Control. Are we
started with some silly already Public Safety headquarters
and we will be doing all the district's it will all go into
the genetech system, which is there a single screen that
they use for cameras and other types of information? Great,
thank you for that. So just so that I'm clear, we're
working on it and we're working on it for all the police
district at this point. Okay? Great.
Butcher.
Boot shift. Gears look.
Boot shift, gears a little bit to Graffiti and the reduction
and the staff in your former unit, the counterterrorism. I
think I heard earlier when I asked the question that the
reduction that were seeing your two years, really, more of
a reflection of the actual bodies that you had previously.
We're not actually cutting Physicians, these are positions
that maybe weren't filled in the previous year, is that
correct? Correct. Okay, that's good to know. I'm wondering,
it's specifically week. I've had a lot of instances of just
increasing gang graffiti in the ward and I'm wondering just
how we best get to nip some of that in the butt a little
bit more with our Police District, have a great
relationship with caramel on Ice in the Ninth District. I
think we're all everybody is really over text. I'm
wondering how we can best serve be a good partner in these
instances. I don't know, a whole lot about, you know, gang
graffiti and the pulling down of street signs that
something that I just learned a lot.
for about
But I've got a few hot spots and I'm really concerned about
those are my residence. So I'm looking for some, some
advice and Counsel on how to best approach this and who to
connect with them to ensure that neither my, my
constituents understand that, you know what, the police
department has been responding and Beyond, you know,
additional patrols here in there? What else we can do to
try to move?
Element.
elements out of
Elements out of out of the new.
Elements out of out of the neighborhood. And we've done
this with a problem buildings businesses. We we have to
look at other City agencies to help out with that. We were
working with those other City agencies and really helpful
in working in lockstep with the police. Because obviously
there are certain things that we don't necessarily do, but
there are other agencies that have the ability to do that
and we'll go to director. Brooks glenbrooks to talk about
that. Good afternoon glenbrooks please sing, you know, you
can also in the Caps office once they are made aware of it,
they will work with Street To Sand, get that every
immediate removal. And if necessary, particularly if it's
hate crimes towards gang graffiti, we will escalated and
try to have that removed within 24 hours or less.
Thanks.
Thanks for the.
Thanks for that in the
Thanks for that. And it's a great partnership that we have
with the Streets & Sanitation, cpdm in the number of times,
we've had especially hate graffiti. That everybody is very
responsive. I just get concerned with you do on a Friday of
a long weekend, Friday night into Saturday morning all of a
sudden I'm tapered or not paper but like it's plastered
with new graffiti and tags that we can't really get to
until the free. We can get it removed over the weekend and
thank you.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you all the men hadn't, followed by all the men.
What do?
What do you call a?
What do you call you all in a swivel chair? And thanks
superintendent. A couple numerical things in. This is just
add on a through the chair request Alderman. Martin
mentioned a couple of these in a contractual Services there
was just one more I wanted to add, I don't know which line
it is. But for your do subscriptions and memberships, just
threw the chair info on that. Just some more insight would
be helpful. All of those line items had really big
increases. I'm sure there's a simple explanation for it. So
through the chair that would be awesome. I wanted to
maybe I
Maybe add.
maybe add my
Maybe add my hopefulness, a lot of my colleagues have
expressed gratitude in a lot of Hope for your leadership in
the department. I'm hoping I know 49th Ward residents, are
also hoping to see some extension or expansion of the types
of things that seem to be working in as far as like police
activity. So I want to listen to the 24th district has had
some great success with arrests made around those robberies
that we've seen Commander Brandon's, got a great team out
of the district.
And I don't know if police.
And I don't know if Elyse Saints.
And I don't know if police seem so I'd say, look at what
they're doing and maybe just want to highlight that cuz it
is it seems to be working pretty well. I want to lift up to
you especially given some of the conversations and concerns
people that brought up around. Whether it's, you know, our
civil unrest, whether it's a protest or even just kind of
the height and threats that were singing to the owner
Boulevard marginalized communities and maybe expect to see
more of in the future in the 24th district. And I know my
colleague might speak about this as well, but the the team
that works at the district with our faith communities is
also just like a great shining example of a resource
working on security working on responses and when they are
members of our community have come under attack, I just
want to highlight those things. As you know, things may be
that amplify and I'd love to see throughout the city. I do
have some concerns
About.
about try.
about track.
About traffic.
About traffic stops. So it's my understanding a lot of
traffic stops had really been pushed across the city in
really working on efforts to get more guns off the street
and guns off the street is excellent. But I will say that
some of the first of our kind of, you know, Coalition
partners and people who analyze the data. It doesn't seem
like the traffic stops are necessarily gilbane as much of
the results that we want to see, but I do get complain.
Remember.
Remember to phone.
Remember to collect.
remember to Salt Lake Community especially because a lot of
the traffic stops at least in my ward are really
Hard.
Target.
Target in.
Targeted on like, my highest concentration of black
residents and my highest concentration of poverty and
people really feel harassed there at the same time, public
drinking and open drug-dealing, just kind of happens
without like anyone doing anything. And so, I would love to
see and get a better understanding to from a Citywide
approach. Like I know that pay open public drinking. We
don't need to arrest people, but I would, I would encourage
seem more citations or like engagement from officers, to
discourage, that type of behavior, right? Because things
are really kind of Tanked since the pandemic people are
dealing with a lot more substance. You said we don't need
to arrest people for it but it would be great to have
officers engaged in a bit more to help us. His only so much
we can do from kind of the ward office and some of our
Community Partners. And similarly,
I'll say.
I'll say, we could really use some more help with parking
and traffic enforcement. So in the neighborhood, so just
there's things that are happening, but I know with so many
competing priorities, especially around like filing crime
and gun violence. It can be difficult for the resources,
but I would love to to see some additional supports there,
and I'll just share the other
Take me.
Sing my kids.
Take my constituents say they want.
Take my constituents, say they want to see a lot, which I
hope we can get back to is more of those in person
interactions with foot officers. So they're always say, we
want more beat officers and I'm like, we have officers,
they're just not foot officers. Write that are kind of out
in the commercial district. And I know since the same for a
lot of my colleagues pre-pandemic, we had some great folks.
Go through our retirements, through injuries, through
promotions for good reasons, to we lost some of those folks
that we really came to rely on and that is such a good
relationship with some would love to see that. And then
just the last comment is I really appreciated that area
meetings that were set up for us. And I look forward to
that 3 time of year. Continuing, especially for the word
like mine, which we are contained fully in one District. I
don't always have a, a great perspective, right of what's
Happening even throughout the whole District let alone
like, how late is my who are in multiple this?
I'm so, I
I'm so I found.
I'm so I found it really helpful.
Thank you.
I think you're all the man. I just like to say that it is
great to have those meetings that because we want to get
you the information of what's going on because we know
they're out there's actually a lot of great work going on
around it, the robberies. Obviously we have some challenges
with that, especially with the juvenile aspect of it in the
repeat offenders but will continue to do this because it's
just everything that you just gave me right there. That
that's why we want to go to you so that you can give that
information to our officers so that I can manage to get
that information to get you, the help that you need. So we
want to be proactive in and go to you guys before you guys
have to come and find us. I think it's more helpful that
way because then we get something out of it. Also we get
what we need from you so that we know how to move forward.
So thank you for that.
Something.
And thank.
and thank you, just
And thank you, just those requests for the chair. That's
all I've got for you. Thanks superintendent to the team
think of her.
Thank.
Are you all?
play, you are my
Are you Autumn had no ottoman cheek off all about on
Autumn's pizzato. Thank you, share, thank you so much for
all the work you're doing. Thank you for the men and women
in the Box for all the work you do and all members of
Chicago Police Department. I truly appreciate it. I'll
review and your remarks superintendent. Can you explain the
new or what the new crime intelligence, or I'm going to
tell her to send her a new DUI team will look like in with
that, if I could go too cheap.
Mercedes. You my baby. Give me one more.
Mercedes, you might be able to give you more information.
Mercedes. She might be able to give you a more information
on that.
Traffic.
Good afternoon. Can hear me, okay?
Answer to.
Intercity, Chief detective. So our crime gun Intelligence
Center is a collaborative effort to work with our federal
Partners in Expediting. The ability to analyze and get
leads back from our ballistic evidence on these scenes. So
I think the most significant thing that we're going to see
come out of this work at ATF has been a tremendous partner
for us, is that we're going to see that we have a quicker
turnaround time and being able to link the weapons that are
involved with some of these offenses, back to the offender,
as well, as any other scenes, where that may have been
used. And then obviously, I want to be sure to make those
connections as we talked about our prosecutorial strategy
were looking at wanting to enhance those charges and make
sure we have a strong case. It's a really important
initiative and we're really pleased and thank you for that
question. We're happy to talk about that.
Make.
In terms of overtime, I was happy to see you a appointment
for the time being going into 2024, will there be a
revamped your deployment? Or what's that kind of look like
going into? No, we won't be at every event to your
deployment. There will be no tear deployment. The reason
they won't be at their deployment because your deployment
was a, an automatic day, all cancellation throughout the
year. So we're not going to do that. Everything that we do
is going to be based on assessment and the need for
overtime. So again, as I mentioned before, when we have
these large-scale events, the air, and water show, when we
have, Nascar coming the DNC, we're going to have to assess
the need for Manpower in those locations. So that we don't
pull, we don't pull resources from those most volatile
areas where we see the biggest up taking cry.
Where we?
Where we have shoe.
Where we have shootings and homicides the drug-dealing,
those types of things, we want to make sure that we have a
proper allocation to keep the community who suffered the
most very safe. So, there are times where we will have to
do that, that will be assessed and we will figure out that
the proper number to apply to the whole situation. So we'll
continue to assess the route so that we can be fiscally
responsible especially as it relates to overtime and
Officer Wellness.
officer Wellness, we don't want to
Officer Wellness, we don't want officers working so many
hours that they're so stressed out that they're not going
to do the job properly. So we want to make sure they have
time to wind down. We want to make sure that they have time
to get their minds, right. Spend time with your family. So
they when they go out they can serve the communities. The
best way they possibly can. Thank you. I'm happy when it
comes to response time. Like some of my colleagues who have
mentioned, we're probably always going to be chasing
bodies. In terms of getting them on the street and then we
know the bureau Patrol is the backbone of the department.
Has there been any thought to looking into the specialty
units in?
We may.
Women.
Women returning some officers to patrol or actually placing
them in and control the commander. So, we've already done
that. So with our Citywide Community, safety team at
broken, that team down those members are now back within
the areas and the district's. So now within those locations
with their there to serve to help out each district. So not
only, will they be there with a focus on the most violent
crimes? The robberies, the shootings. The homicides in
focus is also going to be too short to help with relieving
the district, when they go into a wrap. So, if we're
backlogged on calls, they will now start taking calls for
service within the district. This will
What?
What our response time.
what our response time and
What our response time and it'll help get some of the work
off of the offices, in the district, who are jumping from
job to job the job. Thank you for that. Appreciate that. In
terms of Technology, we talked a lot about that. I am a
border War. I bought her an entire State and state of
Indiana.
I have.
I have a.
I have a vulnerable group of folks and On the Border
because what happens is across that border commit a crime
shop that or Indiana. Our communication Indiana is. We have
none and by the time we get to Hammond there, any Chicago
Highland we do need to prioritize technology On The
Border's. Not only in Indiana, but with my colleagues,
because that will deter crime and that will make our folks
feel a little more safe, who are on those border, the
bourne, 8 neighborhoods or you talk with your thoughts on
that? No, I agree with you. One hundred percent. One of the
things as we've had success working in partnership with a
lot of suburban Department. I mean we just recently broke
up a robbery ring where the 10th District was working with
Cicero Police Department, committed robbery went over and
Cicero that.
Will pay.
It was passed on from the 10th District assist.
It was passed on from the 10th District to Cicero.
It was passed on from the 10th District to Cicero, Cicero
was able to locate the vehicles and actually pursued them
back into the 10th District where they ran into a home.
There was a search warrant, there were multiple guns
recovered about eight individuals taken into custody and
proceeds from the robbery were recovered. So, and we see it
in the southern suburbs, just working and locks up that
way. So you're one hundred percent. Right. When we're
working in partnership with others, were able to get to the
bottom of a lot of these crimes. So it's not just us. We're
building relationships with our bordering municipalities to
so 100%. I agree with you. Thank you. My last question is,
we talked about building, the trust between the community
and apartment. I also think we need to rebuild the trust
within the department. And one of those things is the mayor
of process.
What can we?
What can we look at to revamp this and then give our
officers some trust back? And how this process works being
more transparent and giving them more of a peace of mind
that they won't be overlooked. So weak that. Then here's
what I'll tell you about the mirror process. The
unfortunate part about the marriage process is that it will
never reach. Every single officer, who is deserving of
Merit? I mean that's that's just a fact. Their office is
out there who should have a merit promotion
but,
but if you've got one pic,
But if you've got one pic and they're three of those
officers, two of those officers are going to miss out on
that. However, the mirror process has to be rooted in
exactly. The type of Merit. Now that process also has to be
diverse, right? But it shouldn't be diverse for the sake of
diversity. We're looking for it for the brightest and the
best the hardest workers people with Integrity. That we
know are going to be great leaders on this job. And we find
that in all walks of life, audit, all facets and that, that
group, it all should and and will be the first. However,
where,
when we have a process, we should follow that process
properly. Write this can't be a friends-and-family process,
so I can tell you, I don't do before, I can't speak to
that. What I can speak to now, is it moving forward? We're
going to be looking for the hardest-working people, the
brightest and the best in the put those people in place and
follow the process. The way it's supposed to be follow,
thank you. I appreciate you. I appreciate my commanders
Commando my commander pendarvis, I could tell you look
forward to working with you like it. Thank you a goddamn
and Chico. All de menos pensado. Followed by Altima seat
Philippines.
Maria. How are you, sir?
Marie.
Maria, can you stop by Nick kiss?
Left.
and after,
Good afternoon. So come out today. Are doing great. So
appreciate you. And everybody in the Box, everybody had
dealt with in 16 or at City Hall. Can't say enough of just
feel, I've been treated like royalty since, I've been an
alderman. So I really appreciate that very confident. I'll
have the same relationship with you. I've had with all the
previous soups and certainly in your Mentor sitting over
there was still a good friend of mine. I'm not going to
mention any names today, so I'll do my best. I just want to
touch on a few things ever talked about and certain that
the commanders, I know we all gripe about losing her
commanders, but this is just a point of information,
really? And it's a stepping stone. I mean, what we don't
want to hold anybody down, I mean, I've, I've had my 6
Commander right now, three of them. Got promoted, two of
them, require retired out of 16. So it is what it is.
That's just the way it works. As far as the mayor's a
promise to promote the 200 detectives. It's just, if
somebody could touch on that for me because I'm just
guessing we promote about a hundred a year. And if we
about to,
200.
200 Almy, we have to promote 300 a year, but the problem
with promoting 200 detectors with fully support, but that
means when a little 200pl, which I mean when you lose nine
officers per district and if the 16th District last nine
officers, that would be devastating to us. So we're at
where we at on that, and how exactly is that? So here's
here's what, I'll tell you again. Both promotions are not
going to happen all at once so just because we added that
to the budget, those spots will be there for promotion, but
we're going to promote incrementally. Is it a plan for your
plan? I mean, but it depends, it depends on our recruiting.
It depends on how many officers we have coming out of the
Academy of depends on the time of year and the need for
that. What we have to do is assess the number of officers
that we have now looking back at it. When we see that,
there's a loss of officers in a district based on
promotions, then we have to start looking at replacing
those officer.
In those District.
In those districts. So again, if we if we brought in 50
officers from the academy to hit the streets and then they,
they get through their their field training and now they're
they're out their policing. We're not going to promote 50
detectives and and deplete that, now, that would keep us
even. But I would like for that number to be smaller
because I'd like for the numbers in Patrol to continue to
grow. Now, that being said, we still have
Make sure.
Make sure that.
make sure that we
Make sure that we keep up with or without a span of
control. So the more important thing there would be to make
sure that we have our sergeants promoted are our detectives
would happen incrementally. I know they've been redundant
with this, but this is for chief Talent away. Been beaten
this Oath, Keepers things to death. This isn't the only
organization that I've done bad things in this city. So how
does this go about with these complaints? We know what
happened to the city to the state this country 3 years ago?
So is it just based off a complaint to explore these nine
individuals? Are you got complaints on them? These
investigations I know it touched on it so some of these
were reopened so I'm retired. So exactly how does this work
with these complaints about officers, doing not good things
in this country. This is the only complaint that we
received from a report from the that was part of the NPR.
WBEZ information that
leak.
Leaked.
leak outside of that complaint. We have not received a
complaint regarding a police officer, being a member of The
Oath Keepers. Okay? Thank you. I do like when you said, I
don't think I don't know if was you Chief or not but I know
you said it'll be a swift action to I hope it will be a
thorough investigation that is Swift investigation, so
that's just that's just my comments. People should be
judged. The soup you said b, a r b, a r. A
so, not by
So, not by the time.
So, not by attending a meeting is what I feel. And many of
them said they just attended a 1 meeting to check it out.
I'm sure all of us attended something one time or another.
We wish we didn't. The helicopter thing. I'm at this is my
one budget thing I have. And I'm just going to make a
statement. The helicopter thing. I just I always say it
takes money to make money. And then this time, I'm going to
say it's going to take money to save us money because a lot
of our settlements are because of police. Chase is so maybe
if we have some helicopters, maybe we won't be paying the
settlements on police chases on e-mart question about the
CIT incidents. I kind of disagree with you about. It's
sending somebody to her for CIT train and I'm only going to
tell you why I don't understand. And actually you have an
incident you call for a CIT team. Does everybody leave down
there just to see it team there? And that's the end of it
cuz I was on some pretty intense.
Stitch.
Did you?
Situations that as a first responder fireman. And so you
have an incident it's really not a police thing to CIT team
comes. That's it, everybody leaves. Other than the cat
team. Is that how that works? No, no sir. That's not how it
works. So what we're looking at is someone to respond to to
a a person who's in crisis, nine of a non-criminal nature.
Now heading in any situation like that once they make the
assessment and they find it this person is violent or
Are there?
There's nothing that they can do. I'm
There's nothing that they can do, obviously. The next thing
to do is to call the police, all right? If it turns into
something of a criminal nature now the officers will
respond. So when I talk about a CIT trained officer, we
don't necessarily just wanted dispatcher, CIT trained
officer to an incident where there's a non-criminal event
of a person who's in crisis, if we can have someone else
handle that a boy and his wife, we're not going to with
we're not going to have our officers removed from a scene
where we know is potentially volatile or someone could get
hurt. Is it based off of the area? Just based off of the
districts of the 16th District? We have three of them
there. Do we have one per shift? Or is it just is for an
area and it should be everywhere. But it should be based on
our calls for service for those types of calls. And then
there's the, you know, certain districts have more calls
for people who are suffering,
price is just like,
Price is just like certain districts have more calls of
shots fired or is someone being robbed, do that assessment
would be done based on their backs or their nose. 16th
District, has the least amount of officers per square mile.
We have six per square mile, unlike the 15 that has 61 per
square mile. So it's something I want to bring to your
attention. I know we're well, aware of her, like, talk to
the chief about that quite often.
Once you.
Once again.
Once again, feel like I've been treated like royalty by
police, since I've been on this job would hurt in 16 or
downtown everywhere. I do agree with you stupid about
quality not quantity and a job. We are at a critical low
point. I feel, I mean, was 14000 when I came into the shop
or down below 12,000. So I don't know what's going on with
this world people just when you sign up for this job, I'm
guessing her was forty thousand. People signed up when I
sign up to be a fireman 48,000. People sign up the last
fire exam, we only have 15,000 sign up 20-19 police exam
I'm sure everybody knows this 2019 Mera man. You'll have to
sign ups. January of 2019, there was only 4000 sign up like
2,000 soak and then again, in December, same thing, 4000
and 2000. So I just don't know what's going on with this
world and I certainly don't want to lower the standards too
much. And one thing I was really happy for you to mention
my friends and enemies.
Black.
Max.
Wax over.
Wax over there.
Box over there.
Wax over there that don't like the mentioned often enough
over here, but you did mention a lot of officers out there
are doing really, really good thing. So,
What?
Whatever.
Whatever you look at, whether it's Dee asylum-seekers,
whether it's just helping kids get them in college.
Mentoring, could you name it? Just a lot of officers doing,
really, really good thing. But unfortunately, that doesn't
sell on the news or in the papers or anything like that.
But, you know, I know, I believe we all know about that and
I'm just, just want to say, I'm confident,
There are relations.
That our relationship. I really
That our relationship, My Relations.
That our relationship my relationship with you will be just
as good as it was with the previous superintendent, and
just want to wish you the best. And I don't believe in
luck. So best wishes. God bless you. God bless the police
department. God bless your cargo. Thanks for stepping up
and taking the stuff job.
Thank.
Thank you, thank you, Altima. Sposato always good with his
stats. So that's basically what it. What is it? You're
entitled lies. Damned lies and statistics figures lie.
Liars figure. You could do no other use Audible, Colonia.
Pharmacy, still open. Thank you in German and I think it's
a Ben 10 and for being with us today.
I'm going to.
I'm going to puke.
I've got a few questions and maybe a little bit more in
detail of what my colleagues, a mansion by Justin Bieber,
more specific and how much is being allotted to ensure that
they can send it? The cream is being implemented by
commanders at the district level and what oversight
mechanisms. I mean in general, I'm with the Chicago Police
Department. Do we have sold our commanders and at the
district level out of here into the
Addition.
Locations of the Wisconsin.
Locations of the consent decree? Excellent question. I'll
put that over to Chief angel. Ivalas from constitutional
policing, good afternoon, chief of all the stops
constitutional policing and thank you very much for that
question. So they can send everyone is is court order and
binding into you know every member of our departments
specifically The Command Staff understands that achieving
the goals of the consent decree or incredibly important
while we have achieved a very good level and pour them into
compliance secondary compliance but do your points are we
will be leveraging our commanders to ensure that we carry
out the goals that we need to to achieve operational
compliance.
Thank.
Thank you. Think you spend anything would be good to have
those conversations as well at the local level with the
local Alderman as well as a team that because implications
on Kathy's implemented on the ground. And with those
meetings, that's always something that we can bring up with
your District Commander question.
Augusta.
Augusta to
has to do with a
do.
double A
They're overlapping of, you know, some of the new
institutions of a council that we have. So what is the plan
to breach the overlapping of sortie of a Neighbourhood,
policing initiative District advisory Council and the
district council by Oliver tasked with the policing and
policy on building trust. So, how does that look?
I want.
I want to go.
I once again, chief agent of Oz transmission, please, sing
and perform and what I'll do is I'll touch really briefly
on the differences between the three and there is some
incredible overlap between the Dax who are volunteer group
and the district council's, Neighbourhood policing
initiative is a problem-solving strategy within the
district and the community policing officers has the same
but are also concentrates on community building. Now for
the integration of ba the Dax, which I believe, that's what
you're speaking of and the district council's. I'm going to
push it to director, Brookshire's been tasked with that
project.
Director Glenn Brooks. So even though we have some overlap,
their mission is the same as really to build better and
deeper relationships with the community and the police
department. As we all try to achieve greater safety,
That.
Bad.
That is the.
That is still did the big difference between the two is,
those individuals who choose to volunteer and give their
time and their time Enterprises and and wisdom to the
department and work towards that go, where is the district
councils have a similar Mission? But their duly elected in,
they do Santa walk through the commission so they have a
little bit more policy focus in terms of the commission.
However they do work together. Our district commanders are
meeting with them on a monthly basis. They are invited to
each and every beat beating and we find We are continuing
as they move forward. We are continually looking for those
opportunities to continue to work together.
Chief agent of.
Chief agent of Allison. Just add one more thing Alderman to
add some clarification, the district councils are, are
codified in our consent decree. And as you know, our
district councils are codified by ordinance. It's another
subtle difference between the two.
Thank.
Thank you. That means that in this planet, can we say that
all commanders would be working closely with you? The new
democratically-elected District council's as well? Maybe
they block all them. And how would I look like in general?
Directions Lambert's. So for every Council, for all of our
district commanders or their designee, which can be the
captain, if they're unavailable, attend the monthly
beatings and addition to that, we are willing to work with
them and in other settings, one of the challenges has been
that the district council members because of the open
meetings, act are only able to meet with our commanders.
One at a time, versus our dads are able to beat within
groups. We're working through that and we're looking for
those opportunities, I think it's important that we
highlight that we're looking to work together and that it'd
be a collaborative relationship more than a destructive
relationship and that's where we're working towards
Thank you.
Thank you there to Brooke.
Thank you there to Brooks my next mission 80s, and I'm glad
to hear superintendent about it. The zero tolerance, with
extremist groups specially when we have seen the whole
expose a of the song times of how serious, the problem is,
what is the budget in a wee thing? Maybe CT, how much will
be allotted to identify these hate crimes or disabled,
extremist groups in and around Chicago that officer.
Play.
Maybe connect to.
May be connected to.
May be connected to a scene. That is something that we are
concerned about especially the rice with hate crimes. I do
think it's important that we have institutions that are
looking to address. It internally. So what I'll tell you
is, there's no price on investigating the possibility of
officers who work, or any member of the Chicago Police
Department, who may be a member of a hate group. So there's
no price on that. The investigation should be thorough.
We?
We should be.
We should be looking at once that investigation is
completed that we found that we have members of hate groups
that we move swiftly to have those individuals removed from
our department. So to put a price on it, there is no price
that this is an investigation that will do, when will make
sure that we do it thoroughly. And again, we find proof of
this will move to have someone remove from our department,
who is a member of a group of about six months for this
investigation were last in the range. I do want to make
sure that I do know every effort that that is needed really
else. Resulted in previews to you in the meeting and our
hearing before that, I think it was, it was a different
message, and I think that it is important.
Pressure.
especially now, when we see
especially now, when we hearing
Especially now when we hearing in a more constituents
transparency and to make sure that, you know, we are
putting 31% of a couple fun into the safety of our
residents, I do feel that we deserve the most ethical and
committed a public servants to help people who do not
believe in government. But more than that, that are really
spreading hate in all communities. Is something that I'm
glad to hear. We have did Dave, the response that is needed
my final question because we have my concern is with
you.
You know.
you know, with these these reports that have come
and how he
I found it.
I found the past, even some of the training is tied to
really occupation Sky politics of occupation, start
trainings and strategies in the past, in the department.
How do we do to start changing these Warrior ethos without
the ranks and files Diaz vs them in the rank-and-file that
criminalize entire communities. So I'll tell you my
philosophy on it and then we'll go to a training what we're
doing anytime. We're training,
Which is now.
Which is now and move.
This is now and moving forward. It's going to be built
around the message of team building working with the
community working in lockstep with the community. Again, I
keep saying this and I'll say it a million times. That as
the police, we shoulder a lot, we can't do it alone and we
need our Community Partners to be involved with what we're
doing. We can't do that. If we're making enemies with
community members, we can't do that. If we have people
amongst our ranks who don't believe in in that process. So
we're at the service of our community and that's what we go
out there. Do each and every single day in the majority of
our police officers do that. They go out there to serve the
communities to make the community safe. Now all it takes is
a few offices to ruin that so we want to make sure that
we're keeping track of everything that we're doing. We're
doing it through training with wedding training. We want to
make sure that we have quality training and this is one of
the things that I talked about with the consent decree, we
don't want to come into
Flights.
WiseWay.
Flies, with a good.
Flies, with the consent.
Flies with a consent decree, just to say that we're in
compliance, we want to see some actual change. We could put
forth training and we could put forth for training and say
that we are in full compliance but that does nothing to
make our department better and to move forth the
relationship building between us and the community so that
we can get to the bottom of Public Safety and make our city
safer.
picture of a
What else do you have?
One more.
One more question.
in terms of,
In terms of how much is being budgeted to purchase a used
military equipment under the 1033 program and then how much
was set aside for this program in the last budget? Why do
we Quitman is currently in the possession of cpb?
So, did I?
So, I'm go.
Thought that I'm going to put that. That that question over
to Ryan Fitzsimmons.
I'd ever.
I deputy director Ryan Stanton CPD, so I assume you're
referring to the leso program, which we used in the past.
Purchase one of our helicopters for $1. My understanding in
this budget, we are not seeking to procure, any additional
equipment using the letter program.
Is it?
Is it you still need?
Is it you still need a ride?
Lose.
Lose all.
Lose all in my car, don't guess so.
Unfortunate.
Thank you. Thank you. Share good afternoon. I have a couple
questions about specific positions that you have in the
budget. So feel free to direct these two folks who can
explain. What are the responsibilities and goals of the
role of a community organizer. It's in line item 9101 or
Brooks.
Address of Glenn Beck.
Address of Glen Burnie.
Glenbrooks obscurity, please sing the community organizer
is a position that we have in each one of our districts,
which is really focus on building. Now, only relationships
for Partnerships with the community. Also, to do Outreach
to community members for their involvement, whether it be a
beat meeting where they're working on seniors or youth
activity, Georgia support our youth activities, the
community organizer has been essential in doing that
Outreach.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you for that.
Thank you for that response. How is cpg measuring the
impact of the Roll?
Libera.
Play Brooks.
Play Brooks office community policing. We track all of our
engagements to a system. We call Simms there are
approximately 16,000 engagements that we do a year. We look
at the number of people we come in contact with and how
many connections that we make. We do that for each and
every one of our engagements. That is how we kind of
measure it. We also still review to make sure we look at
what we're doing an Outreach, what we're looking engagement
and most importantly, what we're doing and follow up around
perception between community and police. So that we can
determine whether this particular role is helping with
community relations your review. Use a, would you use a
service, which does survey the community by District? Where
we look at three, major questions of trust safety? And
I can I do.
I can I just linked to another question?
and the
And they're numb.
And the number one prime concern, we use that every month.
We get back a, a score every month and how we are moving
that needle. It's important to remember. A lot of times
that needle can be moved by external Advanced that are
outside. Not only the city but outside of the country.
The other.
They are there supposed.
They Are there specific goals with this position that are
measurable that you are. I know you're alluding to some of
the higher you. So what has been the impact? And we look at
the district as a totality and we measure what are impact
is within a particular District.
What how?
What has been?
What has been the impact?
Well, over the last year, we've seen an increase in the
number of Engagement and more importantly, the number of
connections that we've had over the last couple years.
Is it?
Is it possible to send those datametrics to the chair?
Thank you so much. I have a question about another
position. Since you're going to be able to respond to me,
you have a youth service coordinator, it's the line-item
3955. I can you tell me the role of of that position? Our
youth service coordinator, if you might know and they both
the consent decree and the CPAP recommendations youth has
been a focus of our effort, it has transformed over the
last couple years even though it's still you. We recently
brought back that position as you know in last year's
budget we were down 2-1 youth coordinator for the entire
city will be up at 25. What that goal is is to continue to
build relationships with young people, which is a specific
demographic. We are, we continue to build up that road and
wheel.
or to expand a
Or to expanding a.
Or to expanding it.
Or to expanding it in 2024. Awesome. Thank you. Bumping up
to 5. Do you have them designated to certain geographical
areas in the city? Yes, all women named are the areas are
our area.
Doesn't.
Designation.
Designations awesome. And then same questions as the
position before. What are the associated goals with the
position? And how are you and stirring that we meet those
goals are measured? Also with in Sims with in Sims we have
the ability to look at the different type of Engagement and
also look at the different type of audience with that
engagement is targeting and we have some metrics that do
that also. But in youth we are really looking at expanding
that over the next year or two. And is this position to job
description required to work with violence, prevention
organizations that are already establishing relationship
with young people in the communities are required to work
with throughout the district. And many of them do work with
violence and the Raptors if they are in their Pacific area
pacifically in a fourth district. I know I'm sorry area for
I know they work with almost over. They do work with all
the violence interrupter is there.
Awesome thing.
Awesome. Thank you. I appreciate your response.
Superintendent Snelling stina. What is the dollar amount
that has been administered in this proposed budget or
budget that are associated with CPD for a diversion
programs?
So,
so, for the
So for this, we do have a program director who will help us
along with around 30,000 and funding for that but cheaper
city of the detective division probably better to speak to
that point.
I could have to.
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon, antonetta City chief. Detective. Thank you
for your question. The Chicago Police Department has been
working with the Department of Family and support services
in order to implement a Citywide youth. Diversion program
that allows us to redirect low-level offenses that have
been committed by a low risk youth so that we can connect
them with Services. We've actually been very pleased to see
how this is expanding and we expect it it will be by the
first quarter.
Available.
Available throughout.
Available throughout the city. And so what I think are the
most significant changes here is that we have service
providers that are going to be in proximity geographically
to where the families are to encourage the use of these
Services. We've been in our department changing our policy
and our training to make sure that we're reinforcing this
program and the importance of prioritizing diversion
whenever feasible. And this particular program does have a
program evaluation component to it. And I could show you
where very much looking forward to out of it with the FSS.
Mcpd to share the progress, thank you for that response.
Can you or tickle 8, Pacific Lee, the role CPD place and
administering the diversion programs allocated in this
light on
Guess.
Yes.
Yes, you may be familiar with the JYSK and how bad
shuddered at the end of 2021. And so, when that happened,
what we did was take the detectives who were trained as you
detectives in order to administer a risk assessment,
screening to a, we brought everybody to a centralized
location in area 1. What we've now done is try to as we're
again, finding one of the recommendations for received
while keeping in mind, this is something we've been working
on. For some time, we've got in a community input, there
was a just goodbye to a council, there's the consent
decree, there's the inspector General's report. We really
feel like it's important to make sure that services are in
proximity to the families. And so right now we have this
program in 14 districts
Play youngboy.
play young person is arrested for
Play young person is arrested for a low.
A young person is arrested for a low-level offense. They are
administered. Are detectives administer this screening tool
to determine the risk of reoffending. Obviously the the
goal here is to whatever feasible redirecting from Court.
Make sure that we're getting them connected to the
services. So really are rolled right now is to make sure
that the Fidelity we administer this tool and whenever
feasible, connect, young people, and their family services,
and,
Thank.
Thank you. Thank you superintendent. Are you familiar with
the peaceful coordinates? Coordinates develop written an
article aided by good kid Maad City, a collective of young
people in the west and south side of Chicago. Really,
really looking to prevent violence. I've been wanting to do
that through a peer-to-peer model developing a model that
allows young people in the city of Chicago, who are engaged
in the risky Behavior. But I really working on transforming
their lives to develop the programming to engage other
young people, so that they can do. I think, just for the
diversion program is attempting to do, and that is to keep
young people out of trouble who may have already in grade
engage in criminality and risky behavior. That particular
ordinance. Also seeks to create a commission and not
commission will be staffed with young people that are
developing of violence, prevention model for the city of
Chicago. But also
so, taking a
So taking it to a cow.
So taking into account the data infrastructure that is
required to measure. In fact, I think often we allocate
funds to do the diversion work and to do violence
prevention, work for very little. Do we hold ourselves
accountable to what the data is saying and the kids, my
city is saying, not only do we want to develop this program
and put a commission together that sled and ran by young
people. But we also want to, you know, hold ourselves
accountable to the numbers. Are you willing to have a
conversation about maybe how we can allocate some diversion
funds to realize the Peace book, ordinance, violence,
prevention. Absolutely willing to have a conversation. I'd
like to know what that looks like. We can take a good long,
look at it, have a conversation about it and come up with
some determinations. After I would love that a conversation
is is the beginning of everything. So I appreciate that
superintendent. I want to thank you for the work that
you've already put in. Like my colleagues, I have a lot of
whole of what.
the future of
The future of the police.
Feature of the police department looks like under your
leadership. I just want an echo. Some of the comments were
made earlier by my colleagues, and I'm super lucky to have
some great commanders that make up the 26th Ward. And I
think that often when a relationship is built and establish
and change and productivity happens, then they moved, you
know, I had a great commander who is moved and it was a lot
of moving. We're sad to see her go, that sustainability, I
think is important and will love
Leadership, and it may.
Leadership and in making that happen at.
Leadership and making that happen as we're looking to
improve Community, relationships with police officers. But
to also continue to grow the work that most commanders are
implementing in their districts. Absolute. Thank you child.
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Thank you, cheer.
Thank you. Tara just want to apologize from jumping from
chair to Chair by me, but on that new superintendent
spelling of just wanted to congratulate you only have one
question.
This.
Disc.
District court in.
This recording officers, I see this every year where we at
with that program within the city of Chicago.
Well, I'll push that over the chief Angel novalis. We are
currently 9:52 District Primary in the south and west side
where the district coordination officer. We are also
piloting, a, an amalgamation of between captain and Pi that
is a pilot looking at eliminating, some of the redundancies
creating some efficiencies to get both programs to work
better together. Also, looking at the future, and
Staffing levels. Look like
Our staffing levels. Look like a, we will be sitting down
internally to have a conversation. How we proceed with the
program.
And I'll tell you this, we, we want to look at what's
working best and what's working best for our communities,
and based on that will make some decisions about what it
what's happening moving forward. We don't want to try to do
too many things at one time.
Okay. And
Okay. Understood because from what I've gathered and it was
said that didn't you guys may discontinue this program? Is
that true or false at this time? No there's no talk of of
dismantling the dco program need the issue is is that when
we're trying to do too many things at one time, we need to
focus on something to make sure that it works there. The
dco program was in place before anything else. When we
start adding other programs, when we start trying other
things, it takes away the focus. From one thing we need to
prove. That one thing works, and it works well for everyone
before we move on to the next. So we just want to make sure
that we were utilizing our Manpower the best way that we
can do not spreading them thin.
I'm
understand, once I was on,
understand, once I don't feel
Understand one size outfits on.
Understand once eyes don't fit all and how it all candies
are different. But, you know, I know you guys focus on the
west side and Southside. I know we have little bit in the
northwest side. I have you guys looked in exploring like 16
17, 20 in those districts on the North side. Would you have
those conversations? And I'll see, if we've already started
looking into that are cheap in Wisconsin, police uniform,
while all the men, we do have a matrix on how we would
expand and those decisions were made number one on
population incidents and crime areas where they would be
most effective. We do have a matrix and you know, I can
share that through the chair. Thank you. I would love to
hear that. Especially you choose. Nevada is and thank you.
That was the only question I have because I'm a, I'm a big
supporter of deseos, especially in the 25th district,
especially those group of individuals that really to know,
Meeting.
Meeting people.
Play commuting playlist.
Inter-Community to be to be there and have that
relationship. But you know, I'll have that. I have that.
Can I have that talk with you guys later down the road.
Thank you so much and I do my time. Thank you all, thank
you Auto, Cardona Alderman, Cruz, Boulevard milasen
Thank.
Thank you, turn.
Thank you, chairman congratulations. I also want to act
cool with my Cali from the 26th. Ward said in, there is a
lot of Hope on you. I'm having conversations by what my
constituents and ask him. What are my thoughts about you? I
share that I'm very optimistic with you later ship that
you're going to bring in. I've not to put a lot of pressure
on you but we are hoping a lot from you as you can tell but
I also want it before my questions. I also want to express
my gratitude to my commanders. I have three commanders
three districts in the 30th Ward but Amanda Perez has been
excellent. And also I'm Commander Daniel's and also new
Commander Alvarez. I just want to express that you don't
say my gratitude to them because this is not a only a
relationship between myself and down, but it's a whole
Community relationship because we're all impacted. So I
wanted to make sure that, you know, there are Wanda
you know, giving us the opportunity to
you know, giving us the opportunity, but
You know, giving us the opportunity. But also I have been
part of the sdsc room and I see the impact of how this
technology has a lot to do. So I want to say also, you
know, I'm Sergeant Ramos for giving me the opportunity to
actually get to see it from first hand. But now I'm moving
on to my questions in earlier. You said, you know, who just
want to implement things because we are saying we want to
implement things, we actually want to see the actual
effects on the things that we're doing. You mentioned
earlier about the officer Wellness, open to settle eyes in
the VIP facilities on the North and South Side this year.
But let me ask you this. Where are we with? Because send
the cream and then just making sure the officers are
getting proper mental, health, support and treatment that
part of it. So obviously we need to add more
we have had a
We have added.
We have added clinicians, one of the things they were
assigned to particular areas and officers are allowed to
make appointments and go see someone whenever they feel the
need in those two locations, and officer can set up an
appointment and go out to either one of those locations at
any given time moving forward. We want to make sure that
when we look at spanner can,
because this was,
because this was the
Because this was the purpose of it. Is if we have a
sergeant, who knows the officers, or Lieutenant, who knows
his entire watch, we can recognize when officers are not
performing their best, when they're not being themselves
and they can refer these individuals to, to EAP for some
type of a help. Obviously that's kept quiet. We, we have
to, you know, we have to respect the laws around that but
we do have measures to send an officer to get checked out
to get some help to look into that. That officers will be
how many officers are utilizing this again. Goes back to
your point out at 2 implemented, but we want to make sure
that they are taking advantage of this and it's just not
something that's put on there. Like, are we?
Track.
Rockingham.
tracking, how many are
Tracking. How many are we seeing? Can we see an increase?
Like, do we see the benefit of this implementation? Yes, we
are. We are tracking a, how many referrals are being made?
When officers do come visit, but adding to the
superintendent's points, all we also have 18 clinician and
we are looking to hire for more within this year. That way
there is one clinician for every
Strict.
Strict i&o. We also have a approximate 280 Pierce support
members, which are trained officers that have a
relationship with the existing officers, which officers can
also come to you to get help in the one last thing that I
want to touch on that. We had a few other things on the
Rogue one was we introduced a cortical Wellness app where
if an officer has not reached a point where he reached out
for help, he has that app where he can seek help through
that app? And lastly, we were able to publish a policy of
her voluntarily for voluntary visits to a clinician an
employee order. But once again we are tracking that I dis
clinicians 24/7. Are there any hours of operation? Yes. So
not only are these 18 clinicians and ultimately the 22 are
going to be available for the officer but EAP has a
mechanism in place for call outs when it's necessary on.
Flowers. There is
flowers, there is a
Flowers. There is a switchboard, and if they need whatever
time of day comes up, a clinician will be assigned our
Wellness class, but one also just to show you turn that
class. There's something that is called yoga for First
Responders and it's a, it's a portion of the class that
teaches offices, how to meditate, breathe through certain
things. And there's a yoga portion of it. And at a time
where when I came on the job, that would have been kind of
frowned upon your officers, are really accepting and
embracing it, and enjoying it because it's it's been
helpful to them for stress relief. Thank you. Thank you for
answering that. My other question is the four hundred
civilian positions? I know you said that you talked about,
you know, bringing possibly retire.
officers to
Officers took.
Officers to come.
Officers to come back.
Officers to come back as trainers. What is a time frame
that you're looking to fulfill these positions is or have
you set yourself a goal by certain amount of time? How many
of these positions to be covered? Do you have you set
yourself a goal? I would love to see you soon as possible.
I would love to say tomorrow but that's a new one. We did.
You know, there's a hiring process and I can push this over
a little bit if I if I could have
Glendale.
House key.
House key possibly talk about that a little bit for you.
Good.
You left.
Good afternoon, Bob Lewandowski, Human Resources, opsa
closely with the police department regarding specifically
training officers. For example, you know, I said that's a
high number. That's a, that's a hundred positions. And
we're working with the police department City DHHR to get
those positions up and post it and keep it rolling as much
as we can. But there is a process where contractually we
have to follow contractual bid rights and some different
things like that. But we are hoping to keep that is on
going to hire. As many as we can. Pursue pretend in
comments yet as soon as well. As soon as we can retired
officers, yes, they'd be eligible for applying for these
positions on the next follow. The regular City. Hiring
rules to pretend they can, we get your
Israel.
As relates to my time. I apologize. Please pause the time.
I don't know why they knew God that he didn't know. We
talked about retired officers. You talked about the consent
decree. You talk about rainy.
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I do.
I don't.
I don't I just want to put this on your mind, is it? We
talked about an old versus new. How do you ensure that
we're not passing or bad practices at the offices of past
into the future? That that's an excellent question. So,
here's the important part about any trainer in anyone that
you have training in the academy, they have to be trained
to do what you need them to do. Now, if we have people that
we brought on in the notch one capacity sworn in on someone
if they can't perform the tasks that we need them to
perform and push the message that we're training on right
now, they will be removed. There's a there's we don't want
to bring back the old school mentality. What we do want to
do is have someone who has a clear understand
Of what?
Of what Polly?
Of what police?
Of what police work is about to stay at the day, have that
Baseline knowledge. Now from that we can build upon them as
trainers and develop them is training with one of the
things that I had to do with the escalation training was
put our officers who were doing that the escalation
training through a five to six-week course, to make sure
that they understood the message that they were going to be
pushing it. They will. Well, if I properly trained to push
that message and that they were knowledgeable enough to
push it,
Bright white.
Right way, so it can't be done.
Right way. So it can be done. Now, anytime we found someone
who is not pushing that message, pushing their own message
or bringing back some old school, the lease or putting
their opinion in it, we remove them from trying to get.
That's how we would manage that. Thank you for your
commitment. That if you are going to bring any rates higher
officers, they were going to check that they had had any
misconduct, any issues that will be red flag. Me. And if
you're bringing this retires and their training
individuals, we want to make sure that you pick the best of
the bus to come back. That that will be all a part of the
vetting process. So we won't be bringing anybody in who
left this department on bad terms. I just want to make sure
we have that cuz you know, things happen and then later on
is like I'm sorry we try our best. So just want to make
sure we have that also. Do you have what
No response.
the response time like,
The response time. Like what is the average from a 911
call? Like how long does it take for somebody to get this
patch? Those numbers at this time, if not, we can get it
through the share with you what time. And again, there is
just so much going on and I know we are, you know,
something, they
Something that we have a nice.
Something that we have an Oscar.
Something that we have to ask is, I'm trust. And, you know,
you said, if you do, make sure that is done fairly things
that, you know, what kind of bility it, it's a big part of
things, and that will eventually give the trust that the
community needs with that police officers. And we want to
make sure that we all work together because this is the
best thing for the city of Chicago. So, thank you for
everything you are doing, and thank you to the officers as
well. Agree. Thank you all and cruise lawsuit followed by
all the band Manahawkin words.
Thanks.
Thank you, Joe.
Thank you to Chairman congratulations, superintendent for
six more positions in a Communications Department in news
Affairs. And I, I want to say that that's always a bonus.
We actually had a great meeting in Area 3 North last week
with my colleagues and then a Commander's end of team for
Mario 3 and communication is something that we can be
helpful with Ava but we never want to get ahead of the
department. And so whatever you guys can do to innovate
when it comes to coms using social media, I'm getting
timely info on a rest out there. That's, that's a bonus.
And so, I hope those six positions. I know one of them is
social media, right? Can really help us and get to getting
that positive message out, which has to be. I think a team
effort for everybody in the room and in the city.
I want.
I want to mention spell.
I want to mention special events. I have Wrigley Field, and
North Halsted, and the Belmont now and Belmont Harbor. And
every weekend is almost something. And I think I would, I
know you're having a few positions lost their but that's
not, who's doing the real work on the ground. But the
coordination pieces important to me because, you know, when
we add a big events when I've already got a Cubs game or
Pride or, you know, something else, going we get real fan
in my district then and I and others, and 19. So, if I
could ask, you know, it it is, we can have a priority for
some of those longer-term events which we, having some
cases now nobody gets a block party on the marathon day,
right? Or, you know, something on the North side on Friday
that would be helpful comes from your department and Z
cases heard from a lot of us too because you know, if I do
it in my ward and I know, they run that starts in 43 is way
too many runs in Lincoln Park to, I need to find other
locations. I might not even know about it.
And I made.
And I might say, okay.
And I might say, okay to something else in the in the area.
So I think we have to require more private security and it
probably has to come from the department but it's going to
be a seneschal events. Are a huge Boon to our city to
neighborhoods like mine all summer long, but we, we can't
like I can't add a Friday night to some of the more
successful ones that we just don't have the Manpower,
forget cups, rice and any anything that we can help with
on, that didn't work together on. We're willing to do that.
that would be helpful for all that we
That would be helpful for all that would be great. We should
we should get together some of us that are real heavy and
events. I know I'll remember not mention it would be cases.
Well, I would be happy to work on that.
Thanks.
Thank you.
19th district has a lot of new arrivals. We're well over
200 on a regular basis and I think a couple questions there
at the leadership been involved so far on a potential
decompression plant, where are police stations, we've had
conversations about it. Obviously the the big issue there
is for finding shelter for these individuals. That's that's
the bigger issue. There. There is a motivation to to have
the people who moved out of the districts and tell all the
shelter the issue was finding that shelter right now. So at
the other thing I've been good as well one of the things
that I think we'd there's maybe a disconnect on as if there
was ever a plan or directives as far as how the officers
are supposed to interact with.
New arrivals at the state.
New arrivals at the station, specifically.
New arrivals at the station specifically and that made of
an internal documents, but it's something that I think
would have been helpful a year ago and we're playing
catch-up now. So if that's not in place of an inquiry, but
I'm not sure if that's something, is it something that we
can talk about that? The thing though, is it times when we
have a document like that, you can't account for every
single thing that could occur while the other officers have
engaged with the, the kids bought toys that they purchase
food, things of that nature and the any allegations that
come up. We don't we're not looking at those internally
ourselves try. So Copa investigate. So, so so it is, it
gets a little tricky, but we do talk to our offices. We do
have conversations with officers to, I'll be asleep treat
every person the way that you want to be treated and that's
not
Does the Microsoft?
List of Microsoft.
Rest of my crew is dead.
List of Microsoft.
just the micro status, that's across the board offices
should be treating everyone the same with respect. And
again, if if we see an engagement and criminal activity,
the same, we should be treating those scribes the same as
we would do. Anyone else that's going to fix to my next
question? Cuz I have some things happening that may not be
criminal but they would be a nuisance activity right?
Hanging out on porches smoking, right outside someone's
window.
Bring bring.
Drinking lettering.
Drinking littering. And
Drinking littering in parking lot. Somebody is cooking in
front of one of the shelters on Lakeshore Drive, you know,
I talked to some departments that have been told hands off
because this would lead to an arrest, they don't have an
ID. It is there a directive to officers or are as far as
procedures in those sort of, not violent crimes, certainly
but but a quality-of-life issues that we see around these.
Do we have several issues in? And we can talk about it when
I get too much until the safety act right now. When she
comes to those types of quality of life for a rest that
that becomes a little tricky at this point. However,
however, again with our police officers when we it in, and
it doesn't matter. If you're my favorite person, or you're
a person who was born here, if a crime has been committed,
As.
As the.
As Apple.
as the police, we
As the police Weezer.
As the police, we should be responding the same way to, to
either incident. So, when and we have, when we that
migrants who have engaged in criminal activity, especially
those that are wrestlers mention, we have made a rest and
will continue to do that. Now, as far as enforcement, I can
tell you this, some of these shelters, I believe have
security and I can actually let deputy chief Steve trying
to talk about this a little bit, but that's something that
probably needs to be picked up to the security with any
shelter. So,
Did you jump on you?
A cheap drunk and you talked a little bit about that.
A cheap drunk and you talk a little bit about that Chief
Stephen Chang off the Constitution policing and reform the
officers generally treat all the everybody with Chris and
respectful. There is a rules and regulations kind of
specified specifically what we do in our interactions with
the public is as well as with each other and that's our
guiding principle in regards to the follow up with some of
the smaller like people hanging out or other or smoking on
cooking on porches up some of those we've been having
I think I got.
I think in general like a lot of their our neighborhood
want to be our conscientious about our new arrivals and
trying to be welcoming. I think they're trying to get in
some of our business areas. Right alongside. The district's
they've been trying to be cognizant of our new arrivals in
that they know that they're coming to a new area and they
don't have a place to hang out or or congregate like
ideally we we've been working with the FSA stand OMC
Personnel trying to find activities for our new arrival so
that you have something positive to occupy their time and
they they went to Great Lengths and working with some of
the Alderman's office as well as identifying some of the
activities that they can go to within the communities. So,
they're not having the people hang out in front of all the
stations in front of the neighborhoods in and that's one of
the stuff that they've been trying to do to mitigate that I
know within the shelter space. They've been really doing a
good job of trying to acclimate our new arrivals to
Go to.
Call Tanya.
Cultural norms of Chicago in an inch.
Cultural norms of Chicago, in an age of cultural norms of of
the city, and a state are coming to a new area. If it's
something different as well, as something that they may not
be used to. And so the our shelter spaces have been really
proactive as well as our community based organizations,
reaching out in the kind of convenient that message that we
were hanging out or doing some of the stuff is not, what,
what, what is a Sprite and I said, the shelter, it's a very
different situation when then when they're in the police
station. And so, when they're in the shelter, it's very
different from when they're in the police station, and I
want us to decompress the police station, because that's a
good. Starting Friday, buddy, including the officers, were
there of my time is short so I'm going to switch just real
quick. Thank you, thank you. Jesus, all in Riley, mentioned
in the CCA and the two major Avenues were criminals come in
and out of my neighborhood are on the red line and Lake
Shore Drive out. You know, we we seen improvements on the
red line is still a little hot at night.
but, you know,
But you know why, there wasn't a decrease in the transit
security I believe from the CPD side? I want to make sure
we're not losing anything. They're being corporate-funded,
or if it's coming out of CT, I know we actually did did not
decrease it on our side than the outlet. Deputy chief to
reach, talk about that one.
Gretchen.
Good afternoon. Acting Chief Tavares from Imperial counter
terrorism. First off of, I just like to make it clear that
there's a lot of attention given to the CT, obviously the
crime and a lot of that is over glorified. In my opinion,
Commander bird is an amazing job with the resources. He has
currently violent crime, is down 7% this year, on the CTA
overall crime is down. 10% obviously, you know, we want to
keep improving on that because we don't want to have the
victims but there is action being taken and it's it's been
good reaction. We're actually we are budgeted and we got 36
more officers, assigned to the CTA this year. So on the
police say, we have 36 more than we had the previous year
and then also the show bird along with the CGA when it's a
negotiations. For overtime initiative which is paid for
from the CTA originally that was just straight time.
Currently is now time and a half just like our overtime.
This s*** is so based on that we've got double the amount
offer to sign up for that. So we went from about $28 a day.
where,
Work.
working at
Working at Bi-Lo.
Working at Bi-Lo on 30 special employment to about 60. So
we've actually got a net gain of almost $90 a day out there
so it is making it a big difference and then also with the
new contract if it does get ratified it used to be a T20 on
the management and the officers that come to the CTA. Now
it'll be 50 50. So I guess is a better pool of Oscar's to
pick from. We're not always going to get the Oscars with
the most seniority that want a bit in there and treated
like,
Retirement. So it is going to help with that, fits you
Retirement. So it is going to help with that. 50/50 is
Retirement. So it is going to help with that 50/50 as well,
a little bit about the activity, the uptick in activity.
Does.
Desert.
So,
So currently last year, based on activity, for year-to-date
calls for service and action, that was taken, was
ninety-seven thousand total this year already. We're at
117277 so that that's all activity done by the CTA. So
obviously, you can see there's almost a 25000 increase on
that and then a Nas and tickets written on the CTA last
year. There was three thousand this year up to 89th 8900 at
this time. And so we've already double that, so they claim
it is going way up the amount of guns recovered. This year
is at 40 compared to 11 last year and then the amount of
rest have gone up over 100% that that's great news that I
would love to help the department from out. Can I just say
one more thing and I want me to run to German
Yeah.
Yes.
Yes, thank you. Thank you. I just, I want to say thank you.
I've been busy Ward. We have a lot of need. So I want to
thank everybody that I also want to thank everyone at City
Hall. It's been a little while the last few weeks here and
I think this is one of the least Secure Public buildings
maybe I've ever been in. And so I I know CBD plays takes
the lead out on security here and I think it's time that
you work with our partner agencies to do a real assessment
of physical operational changes that would make our
building more secure. Like you know what they are? And then
every other building Daley Center Thompson Center always
was too but the really great work that's all I think we
could mitigate with whistle
Cypress.
Our procedures and play.
Our procedures and physical changes for.
Our procedures and physical changes for the building. So
thank you, charm. And I think a superintendent
Take.
Thank.
Thank you, Miss.
Thank you mister. I just wanted a point of clarification on
the CTA question so there's Thirty million dollars
allocated in the budget under your department for the CTA
and you just mention. I think I heard you say that the CTA
is paying for overtime or I want to know what I just
clarification on what I've heard and how much money are we
talkin?
Yes.
Yes, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am, I can shoot the breeze in a counterterrorism
desk for the bouncers special appointment, Which is higher
back by the CTA. That's not the police department's payment
that payment on them so we are working special employment
for the CTA. So that's where that money comes from a
million. Is there money? No, not in the budget. That's the
money that they pay for the overtime issue that the police
work is so that is federal money being reimbursed of them
to pay our officers to work on their day off. Okay? And the
extra money. You just mentioned there. Something about
overtime. Where would that money be found know that. That's
the money. I'm talking about this initiative from the CTI.
Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.
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reminded me of something we had a conversation with a few
bucks to go with an Altima Clay's predecessors about the
definition of a fly down. So, you know, we don't mean to
Oh.
Oh like the little the challenges that you know other
communities have but you know, if you want to change seats,
I'd be glad because I mean these are some challenges that
you know, we understand the quality of life issues, but I
always say that to me some of these and sometimes but I
would like for some members of council spent a little time
with myself all the mascot of MIT Burnett. Goodnight sweet
and see some of these real challenge these officers are
facing in the district, but I would just be remiss if we
didn't I'll go back to that particular section because I I
know that we all have challenges but I'm on the scale of a
scale of challenges. I mean, we're seeing a lot of
different different actions so but go ahead.
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Thank you, Jerry.
thank you Cheri. I just want to say that coming from the
48th Ward which has the 24th and 20th police districts in
the 20th Police District, which is one of the safest in
Chicago. I would be interested in touring your districts to
see what the what the day of the life of a police officers
in.
At work.
At what is la?
Good kid Maad City, Peace, book ordinance. I wanted to ask
today regarding quality-of-life issues. We do have a lot of
questions about quality-of-life issues, but I'm some
unfortunately, I also want to let, you know, tell you my
commitment to work with your team. We have a temporary
shelter at the Broadway Armory. We have five Public
Schools, we have to public libraries, and all of us. Need a
lot of, a lot of a help especially around mental health.
So, but one thing that we have been told is that some
officers have their hands tied? And, and so we want to
address this and at the same time, make sure that they're
getting the resources that they need. So what do you think
that means in terms of not being able to do their job,
especially in a war? Like the 20th district has, how is it
that we can help officers do their
Spell.
Especially those who.
Especially those who say their hands are tied.
What?
Well.
Well, first of all, I'd like to know where those officers
work in what they mean. When they say their hands are tied,
that means different things for different people in
different places. If we're saying our hands are tied with
mean that we go back. If you do 50 years style of policing,
then we're we're not going to go back to that.
We?
We-we're policing in an environment now that we have to
work in where we are under a lot of scrutiny for one,
there's a lot of oversight, we have a consent decree that
we're working on right now. However,
One of the.
One of the things.
one of the things that I can tell you is because of the
oversight in the number of oversight bodies. There's a lot
of confusion around how police officers are supposed to
work. Well, how they respond to certain things, so that
confusion can lead to hesitation and that hesitation could
lead to someone being hurt or injured or even worse,
possibly kill. We want officers to be able to make those
split-second decisions. And because split-second decision,
making is based on all of the information that the officer
has at the time that he makes that decision. He or she
makes that decision. And technically it is not supposed to
be judged in hindsight because whatever information the
officer had at the time that they make, that decision
should be the information in the only information used to
weigh the office's decision naked.
Some.
some of the
Some of that.
Some of that, it seems they are.
Some of that it seems they are going out of the window a
little bit. So our officers are a little confused about
what they can do at times. And this leads people eat people
to believe that officer standing back and doing nothing.
What these officers are doing, often times, trying to
evaluate the situation so that they can make the best
possible decision. So did they don't lose their jobs. So
this is one of the things that has affected the way
officers are doing policing. We oftentimes tell the officer
what we don't want them to do and we focus on that all the
time. We don't want you to do this. We don't want you to do
that but we don't focus on is telling them what it is. We
do want them to do. And that's the that's the major issue.
Then when the officer makes that decision full
investigation,
The off.
The office.
The officer needs to be judged, fairly about the way that
the officer responded, and the fairness should be rooted in
three things. The way the officers trained, the law, and
our department policy. And when we look at those three
things that the officer followed those rules and they fell
within those guidelines. And we have to understand when an
officer is Justified in the way that the officer responded.
So these are things that we need to take into consideration
and not make me jerk reactions to something that we see or
click Quick Clip that we may see.
One.
One, social me.
On social media.
One social media so moving forward. What we're looking to
do is make sure that our officers are well-trained
well-educated on what they can do for me. I want to be as
transparent as humanly possible and explain situations that
the the average Community member may not understand how
that officers train or what the lawyers around what the
officer did. So we want the clear transparency, this should
help our offices and help our community have a clear
understanding about how I office is a judge and what our
officers are trained to do and it may help the officer it
should help. The officer make quicker faster better
decisions when they're responding to crimes.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you for.
Thank you for that. We want officers to show up. We want
them to show up when we call 911, we want them to actually
just show up on our business corridors, because, as you
said earlier, you do people make judgments about what you
look like. And and a, the presence of a police officer
increases the feeling of safety. It's not just on our
business Corridor, but it's also outside of our shelters,
where people are really unsure of how to behave, you know,
what's acceptable and what's not. And I will tell you that
the staffers at my temporary shelter would like more police
presence on. They don't want anybody to get arrested, but
they also are having issues because they're
Find.
Trying to take care of the people in.
Trying to take care of the people inside the bill?
Trying to take care of the people inside the building, and
at the same time, people are free to leave the building
into the community. And we just need a little bit more
understanding of how we can work together to keep everybody
safe. And, and, and also show our new arrivals what what it
looks like to be a part of the community, and I think that
we need to do that together. So I appreciate you talking
about o m, c and d, f. S s cuz we know when he could do
this alone. So I appreciate your work in that effort. You
talked about the d e. I t that you're looking to stand up
and I was curious to know who will be directing that team.
He said that there's going to be the first-ever diversity
equity and inclusion team with an assistant director,
senior Equity officer into Equity officers.
Direct.
Director.
Director Brooks. You like to think that question.
Could.
Grab.
good after
Good afternoon drive to Glenbrook South community policing.
Yes, it is part of our plan and we are looking to stand
that up. None of those positions have been posted as of
now, we're looking to hire those positions in the beginning
of 2024, I will say that we've had a very senior diversity.
My deputy director. Deputy director, Sarah Boyle,
Commander, prudence, and others were on that team. That
helped develop that replaying. We're looking to implement
it in the beginning of 2024.
Thank.
Thank you. I
Thank you, I appreciate the effort I know of many
nonprofits who put up to e.r. teams after the murder of
George Floyd and I saw and felt that this was an exercise
in checking boxes and so I just want your commitments and
knowledge. I would like to understand who is going to be in
charge of this team and and what is it for you? What does
success mean look like any of this team?
Direct.
Drive to Glen Burnie.
Director, Glenn Brooks of community policing. So what
success looks like is this successful collaborative
environment where we bring this team up and we meet the
goals of the and more importantly we have an apartment and
a community that trust and is reflective of the of our
community. That is what true success is and I appreciate
superintendents knowing your commitment to look into trans
training to make sure that we are inclusive. Because we
know that black Trans women, there's there is a war against
a black Trans women, and we want to make sure that that we
are protecting them as well. I wanted to ask you about the,
my bike safety. We have one of the worst like abilities in
Chicago Across the Nation, and maybe in the
and I'm
and I,
and,
And I know that infrastructure is needed to protect our
bikers protected bike Lanes. I know that you're also you
had a bike ambassador program at some point. I'm can you
talk a little bit about that? My concern is that as we are
trying to get people out of cars and also have safer
streets in Chicago how we working with with your department
to ensure that bikers are safe and what is it that bikers
can do to keep each other safe at this time?
Would you?
Would you be able to?
Glenn Brooks.
Glenbrooks Ops community policing. So, we've been working
with the Department of Transportation on their bike safety
plan. In addition, I know several districts, including the
20th district for a long shirt. And Road have worked on it
several with the bike ambassadors, from Department of
Transportation on several initiatives. Along their
Department, transportation has been really are lead there
on the bike ambassador program and we've worked with in
conjunction with them and implementing it throughout the
city and ways to make us all safe, including addressing our
infrastructure that needs desperate upgrades and I hope to
be included on a second.
Thank.
Thank you. What you want around 2? You said,
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go to you.
No. Yes.
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On the sky.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you, congratulations.
I'm
I made.
I made I just have more of a comment and one question. So
I'll ask my question first. I want to say that I want to
say thank you to all all of you while you all work hard,
you know. I'm and in the districts though, I starve.
Mr.
District.
District an 11 and 15 are prioritized us, one of some of
the one of the, one of the toughest districts within our
city. And so I am thankful that it is very poor correct. We
got together last Thursday, I district 10, 11, and 15. And
we went through our crime stats for the year where we are
from January to October and we are, we are down a great
deal and, you know, our carjackings or robberies are up but
we're making significant gains and it's always helpful when
you have a great relationship with your commander. So I
thank them and I wanted to go on, you know, public records
fan, thank you because they really do work hard for me.
I,
I have one.
I have one question. So what the district council's? How
often are they trained? Somebody asked
Richard.
perfect.
Brooklyn Bridge.
Brooklyn branch office tree please sing so it's important
to remember that the district councils do not fall under
the Chicago Police Department there. An independent body. I
know that the commission has done some training for them,
we've offered to give them training and we've made seats
available at the Citizen Academy tomorrow. So but
I would.
I would like for us to work with them a little bit more so
that we are all on the same page and I know I think my
Kylie just stated that that's really, really important to
me moving forward. You know, when the new Cadets come out,
I am introduced to them when they come in to my ward.
I'm a little.
I'm a little, like, when I am introducing, I'm a little
skeptical because they are a little young and I just give
them
I'm not.
I'm not, okay.
I'm not have comp.
I'm not as confident that they look like people in the Box,
I can do what they can do in my community. I have to be
honest, I am a little bit fearful for them and I just I
give them like my blessings and just say, be cautious. Be
careful and be respectful because some of them are young
with
and,
And some of them.
And some of them are young man, and I am praying that they
are getting the coaching and the training that they need to
fight this and combat this violence. But
Those are.
Those are my.
those are my prey.
Those are my prayers. Another thing that we did, anybody
talk about. I know someone just mentioned the CTA. I know
that there has been, and you did just say that those
numbers were a little bit.
Employee.
Inflatable.
Inflated a little bit. Then we say that.
Prime number.
We're not saying that their inflated. What we're saying is
that we're seeing a decrease in the violent crimes in the
overall crimes on CTA at that cuz we've been having some
issues on that pink line. And so,
It's been a.
It's been a long.
It's been a long update for the past month, I think and I
just know, I don't know. You know, I know that that's not
my commander issue but I just wanted us to at least watch
that a little bit because that pink line has been a little
couple of stabbings lately and so I just want to give a
little attention to that but overall I like the work that
has been done in my community. I like the ear to the
streets that the command of my lieutenant of my captains
have is it helps? And so I encouraged her, my new Alderman,
to make sure that you all have that relationship because
they can work very well. You know where like the
Backbone. And come.
backbone, and kind of like the
Backbone and kind of like the Intel to our community because
they come to us first. So it's always great to have that
working relationship and so I thank you all again.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you for.
Thank you for that.
Thank you for that contain.
Thank you for that continued. Support in the 24th. Ward.
Thank you. We're going to continue to have those
relationships. Thank you. We will have ottoman Knutson
follow Baltimore Silverstein.
Thank you.
Thank you so much. Are they a superintendent? You're doing
a lot of time in front of us are truly appreciate. I feel
like it's been very quick since the committee hearings and
it's good to see you've got into work so quickly. So thanks
for diving, right in with your own on that note. You know,
I'm not going to, we had a good conversation during the
committee hearings and I don't want to repeat anything. We
talked about the covers sports model to mental health calls
investments, in technology things that have come up today
that are really important to me. We also talked a little
bit about just a distribution of stabbing of officers
throughout the district. This cat that I highlighted was
just at the 18th District that serves a good 70% of of my
ward and then downtown and get downtown is always going to.
Get more attention, has a 30% drop in officers. Over 2
years, the biggest Drop In the City by good amount in on
that conversation. We talked about doing an assessment and
I want.
High Line of questioning on this.
High Line of questioning on this topic is really, what does
that assessment look like in in layman's term terms? Is it
an independent assessment? What are the metrics? And really
what are potential goals coming out of it right now without
a staffing study which we're looking to do Adventure Lee,
we have to do something quick to assess the needs within
the district. Now that's based on events, that's based on
crime based on activity within that area. Now, I know what
I can tell you what, the 18th District I believe it was
about 20 offices. We just provided the 18th District
Commander to help with the window detail this, but this
more than likely going to be coming up and it's some point,
we'll probably have to send a few more officers over there
for that. We also know that there's a break coming up, that
we have to make sure that we have properly staffed, we have
a proper Manpower there. So the assessment will be done
based on these things, the events, the needs, and and what
types
Cry.
Crime occurring over there entertainment team that we have
a blizzard, very important to have that because of the
number of businesses that over there. We know we have the
mag mile over there. So we have to pay attention to that.
Also, we know that we have strawberry smash and grabs
things that nature. We want to make sure that we have that
covered. So as we move along, will make these assessments.
As we get more bodies from the academy will start to
distribute those recording it straight.
Yeah, go.
Yeah, go ahead.
Yeah go ahead coldest time of the staff and study. We went
through a I want to say year year-and-a-half ago with the
University of Chicago crime lab that produced A&A Staffing
study number one, have you had an opportunity to see that
and number one, number two, if you have what are your
thoughts or on that and what what's in a reasonable
implementation plan for a Staffing in analysis and changes.
The first thing I have had the opportunity to see it's not
truly Staffing study, it was done based on Alia so can we
eat? We need a true Staffing study where we're looking at
calls for service. We're looking at the number of officers,
we have weed, we need to look at the geographical
locations. We need to look at the size of the district. All
of that has to be broken down to determine a true Staffing
study. So we
I do this, just be
I do this. Just based on some
I do this, just based on simple algorithm for moving
forward. We want to get one started as quickly as possible.
So we're looking into ways of funding that in my, in my
tenure, the 3rd or 4th person to sit in that chair that
says that we need to staff and study that will do the staff
and stay the night. They think that's when you will see,
came in to provide it. And I guess the question I think we,
we need to know and
and is
I ended.
And what does that cost look like? And what would we need
to do to allocate resources for? I just met with Anne and
we can actually get this funding through philanthropy. This
will be some outside resources. Now, when you do that, it
has to be open and transparent, which I have no problem
with because I've been talkin about transparency at this
point. If we can get that work done, get it funded and the
quicker we can get it started, the better. We can get that
the quicker, we can get it out there. Now, this isn't going
to happen overnight, the Staffing studies, take time, and
especially its largest Chicago is, and we look at the
geographical area. It has to be studied and looking at the
possibility, I'm not saying that we are absolutely going to
do it, but we do have to look at the possibility of
remapping the size of these discs.
because,
because I
because all of the
Because all of that would be a part of the Stanford study,
appreciate that. And I think two with your other goals that
we talked about today, like, you know, increase detectives
civilian, civilian ization. Always a hard work for me to
stay for some reason. It it lightens the load, of course
I'm the officers that are serving the districts and I tend
to find these ongoing studies when it comes to an
organization is biggest, epd are required in order to
optimize
You're?
You eat the bodies.
you eat the bodies that that we
You eat the bodies that that we have in order to make sure
that they're serving all communities in the right way. I
also want to mention to you, we really appreciate the The
increased by Patrol. Another Patrol that has been sent
related to the springs of armed robberies that we've been
seeing in our Ward. And in neighboring Lords, it's our
commander commander bars. We've been working so closely and
tomato juice, honey. I'm making sure that the two districts
that serve our Ward are really in touch, because I think
that type of cooperation, communication is Sookie, you
know, these safety issues. Stop it borders, they move
around, especially when they're done in Seabreeze. So I I
can't thank, you know, your group of commanders and in my
commanders and serve our community and not I want to go to
a question on on hate crimes that I just want a little more
clarity on you. No shock to anyone, we talked about in
here. There's been a big rise in in hate crimes, xenophobia
homophobia anti-Semitism racism,
across the
Across the bow.
across the board in
Across the board in and we see there's a hate crime victim
Advocate and I was wondering if I could get a little more
detail on the job description of that single hate crime
victim Advocate. That's funded, director, Brooks director,
Brooks office community policing. Currently, we have a hate
crime officer that we have assigned to hate crimes. Along
with a, we work with the detective Barrel on the follow up
on those hate crimes, and 2024 will look,
add a
Added hey.
added hate crime and
Added hate crime Advocate and this is really to help us
work with our 3D bass organizations who have seen and
within their communities arise and hate crime. We're
working on a an initiative to reach out to those
organizations to help us get that information on those hate
crimes and those hate incidents which are somewhat
underreported. I will tell you that as an apartment we take
each and every incidents and seriously investigated fully.
that
That's great soup.
That's great. So this person just to confirm there. It'll
be a little bit of
caps.
Cap style go visit different Community organizations in
districts and that could that could help track patterns to
absolutely not only helping track patterns, but also
reaching out to those communities to make sure that we are
getting that information as we know I hate crimes are not
always reported or hate hate incidents are as reported and
we are really making Outreach to get a better understanding
of the full some of it of this issue and more importantly
get it reported and Apollo with the the necessary
investigation and you think an increase in one and it is
enough.
Do I pay?
Do I think?
do I think I think,
Do I think I increase in one is enough? I think it was
really important to our department, continue to take it in
and its totality. Remember the patrol aspect of it is the
first.
first,
First Contact will usually two people when they called 911,
we want to make sure that we give them all the tools
necessary to document that incident for us at the following
investigation. Thank you. Thank you.
I'll know if you.
I'm a few people have.
I'm a few people have asked about CTA and then we we
learned quite a bit. I wanted to say, I wish CTA appeared
at these budget hearings. I think we have a lot of pretty
great follow-up questions related to how they communicate
with you and making sure that people aren't working in
silos. A question is, how do you feel that the coordination
between CPT and CTA when it comes to CTA? Safety is being
handled? Is there a good line of communication there?
There's a great line of communication. Their Commander. Joe
bird has a really good relationship with CTA leadership. I
think they do a great job of coordinating where officers
and needed, there's constant conversation but between them
and when we talked about the overtime initiative that is
actually funded by CTA and getting offices to work to
increase.
Vampire.
Manpower on the CTA.
Manpower on the CTA has been helpful. The other thing is,
is that our Command of bird is, is very instrumental in
making sure that office is a active than proactive on CTA.
Not only that the combination of that coordination. Now,
spills over into Patrol and from the patrol standpoint.
We're doing a CT, a platform checks, and they're working in
lockstep with the sdst rooms and their technology with CTA.
So we have a good coordination with them. That's really
good to hear from that, from the safety perspective. And I
hope we can keep increasing that, you know, where we're
going to be to insinuating members, the council to do some
work lifting, the veil on the CTA, if you will, to see if
we can get a better direct line and what's going on and
into things are constituents, tell us that they should have
an easier way to report. So that's good to hear. I also
wanted to ask a little bit more about. There's budgeted
free graphic.
And three digit.
And three digital media specialist, it'll be really use the
community alerts that you all send out. And I think they're
great people really watch out for them. In our newsletter,
I'm wondering other job description of these rules a little
bit broader, might My Hope in, you know, a leading question
is that it's doing. It has an attempt through social media
to connect CPD, further with a younger generation,
especially a generation that might have some distrust.
Why?
Why would you?
Rhymes.
Rhymes with time.
Rhymes with 730 director CPD. So yeah, those titles you
looked at were part of a broader push through out the
department where we were looking to engage in that
storytelling and Co governance model that the transition
report pushed. So we do have those digital digital media
specialist, which are going to help us engage much more
with social media. And then, we also just have more titles
related generally to engaging with the public community
policing already. That's a lot of that. And then we're just
trying to support their message throughout the entire
department.
Okay.
okay, that's
Okay, that's great. And you know for those people when they
come in I hope they rely on a bunch of buses is Advocate
Stephen leverage that work. We can get good communicators
and try to bring people into the fold of trust better when
everyone's talking so would love to help on that.
That.
That's a.
That's all I.
That's all I got. Thank you so much superintendent and
appreciate the work that you started doing really quickly.
Thank you all the men. Appreciate it. Thank you. All to
make a note soon. I'll miss a thing.
Thank.
Thank you. Good afternoon, almost evening. I am, well,
before I start with anything, I first want to say thank
you, I want to say thank you to actually whenever I have
police officers in our room, I'm always saying thank you.
So, I truly appreciate everything that you do. Everyone in
the room here today. My commanders, I mostly have the 24th
district but I also have the 17th and the 20th and they are
all fantastic. So I want to thank them as well. And I also
want to thank you super antenna for your communication with
me and your contact with me and your caring. I truly
appreciate it. So thank you very much. I did want to just
follow up on some things that Autumn and connection was
saying about the hate officer.
I'm assume.
I'm assuming.
I'm assuming that's also your civil rights unit that
synonymous. Okay? So I would really encourage and I feel
very strongly that we need more than one or two officers.
There has been a 86% increase in hate crimes in Chicago
from 2021 and 2022. And now given the situation over the
last couple weeks. Probably those percentages are probably
even higher. And as you said, not everybody is even
reporting them. So I'm sure those numbers are
In higher than what we had.
In higher than what we have reports.
In higher than what we have reported. And so I would suggest
a nice way that you would consider expanding that. I think
it's really necessary and just another question out of the
statement, those officers or the officer that's their. Do
they work with the victim? Also, our men are there, are
they there for just tracking or do they also like when we
were talking about domestic violence, so they go out and
talk to the victims or is that more of a human relations
type?
Direct me.
Erratically.
Director Glenbrook, South community policing. Absolutely
our officers go out and they work with the victim. They're
also supported by our Affinity officers within, not only
within the unit, but also within a district. So we have and
they're six of those and we use them to help support the
hate crimes unit. Additionally, we received a grant in in
late September early, October, for additional $400,000. I
think one of the things that is really key is to continue
to build those collaborative Partnerships with those are
Community groups on this particular issue as we move
forward, we are always looking and accepting suggestions
from the comedian. How we can better this space acting
Chief degrees, can you just talk a little bit about how we
respond to hate crimes, especially in life?
Yes.
yes, I
Yes, I can.
Yes, I can choose the very Spirit on terrorism. So as you
know, man, cuz you were a victim of yourself, we have the
jttf with several units, underneath, me, that assist in the
best. Getting some of these crimes all over the casting
which is your confidential, analytical section. They're
able to track a lot of the post on social media and then do
a deeper dive into where those posts are coming from
identify those. People are the very successful and
mitigating things many times early on a lot of these people
don't even realize what they're putting up there. Just
putting up hate that. They don't even understand what's
behind that hatred. So when we go out there and we
interview them and talk to him, obviously they're shocked
that they were first off found by us. And then, secondly,
it's the kind of thing by many of them. I didn't understand
why, I didn't realize what I was saying, don't bite. I'm
just an excuse, but many of these people, there are there
actual victims themselves of what? They're seeing a TV, and
what they're being propaganda and believing that's not even
true. So they don't understand what they're
Play some time.
And sometimes.
and sometimes it's good to
And sometimes it's good to intervene is good to have these
units that are able to go out and talk to these people.
Because a lot of times making people wiser makes me smarter
and makes us safer. Natalie is not only just arresting
people. Stop by stalking those people and getting them
knowledge and understanding what they did. And they didn't
grasp the severity of what they do. The crime they
committed. So we have those means a lot of opportunity and
I can give you hundreds of examples that I'm not going to
get it for now. But there's a lot of things are going on
that. No, we can't talk about that our units to intervene,
and they do a really good job of us talking to these people
on catching while this. And then why these times these
people will explain their side of it. And leaves us two
other people that are actually on the farther end of the
spectrum that we can go talk to you and no, take off the
street.
I'll bet he's
That is sweet, of course.
Then answer the question, thank you. And again, I mean, my
big push is to make sure that people are reporting this
incident and crimes as well. I think it's really important
and I do think that the numbers are not where they are
where they should be. And I think it's the serious problem.
And again, I think we need to concentrate on fighting
against hate of all kinds. I'm not sure. If this came up
earlier, if it did, we you don't have to go over it again.
You and I could talk about it before, but yes, we talked
about the carjackings and we talked about the robberies,
I'm not sure if anybody mention
Set. An
Atmos.
That most of these are being committed by juice.
That most of these are being committed by Juvenile.
But most of these are being committed by juveniles.
and,
Aunt has
Aunt, has I come up yet in this long day and I was just
wondering if it hasn't if you could talk about that. And if
you have any and usually when you going to have to commit a
crime, now they're back out on the street a few hours later
committing them again which is very frustrating for all of
us. So I don't know if you have some kind of a plan that
could help with that situation. So right now we're in talks
with the mayor's office about sitting down with lawmakers
now to to determine what's the best course of action to
deal with juveniles who are engaging in this from the first
time that they're caught to repeat offenders. What we have
to understand about juveniles, who are engaging in a lot of
the robberies and the carjackings. We have a tendency to
believe that.
A lot.
a lot of these kids, you
A lot of these kids just do.
A lot of these kids just don't have anything else to do, but
I will tell you is a lot of these young people, especially
the younger age individuals that we were apprehended for
carjackings the only to find out that it was a video game
for them. They were saying that you they would constantly
say things like GTA which is Grand Theft Auto, a video game
where carjacking was a part of the video game and they're
engaging in this at times there online comparing their
crimes in the number of of carjackings that they've
committed or performed compared to someone else. So, what
we, what we're saying is the repeat offenses. So, this
isn't just about getting resources for the young people.
There also has to be a level of accountability.
and,
and not a
And that account.
And that accountability can't be voluntary. Wiz the adults
have to be the adults, and we have to make sure that these
juveniles are held accountable and from that point get the
resources that are necessary. So that date, so that, that
recidivism rate doesn't continue. We have to change that
behavior. That behavior doesn't necessarily change by
choice. There has to be something in place to hold the
People accountable to.
People accountable to educate.
People accountable to educate them and to get them in a
better place to bring them in so that we know that we're
not going to have these repeat offenses. Because again,
there was a time.
There was a time where when we stop someone that was a part
of a robbery ringing, we've we've arrested those people.
That was pretty much the end of that robbery. It's not that
way so much anymore because of the ages of the young people
who are committing these crimes. So we have to find a way
to take a deeper dive into dealing with juveniles when it
comes to violent crime because we know that it may be a
carjacking. And for some of them, it may be a game at that
moment, but for the person that they just stuck a gun in it
to the head of trauma for the rest of their lives. And we
also know that this has led to not only shootings but
homicide where someone act it out, didn't want to give up
the keys. Didn't want to give up that the car. Yeah. You
imagine a woman going to a car with a child strapped in the
back seat and someone runs up sticks, a gun in your face
and attempts to drive off with that the babysitting.
dial, Linda a
Dialed in the end.
Dialed in the in, in the vehicle and the mother hanging on
to the car being dragged, because she's trying to save her
child. These are things that we have to take into
consideration. We can't look at this, like it's a game
because we know that these things escalate the greater
things. So, a juvenile today, who is committing, crimes
will become your future adult for committing more heinous
crimes. So, we have to find some help for these juveniles
now to stop discontinue violent crime.
Thank you.
Thank you for.
Thank you for thank you for that. I don't have any other
questions. You have a big responsibility on your shoulders.
I've been telling so many people how impressed I've been
with you so far. So thank you for everything that you're
doing. Good luck and let us know how we can all help you or
you know where all of us here are very willing and able to
help you.
Thank.
Thank you. All.
Thank you, almost Silverstein. I believe that takes us
through all of the members that are currently in the room.
We're going to now. Go to ALDI, Gutierrez lullaby.
but you're
What you're saying?
What you're saying.
I just said the committee members. Okay, no problem, here
is falling out on the Coleman.
Do.
Don't.
Do next meeting.
so nice meeting you in person when you got a point and I
was not in the chamber, but I just want to congratulate you
and, and
You.
you, and
You and your team? I know you've been in the department for
a couple years, which I also looking at the paperwork they
gave us they'd forgot to change your title in it. You still
I know it is achieved with your now or Supreme tendon. I
don't know if this was printed before your appointment but
also wanted to ask you that if your Chief physician has
been already fulfilled in there and based on what you're
saying, it sounds like I'm going to have to smack somebody.
So I was just being curious.
this is,
This is accurate, right. Okay, so nice meeting you all. But
that was the one thing that I wanted to point, and I was
curious cuz I was told that the back. And I used to be
every month, right? At graduation of officers. I know that
nowadays we have lowered the amount of people that went out
I am become officer.
I am become officers. So ever, how could it 16 weeks the
academy if I'm correct in every how often it's a
graduation? They now the graduation is something different
from the the the recruits coming out of the academy their
recruits going out of the academy monthly but for cost
Savings in the size of the class, we combined it and you
may have three or four different classes within one
graduation. Or how many how many did we do a year or a year
depending on schedule? So we we we lost our support group
office, the superintendent's office, and then we try to get
as many recruits through. So we're averaging about three a
year at this point, just trying to understand.
Learning.
Learn as much as.
Learn as much as I can of the whole department. And with
that said, I'm looking at that the numbers here. So we have
1500 bacon to be fulfilled within the same Department. I
know some of them may be taking over these position so at
the end I can we have an estimate of the positions after
moving stuff around, how many are we having? And in what
the timeline will be looking like,
I know.
I don't.
I know this is a question and I know it.
I noticed a question and I know if we don't have officers,
Start.
start a
Starting. So, how are we thinking of pool filling this
position because it's a big number, right?
Once.
1000.
1565 position. We have to do. We have to come up with
something better as it relates to recruitment. We're going
to have to have a heavy push because again those vacancies
happened over the past three years. These were challenging
time for challenging times, for offices between Coleman and
civil, unrest occurring simultaneously, the social media
and the media coverage on police officers led to a lot of
stressful situations for police officers and especially
those officers who had plenty of time on the job who may
have stuck around decided ignition. It's, it's time to go,
not only that, but across the country, it's become
difficult to recruit people to be police officers or 21.
Police officers be.
Police officers, big.
police officers, because
Police officers. Because they, they feel that the negativity
that's associated right now with being a police officer.
However, I feel that we can build upon that by building
trust and building relationships in the community to get
people to want to come in and be a part of the solution.
Right? And then, and this is something that we that we need
to do to work with that. But we do want to fill those
positions. Currently, we have about 450 Chicago, police
officers in the academy, we're going to be filling those
roles, and we need to keep up with recidivism.
that's,
And with that said,
and with that said, also,
And with that said, also we need to remember that our
police officers are. Also our community members are family
and friends and we also need to continue to advocate for
them to have good working condition. As we also know,
sometimes they don't have time. Off, or they called they
work the shift. And then they're called again real quick
without having a lot of hours or days that they were
supposed to have it. We just I think we just need to
continue to work together in order for them to have a good
environment, good hours, and overall, good condition. We've
done that, we've done away with the mandatory day off
cancellations. If you know, there was at least one or two
every 5 weeks they have cancellations, that we have put a
stop to their to make sure that all forces have time to
wind down half time with their families, have time to
decompress from the stressful things that they see it work,
everyday obvious.
We?
We're working to.
We're working to bed.
We're working to better the conditions and the district,
but that's going to take time as we try to find some point
about migration. When we can get the migrants to some type
of shelter in clarify districts, that's going to be helpful
to our offices, but we are offering offering Wellness,
classes and opportunities for operations to go out and seek
out. I know a lot of my constituents leaving around cuz in
the 14th Ward. We do have District 19 in District eight
police station. I know my colleague Lee has done a great
job on District 9 as well with a with Alderman, other
person. But I'm on the 8th district has while we share it
with other colleagues, Queen and David is in Lopez. I know
that the neighbors that live in the surroundings are the
ones are all the time or calling my office.
Really worried.
Really worried about.
Really worried about the drug dealing usage of prostitution
around the police station carjacking. How is this being
also looked into a? So I know there's particles and
processes and you were telling us how officers are doing
their best to to put an end into it. I think we just need
to continue to address this with our community members is
10 / 0.
sorry, but also
Sorry, but also it's in a daily basis, right? They call me,
they text me, they go to my office cuz they're really
worried. And I always explain to them that it's it's going
to be better. Write that we're working till moving them
from the police station. But I just want to dress that we
need to continue to a tackle and also communicate and
educate our new arrivals of the do's and don'ts, right? We
cannot just stays come and sends cuz maybe there were not
used to follow rules and we just need to continue doing our
village Inns in until his dad with that said all. So that's
our main concern right now is strict 8, but also wanted to
point out
The.
the card.
The car drifting and racing know we're experiencing down,
47th, Street Archer, Pulaski Cesaro. I've been working with
the commander and start Jensen and everyone in District
eight but I want to ask for your help the printing, and we
really need to work together for that issue as well as for
persecution and 47 and 20. Those are the main concerns. Of
course, we have issues in the whole city in the whole Ward
for those that are mentioned in right now. It's been
pressuring and it's not only when when the the parade or
the celebrations from September happened, but it's I'm
going every every single weekend and I do get a call to 3
in the morning and I'm calling 911 Turbo.
Sometimes our constituents are afraid of calling, right as
well. So, we just need to continue to work together.
The only.
the only thing I asked,
The only thing I asked you said we can continue working on
that place, we are responding to the dripping has been a
problem in the past and a huge problem with the drifting
drifting in the past was when our officers responded, they
were met with a physical attacks. And now, one of the
things that I've said and I said this a million times, and
then I'll say it a million times over. I am not going to
allow officers to be attacked, physically attacked and not
respond. This goes back to what. I, what I mentioned
earlier when we talked about our officers being unfairly
judged, when in any individual be human nature that if
you're physically attack to defend yourself Law Offices now
or trying to uphold the law, they're trying to keep people
safe. If that officer cannot defend himself or herself,
they cannot defend anyone else.
Opposite.
Are offices.
More officers, if they are.
More officers. If they are attacked, I expect our offices to
respond to that physical attack and stop it. And if there
needs to be an explanation as to how the officer responded
to that I am ready, willing and able to explain it and
explain how its associated with our training, our policy
and the law. That being said, we'll just adjust quickly.
I'll just have cheap McDermott talk to you about some of
the things that we do. So thanks for the question as you
know, has been ground zero for the drag racing addressing.
It's a soup mentioned that the officers have been an Attack
under attack on her multiple occasions. So I understand the
seriousness of what's going on. I understand the concerns
of everybody in this room not since you
cuz that's
cuz,
cuz it's a drag racer.
Cuz it's a drag racing or drifting is affected a number of
different districts. All we've done is we've taken it. Very
seriously. We've procured we talked earlier about Tire
deflation devices, we use those devices on a number of
occasions as a a vehicle Pursuit prevention device so you
know, will deploy? Those will give dispersal orders
deployed, Stop Sticks, we call them know. Our main goal is
to prevent a takeover. So how do we prevent a takeover? We
work with a beer counter terrorism in Iraq.
Analytic.
Analytic section, they do a great job.
Analytic section, they do a great job of going over social
media, and they get the locations of these takeovers before
they occur and they get that message out of your Patrol.
So, our main thing is, we want to beat him in the corner
and I prevent the street takeover, we coordinate our
efforts, amongst all the districts that involved, the 8th
District 10th District, the 9th District, the first
district, the surrounding suburbs Cicero, Cook County
State, Police coordinated. A lot of things that go on with
our main goal is to prevent attacks against you. Please
keep the public safe and try to prevent the street
takeovers. Give me a shout out to spray Annie Lennox in all
their officers. I know it's a tough job, but I do
appreciate it all with a and you all are doing for us.
Thank you so much.
Thank you. All.
Thank you. Olga Gutierrez Alderman. Coleman volleyball.
Maclay.
Thank.
Thank you.
Thank you, Karen Ervin. You already know how proud We Are of
you Englewood. Excellent superintendent. I do want to come
in Chief Don, Jerome he goes above and beyond for. He calls
me at least once a week and not for Englewood because our
numbers have decreased but we we want to keep them down cuz
it's been turning up lately. Commander tape over and 6,
will always be a part of Englewood Lewis Court as well as a
Brian in a district that, you know, if we convince Susie
Brown to come back from retirement. That mistake would not
have happened in the book. That's putting that out there,
I'm sure she's listening. I know, we're always looking to
increase efficiency and save money. So,
Is.
Is it?
Is it true?
Is it true that the process for writing a ticket for
officer is that a four-hour between the paperwork, the
following the follow-up? What is the time. The ticket
writing police reports? I'm sorry.
It would depend.
It would depend, it would depend on what report or what
type of report that is found some. Some police reports can
be Converse
What?
What is the average?
What is the average time?
The.
The piano you.
The piano. You said the painting on the report. But what's
the average?
Should be.
You big dummy.
Should be done. If you want to talk about that are really
very you know if it's just an arrest report deal the more
arrest officers, make more efficient to get a doing them.
I'm so some officers will finish in the rest with a case
report in an inventory yellow, and 2 hours would be a
sufficient amount of time and officers are slower. Like you
said, it's from 3 or 4 hours, depending on the nature of
the arrest. How many inventories that have
that.
That that's a long time and it takes, you know, the the
more you do it, the better you get, right? But since
modernization should be a part of the process, are we
looking to save money to decrease that time by way of
Technology, South new hardware for the officers at this
time, including mobile devices that they can have in their
vehicles and now we're rolling out some software.
Implementations this week actually were testing the
ability. If they run a plate in the lead system, they don't
have to retype that information. I can pull it right into
their report so that it's less errors and also quicker for
the officers who do 5-10 minutes here, five, ten minutes.
Are they cost to search today to warehouse? And if there's
some information about City Thunders been arrested before
they have them in custody now.
Have.
Don't have to type all that information again.
Don't have to type all that information. Again, they could
pull.
pull it in from the day to wear house again. Unless there's
less typing less redundant manual entry and then also they
can do a license, they can scan it with the mobile device.
They have at the phone, they have and take that day off of
there, they don't have to type, it can be scanned off the
back of the off. The back of driver's license. Chicago's
crime, prevention information center. They used a process
that result that I'm sorry for that reduces reporting time
to 15 or 20 minutes have CPD. Looked at using the same
process. I would definitely recommend the estimated savings
would look like 20 million.
A.
in police a
And police hours and I would love to take a look at that
and for us to discuss, be more efficient, but definitely $7
especially at a 20 million-dollar, Charles tagged and time
for the four hours to 2 2 4, H versus 15 or 20 minutes. We
do have to take some things into consideration, won the
consent, decree in the end. The requirements of it. There
are that there are a lot of data points. Now that we have
to hit the things that we or reports that we have to do
some of them. A lengthy text response to reports through
the consent decree, all of the things that were added to
those reports makes it a lot more lengthy to to
do those reports that you've
Do those reports that you would have to watch?
Do those reports that you would have to watch body-worn
camera or the supervisors have to review, those things is
ours. Police reports based on an investigatory, Stop Those
Days. Those are pretty lengthy so we can get bogged down in
a lot of paperwork. But a lot of that paperwork is tied to
the consent decree, or is in. Also part of the reform foot
pursuit policy vehicle Pursuit policy. Those all require
reports that can be that can take a lot of time have. We
looked at the cadet program reinstating, that's a deck
program.
Dish Network.
B, net worth of cheap tally.
Raven.
Good evening, keep Yolanda tally Bureau of internal
affairs. So all the cadet program is on the Recruitment and
Retention and we have reinstated that program we have for
dads and most of the South Side districts and we just
recently hired three more connect so that could that Cadet
program is up and running. And yes, I would like to know
the chairman Urban question cuz I would not have expected
that to be housed in Bia. That's all because Recruitment
and Retention is there and the cadet program falls under
recruitment and retention?
How's the?
Call Deborah.
I know you had.
I know you had you, you had that prior to, right? Go ahead
and would love to help from the Chicago. We have our young
people actively engaged. We have a success story and 7th
District, where the officers actually drove him to college.
First generation to graduate high school and to attend
college. So I know how important that program is and just
to see them grow. What is the current graduation class? The
upcoming graduation class, the total what is the ethnicity
ethnicity breakdown? And when do we expect them to?
Stream train.
Spring training to stay.
Spring training, two streets, or I don't know if you
talking about the next class to graduate who are already in
the field right now and they'll be coming back to the
graduation at the Academy in the field. What does how many
do we have? That's on that straw.
The entire you.
The entire year.
The entire year right now, or just the current.
Yeah.
yes, so the next graduate, will, the next class coming out
of the academy should be a class of 63
They?
They went in.
They went in July 5th. What's the ethnicity breakdown? I
don't have that I can get it to you, through the hell, you
have it.
good after
Good afternoon.
Good afternoon Auburn Bob and Oscar Human Resources opsa.
The class breakdown for this class was that is coming out.
What is 30%? White 31% black 33%. Hispanic
Five.
5 /.
5% Asian 2% other, and it's 63% male and 37% female
Great Wolf.
Great recruiting.
Great recruitment cheap. Sally that that's how I wish we
could say. The same thing for the fire department to come
to the apartment. I have to borrow a Chiefs alley for a
little bit over there. What was the amount of Civilian
positions before the announced 400? Yes, our percentage
into your arm out.
Make.
Animation.
Yes, Ryan forde, that his deputy director, Chicago Police
Department. So, looking at our civilian numbers prior to
this change we're budgeted for 824 out of a grand total for
the Department of 14093, it came out to between 6 and 7 per
cent per civilian
That's a.
That's it for me.
That's it for me, Sherman. I will not be requiring around 2
again. She Don Jerome
Hey.
Take.
Take quartz. Thank you, Brian. Thank you. Susie Brown. Come
back from clay. Good evening superintendent. Got to get to
the nitty-gritty line items because I'm the new kid on the
Block. So I get to do this. I wanted to do a deep dive into
our asset. Forfeiture, can you tell us how we spend these
funds? Both from the asset forfeiture from the federal
side. And also the Stateside, what I'll do is I'll push the
information over to acting chief of the Bureau. Of counter
is a counterterrorism de Res.
Goody's.
Good evening. I can shoot the breeze from the bureau
counter-terrorism so could you repeat exactly what you're
looking for an hour and 57, there's three line items that
say asset forfeiture to for federal and one for stage. And
I just wanted to know when we have these funds where they
being spent to my knowledge. It's from when you are a choir
thing from an arrest, we get a portion of the value of
that. Just one of those proceeds, then being spent on. So
then proceed to material used in the distribution of
illegal narcotic drugs is conducted under. 725 Al cs150,
the drug acid, procedure Act and the federal asset
forfeiture program under the categories of the criminal
forfeiture civil statutes, we fall under that. So we're
maintained by the federal government and also by the state
police who do the audit of our 1505 and 1505 ml funds.
it's
It's enough.
1505. Arbor
1505 are directly related to narcotics 1505 and Alphonse our
money laundering, which is directly related to narcotics.
So, any of those seizures when we have those go back into a
fund which is called the 1500 555 ml fun and those can be
used for anyting to combat narcotics, drug trafficking.
Etc. Cannot be used for anything else in with that, that is
maintained by the state police. They audit that for us,
that fund is a separate fund that is maintained by a
bursar's office and also by an accountant. And then only
distribution lost funds come from the chief beer, Arizona
through the superintendent is there anyway that we can get
a breakdown of how these funds have been spent through you.
I don't want to spend a lot of time on this, but I would
love to see how we reinvest in these dollars. I would say
yes to the extent that it doesn't compromise anything that
they're doing. Thank you for that.
when I get,
when I get you,
when I could just tell you,
When I could just tell you to that, just because we seize a
million dollars, we don't get annoying dollars back that
has to go through the court. The court, the terms of that
money is illegally seized and that time, Chicago Police
Department, probably gets and most 65% of that back is the
Cook County gets a portion of that State Police. Get a
portion of that FBI gets a portion depend on our
involvement in it. At the max, we will ever get his by 65%.
The most likely we used to get 5 to 15%. Okay. Break down.
Next up.
Next up the car.
Next up. The cops hiring program. Can you speak a little
bit more to that? I see that we have a huge carryover. We
got a maybe about 10 9 and 10 line items under the cop
hiring program. If anybody could speak to what that program
is and why do we carry over so much money? Hi. My name is
deputy director. Rhymes with diamonds going over. The cops
hiring program. This is money that we get from the federal
government to help us. Hire new police officers, everyone's
able to apply. It is a kind of lengthy application, which
is why not. Every municipality goes for it, but we in
Chicago for it. And we receive about fun funding for about
a hundred officers every year through that program.
in the
and then,
And then do we have a Rhyme or Reason why we are carrying
over millions of dollars from 2023 into 2024 and in 2023,
just from our hiring, we don't want to look like we're
putting all of our expenditures on to that one Grant,
right? We want to make sure that we're working with
Fidelity with the rules and regulations of the Grant. And
as hiring picks up you'll see expenditures. Increasing
moving on to the Edward, Byrne Memorial Justice assistance.
Grant, can anybody tell me what this Grand entails and how
we use it?
Yeah.
Yes. So if it sounds a few directors, Chicago Police
Department, what we use this, a lot of times for is
piloting, an Innovative piloting and trying to innovate on
new things that we haven't done before. So, this year, for
example, we use some of that money to improve our radios,
to make sure that we were having Crystal Clear
communication. We also got some more of those up rapid
deployment kits. We put in there as well, so we could make
sure that we were putting more cameras out into the awards.
And then another thing that we've done with that is that we
put more cameras, kind of on the back of the hitches of
Ford Explorers, which will allow us to raise a pole up and
have a camera at the top. So it's a way for us to Pilot and
innovate new practices in pieces of Technology highlight in
this only again, because we are carrying over over ten
million dollars of these
to be in a very
to be Innovative and I would love for us to put them to use
as much as possible. So just flag in that for you as were
thinking about this button going forward, how can we get
even more creative with these funds? Are there be an
effective for what we need them to because it's his
millions of dollars y'all. So excuse me if I'm just sitting
here like we have that much money to carry over moving on
with my for a minute. Can anybody talk to the improving
cpd's response to domestic violence?
In sexual assault.
Sexual assault and stalking. What are we doing with these
funds? And how effective have they been?
read the
Read the book.
But the Brooks Georgia Blake. Were you stealing my minute?
You know I'm just looking now. I'm sorry I was looking for
good afternoon director, Glenn Brooks Chicago Police
Department.
I'll just
All this is.
All, this is the this is actually within the detective
Bureau.
The.
This.
This Grand.
This grant.
Good evening.
Good evening, handsome.
Good evening at another City, chief of detectives, I think
you may be referring to what we call her sake Grand or
sexual assault kit initiative. That is something that we
are using in order to advance our investigations,
particularly what we would called cold cases, where we're
looking to develop, psychic, ability factors. So when we
go, we see that, there's DNA that we can test for that were
submitted. That there are some aspects of a genealogy
testing when appropriate that we can put into that, we can
see if there's more information to send to the chair if
that's not sufficient. But in general, we believe this is
one of the ways that we are all responding to gender-based
violence, but no sexual assault incidents.
Thank you for.
Thank you for that.
Thank you for that next up, which is something that I'm
really passionate about soup is our law enforcement mental
health and wellness. Now we have five line items here that
have some change in them. The we are carrying over at least
or of these line items into 2024. So we are only spending a
very small portion of this funds and obviously mental
health is huge for our officers right now. And I really
want to continue to lift that up that you all are humans
doing some extraordinary work and you need some time. So
how can we make sure that we are spending these dollars
more effectively to get our officers, the real Mental
Health?
Hell.
Help.
Help that they mean, well. Just a higher focus on it and
again, hiring more clinicians hiring people to come in who
have the expertise and helping office is move forward. Just
so you know, we just we just had a suicide walk on Sunday,
which was very helpful with the office is getting out and
talk and tell the people. So we won't expand programs like
that to help our office has come in contact with others who
are going through similar things. So as we move forward, we
like to open up as many facilities as we can, to help out
that soda.
Opposites.
Officers can go and get help.
Officers can go and get help and it's just some of the
things that we're doing moving forward. Now we're going to
do, I'm going to do a deeper dive because I don't want to
just keep saying office to Wellness. It's not enough to say
it. We actually have to do something about it. So once we
do a deeper dive and see all of the things that are going
to be more effective in helping our offices and what I'd
like to do is talk to our offices here with our offices.
Need hear it from them and hear their voices and then we
move forward from there. Okay, can somebody talk to me
about what is Operation legend that just has 3.5 million
dollars next to it operation Legend is funding that we got
that we're using to purchase some more equipment. One of
those items is bands, make sure that we're responding to
civil unrest and moving our officers around quickly. The
other thing that I'd like to highlight is just the grand
side,
A lot of.
a lot of time.
a lot of times, we
A lot of times we get our Awards right around this time of
year and then we go into early next year, which is then
where we start having to apply for new G. So then we have
to start spending down from the stuff that we received the
previous year, right around this time. If you know, anyone
who is interested in Grants management office of public
safety administration, they have to position posted right
now which will help us move through this through this
process more efficient, send them my way. I have been doing
a great job. We're getting people high.
One.
My newsletter is booming, two more questions. If I can I see
that we have a nice chunk of change. Sitting next to our
line item presidential nominating convention. I would love
to know how are we spending that money? How are we
preparing for the DNC? If you could, just share some
thoughts around, how are we actually going to make the city
of Chicago safe while we are going to be the center of
attention for the entire world for a second. What woke, our
preparation isn't raining right now. That's the major apart
of it. So our response to the DNC and preparation. As we
move forward, we will talk about the structural aspect of
how we're going to be responding, but it's to make sure
that officer educated enough and trained well enough to
respond to the possibility of civil unrest, is that there's
going to be
Focus.
the focus on.
a focus on First Amendment 4th amendment. Those things are
very important when when officers responding to incidents
like this. So we want to make sure that we keep the city
safe and when we start talking about that the budget aspect
of it, that's reimbursable money. So we have to put that
money up front and then we're reimbursed for it. So as we
go along we'll figure that those those things out and then
last but not least, can somebody talk me through our urban
areas?
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did you just
Did you just go in the back?
Did you just go in the bathroom deputy director rhymes with
diamonds? I'm going to kick it to acting Chief of Staff.
Sorry acting chief of counter-terrorism in a second. But
that is you all see money. That's the type of money that
were using to fund our helicopter, which quick date update
on that. It looks like all of the conversation has moved
that directly to bail the contract. So now we are finally
in direct negotiations with bail as of today. So thank you
all for highlighting that but I'll turn this over to acting
chief debreeze.
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Good evening. I can shoot the breeze again from
counter-terrorism. USA funds are federal funds that come in
that we can use for equipment training purposes are things
tied to counterterrorism. So anything we could try to
counter terrorism of why we needed to defend ourselves from
terrorism. We can use those funds for
again, thank
Again, thank you for answering all of my line-by-line
questions. I also want to say a huge thank you to all of
you for keeping us safe and I would be remiss if I didn't
give a shout out to the 19th or 20th, Police District in my
award that has been tremendous and not just keeping us safe
but building a culture, right? As a new alderperson, they
have come in literally saying how can I help? And how can
we partying together? I talk to them more than I would like
to sometimes on Sundays, but they are always responsive and
they make sure that they are at my beck and call for my
community. So I want to say thank you and I look forward to
our partnership going forward. Thank you. I appreciate it.
Thank you. Thank you. All. Want to go to alderman.
Do.
Dial. Sorry. I'll see you around 2 but she needs to get out.
So please go ahead forgettable, okay. Whatever
superintendent, I went right into my questions on the first
round and I didn't really take the opportunity to thank you
for your commitment to two. Doing this job are your
willingness to serve as superintendent. I think already. I
feel like you've demonstrated a passion for the work and a
focused on trying to right-size the department and make it
higher functioning. And as others have said this afternoon,
I too am hopeful that I wanted you to just know that I did
want you to ask for some information through the chair. One
is the number of officers working in unit. 7 0 1 7 0 2.
7.
704 by
rain.
ranked ranked by the total number of officers and the
clearance rates for the cases that have been solved by
category.
Will do.
We'll do. Okay, I did notice in the budget that you're
moving about 40 positions, out of Vice. Where are those
going?
DeVries.
which,
Would you have that information?
My.
Mike.
My cancer.
My concern is that I wanted to let, you know, vices like
really important for those of us who have a problem
businesses and other things going on in our war, they've
been very helpful and I just curious that we don't lose the
effectiveness of that.
Well.
Well yeah.
Well here I can I can tell you this week we'll probably
need to look at those numbers but those are especially in
the Bureau of counterterrorism. There are sections there
that we want to rebuild. Vice is one of them asset
forfeiture. Because those are important, when it comes to
dealing, with those businesses are trouble, businesses and
building gas stations, things that I do know that when we
have shootings or we have a problem with a repeat of
violent acts that have occurred in and around those
businesses, we move in swiftly to the license to see if
those businesses Within
Add division.
Add division to strengthen what we may be looking at. There
is, there was a decrease from the number prior to last
year. So there were, there were a bunch of positions that
were shipped it out. So that's something that will look to
keep and to rebuild. So, I'll just say this right now, you
have no fear. We're going to make sure that portion of the
Bureau of counterterrorism is going okay. During your
confirmation hearing we discussed briefly the need to make
sure that the relationship between the Chicago Housing
Authority in the police department was improved because I
know that I don't know if ChalkZone money to hire those
policemen. But I do know that when they come into the
district, They Don't Really report to the commander. So
have you headed have you?
Address that.
address that or
Address that or are you interesting that we met during one
of the cabinet meetings and we're setting up a meeting? So
there's so there's going to be an upcoming meeting. So we
will be working at, okay? And then lastly as you ramp up on
the DNC, I don't know what the lamp up to Nato was, but the
ramp up to the last DNC was two years.
And this one.
And this one is going to.
And this one is going to be.
And this one is going to be considerably, less time and I
just want to make sure that we can continue to have
conversations about that as you are planning. If they use
places like Soldier Field or wintrust Arena, I would like
to have some advance notice about how those fit into your
plans, even though I may not be able to share it with the
public and the constituents at least would like to know,
share this information as to, what's going to be upcoming
and then your Wards. So absolutely wanted to thank all the
police officers that I'll work on the behalf of the
citizens here. Especially want to stay my commanders.
Amanda Harris Commander Phillips, who's the jump in and
rolled up her sleeves.
She's taking over the second district and the commander
Mullenix of the Ninth District. Thank you very much. Thank
you for accommodating me. Mister chairman, thank you.
Ma'am. Thank you. I'm going to take a short break, so you
get superintendent, a little break here. So, few minutes
and we'll be right back.
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Where we go.
We're going to continue with round 2, just so that I'm
clear. I have Alders a lie.
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Mana.
Manor High.
Manahawkin word for round to anybody else need around to
leave more minute Hop Awards.
Okay.
Okay, we will.
I got.
I got a couple.
I got a couple of questions for members who weren't in
today. I think this may have been answered. You can answer
these to the chair of the number of Civilian vacancies,
currently existing ncpd. And how many sworn officers are
currently assigned to civilian titles
And how?
and how many of
And how many of those do we realistically feel could be
moved back to back to the street? We've got 398 civilians,
you know, that's an odd number to doing one year. How many
do you expect to hire in in the first year of your
transition?
and then, I'll
and then also,
When?
when there were
when there was a push too hard dozens of administrative
clerks, a mini quit after training due to the schedule.
What steps are you taking the both recruit and retain
individuals in that aspect? So if you could answer, it is
another point about the timekeepers, you're hiring 71
timekeepers. But if there's a belief that not all of the
timekeepers, will some police officers. Police officers
will stay in that role. So are you going? Will it still be
police officers in the top? You can roll all that, be,
totally civilian.
That was.
That one.
that one, we
That one, we have to take a look at once we start to hire,
obviously, we'll be looking to move police officers out of
that roll. Obviously, it's not going to happen overnight.
So once we have enough people in enough civilians, in those
roles will be able to move your transition them out, okay?
In the stenographer need you to speak into the mic, is it
one per unit? The one for district or more than one in the
district. Director landowska do we have that number?
If?
If not.
If not, we can get it through the chair. Human Resources,
opsa, I don't have that number with me of the exact number
of timekeepers, so we can get this work.
Okay.
Why?
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make a
Thank you, charming.
Thank you, chairman.
Technology, I'm going to join everybody on the the
helicopter stuff but you can you talk to me about any use
of drones or do we have any drones? Budgeted because, I
think that's also a technology that can be utilized to help
with the, to help alleviate the pressure and not being able
to do car chases. We'll talk a little further. I'll push it
over to acting a chief. DeVries. However, I just want to be
clear that we are currently working on a drone program. At
this time. It's not operational right now but we're going
through all the legal aspects of it and I'll turn it over
to the grease.
Great.
Good evening. I can shoot the reason of your kind of
terrorism. So currently, as the superintendent stated, we
do not have a drone program. The only laws have recently
changed, so we had to draft a new policy, new general order
that covers us. And what we're going to do with that
policy, currently it is in draft status, has been submitted
to Legal, I believe legal has signed off on it, so now it
has to be sent out. And then being official, we are looking
at a company that we're going to purchase 3. Drones from
originally these drones With Envy, use small level, at
first with a forensics crime scene, reproduction of police
shootings, on homicides Etc, then Maui which is our major
actions unit. So they they can do the reproductions of the
scene that happened on the major accidents and be very
useful for that. And then our marine unit for a rescue
missions, searching for bodies excetera in the oath of the
lake. And then from there, we'll move on based on how the
program goes. The company that we are looking at all
actually is going to partner with the Chicago Public School
stem program and get
involve.
involved.
Involved. They have a website, which were mandated by law
to notify the public. Every time we fly a drone or the
police department, so that website will be actively updated
by them. And I will notify the public when we are about to
fly a drone. And then we also have our community outreach
by this company and by the police department. So we will
make everybody well, informed of what our mission is and
what the drones are going to be used for it cuz we don't
have sex during the people have drones flying around and
people not understand why they're up there. Thank you for
that. You do I tell my
I thought that if I could a
I thought that if I could have put a camera on a
I thought that if I could have put a camera and record
I thought that if I could have put a camera on every corner,
I think that the use of cameras is so important and I know
that it's been really instrumental in solving crimes, in my
word, in the Ninth District, particularly in beat, 914,
I've got a great relationship with the neighborhood watch
group and the the local Chamber of Commerce that has a
network of cameras. And I know that that has led to arrests
most recently, with the three young women who beat up the
senior and stole his car. I said, I want to say thank you
for the partnership, really, and truly
We?
we, we had
We had a great commander and now deputy chief Thunder. Oh
my he's got lots of fans in this room including me and
Commander Mullinax has done an amazing job as well but I
really want to acknowledge the the work that they've did,
especially down to Rome and making sure that we had
language. Skilled officers in the Ninth District, in
particular in the 11th, ward benign, 14, in particular,
makes the biggest difference, especially with our seniors
as their victims of crimes, and their reticence to report
things that really makes a difference to have someone who
looks like them and speaks their language. So thank you for
those efforts with that. I would like to ask about
application numbers. Can somebody give me a breakdown of
how many Asian-American applicants we have?
Red wine.
red Wyandotte Ski-Doo, we have
Red Wyandotte Ski-Doo. We have that that number I haven't
ate. We've had 219 Asian applicants and we've hired, 28 and
2022. We hired 37 for the year. So we are on track to meet
that number or exceeded. That's great. And do you by
chance, know how many of them are can speak either
Cantonese, or Mandarin or another language I can get you
that number through the chair, that would be great last
year I did mention to them, superintendent Brown, just
asking about, you know, we know we only have so many people
that are going to be able to that will apply for these jobs
in the make it into the academy and make it all the way
through. And some like me get American board who have very
minimal, speaking ability. But if the department would have
some point consider, you know, sending people to language
classes,
I would make that.
Would make them even more.
I would make them even more valuable the field. So just not
sure what if there's any sort of continuing education
programs that the department has we've done it in the past
actually would Spanish, but obviously, we can look good.
Spend that also and we talked about this before, we talked
about it, during the hearing anything that are you or your
constituents can do to help us in written for recruitment.
In that community.
In that Community will.
In that Community would be really helpful. That's also into
getting some people who speak the language entire Academy.
Some.
Someone already asked.
Someone already asked about vacancies, I just thought of
your done it, but there are a couple in here that I would
like to ask. I talked earlier about yesterday, I feel like
what they've been improvements with the with closing out
cases and everything. Can somebody through the chair tells
how many, carjackings or robberies and murders, we had in
2022 and year-to-date in 2023 and I'm wondering how many
arrests were made and then you know where we are getting
convictions that's one.
What?
What, what would you say? Are the key reasons that we're
seeing like an improvement in a Restless this year? And I
feel like we're getting more. I hear it, at least
anecdotally. I feel like that's happening a little bit more
time, and I don't think we talked enough about that to the
public is United. Some of my colleagues are mentioned in a
lot of people feel very disillusioned like the police can't
do anything or is that things are happening. I know that
not to be true, but if you can talk about that little bit,
that be great for our collaboration. A vibration education
has a collaborating with each other with walking with
working across borders and across bureau's. So we're coming
up with plans in
and after,
and a
And afterwards to attack this.
And afterwards to attack this violent crime, so I'm working
with each other. In that way, we're also working with
Community Partners were also working with Outreach. So all
of these things are helpful in. Finding a way to combat,
the crime shows, officers are making arrests multiple
arrests. Obviously, we, we do have those repeat offenders
that we're focused on and will continue to do that. But as
we continue to work collaboratively, I think you'll see an
even better effort. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank
you all demanding more. Thank you. I got a community
meeting at 6, so I really got to go past, right? I can't
get to the South Side by 6.
The.
The quest.
The questions I'm going to ask in terms of the going back
to be cars. Are we there yet? Cuz I'm, I'm never sure if
I'm clear on that answer yet. Are we there yet in terms of
putting cars back on Beach and have a set? Because all
we're waiting till we get up to a number of us to increase
our police officers. I'm sorry, it's the beat the beat cars
cuz I'm hearing different things. In terms of the cars are
not like what you know how about you just have Beats cars
and everybody and it was consistent and I know because of
shortages and other changes that TJ cleats
things were
Things were done. So,
Things were done. So what?
Things were done. So what are we back there yet or or what
are we doing to get back here? Is where we are right now.
We had a Citywide CST team that we broke down and we put
them back into the areas, are beet, cars are already out
and running, but when I beat cars, get tied down with jobs
crime scenes, things of that nature. All of those area
teams are going to move in and help out with calls for
service. So they'll be able to step in when I beat cars it
down on jobs. When I beat car is a down on crime scene so
they're going to go into those districts and supplement.
Now they will be at the deputy Chief's discretion, the
Commander's discretion, the commander figures out where
those cars are needed in the deputy Chief's can redeploy
them based on that information. So this will be a group of
officers that are working within that area that can man any
District at any given time when absolutely no.
Okay.
Okay, and an address request to the chair, all the beats in
the 17th Ward and then I guess it's it's one card sign each
beeper but watch her watch, right? And so all right if I
can just have that through the chair for the other one is
the program. How do weed? Cuz I know what happened once but
it was more of my
Amanda think of,
Amanda things come into being
Amanda things command of being that did it just on her own.
But at any time, we need extra officers. And can we just
work what I command it to request the, the sheriff support,
so like, you know, give her the situation like 1200 West
73rd Place, the problem that we have. And if, if my office
and when I don't have enough cards to I can't I don't have
a card, I put there at what point can we then get the
sheriff's department? To be over there at 12 because I know
there's a partnership with the sheriff's department. We
have to look into because it one point we did have an
allocation of chair side to the South Side. Absolutely
know. That that was shipped to the Capitol under you to,
absolutely sure did right. All right, cuz I saw it on the
news the other day where they did something with somebody
else. I didn't know if it was fully back or what's the
process for saying? Hey, I need the sheriff's department
over here so we can you know, let's let's definitely have
that cuz I want to make sure we
that's a poor.
That support, they've been really good partners with this
so I'll work on that. Okay? And then last couple of
questions day when we talked about c t a s s c p d of
cleaning up stuff for great example, on 79th and Ashland
and everything like that. But if the guys are now hanging
out at the, at the bus shelter, is that just a police issue
or conceit the CTA?
Hollister.
Bully Sticks.
Please do something about that. Our police officers are busy
doing more serious stuff. You mean, when you have a
loitering, be right at the CTA bus shelter, Christmas
Jones, can't even sit down and wait for the bus there. So,
there, there is security there. Obviously, if there's
something that they can't handle this Beyond them, they
will call us and we will respond to that. But I guess my
question is the CTA police can handle that right now. It's
just security security, but we are the police when they
don't have their own Transit Police. I thought they had
another car, okay? Okay. And if, if you want to talk a
little bit about that, so I can shoot the breeze from
counterterrorism, what you're seeing is it does say, CTA
police on a car that's the bouncer, special employment. I
was talking about that's where the
CT.
Ctap.
OCTA pays their salary to work those hours on their cancel
day off. So they're working CTA, but they're Chicago police
officers. Police officer, they don't have a police force
rank but they do have private security that they hire and
canines and they use those to disperse those people. And
then we also are in conjunction with the chief of troll,
Brian McDermott and the district some cells of cars at
Patrol those areas as well. Okay, then who do I get to go
out?
Put my command.
my commander, who
Call Mike Amanda who I work with, so that CTA can be more
responsive to turn a security standpoint to like that
particular, stop or stops. If we're looking for CTA
security, they got more involved than we have to talk, cuz
it's ETA about that, okay? Cuz that's that, that goes
beyond the CPD issue. Scpd, even when we're working
overtime over there with working overtime, at Chicago,
police officer. So we're still serving it in the capacity
of Chicago police officers because we're still the police.
And if we have those officers working that overtime
initiative, they should be responding to that. So that's
something that I can actually have a conversation with the
command of Burden. Thank you so much. Thank you Champion as
a follow-up to that are officers to working a special
employment under the direction of mass transit CT.
What the?
What did you?
What the district?
They are under Direct Control of Commander Bar.
From.
From Mass Transit. So mass transit, they worked directly
for them crackers. They do roll call and everything with
Commander bird and his sergeant said rcpd supervisors are
the ones. That supervise them. They only have reimbursement
from the CTA. Everything else is Chicago Police. So I'm
just the guy riding in the CTA transit. Look like a police
car, but just got a different AutoZone, Bowser. People that
are under the direction of the Chicago Police Department's
mass transit unit. That's crap, that's okay, I think that's
what you're asking, right? Yes.
Yeah.
Yes.
Yes, no not only security there. They're working CTA. Yes
they can respond to that. Absolutely, that's why I said,
we'll have a conversation with Amanda burden. I've got
round to for Manahawkin worth and then I got a couple
items. Go ahead, thank you so much for hanging in there. I
just had a couple questions about one of them is about. I'm
keeping and we had some conversation about time, keeping up
yesterday. And also today can you speak? I don't want to
eliminate anybody positions but also looking at ways that
we can be more efficient and accurate with what we were
doing with.
They don't.
Data.
Data as it relates to Human Resources, if you can, can you
speak on as we're also looking into ways to upgrade our it
infrastructure across the city? Are you thinking of
Look.
looking at the
Looking at the way that we keep time, especially as it
relates to overtime.
Thanks Jason. I'll see.
I'll start staying KC Public Safety, registration at Bobs,
we need to hand over. So the city's massive overhaul with
the Erp and they created the technology strategy group. I
sit on that group as well work together with my partners
from the library day, is soon to BDT. I worked clamp right.
Where, that partnership makes sense, and where it's, you
know, a good partner should we do that together? And then
also, for CBDs, technology. Absolutely. We've been working
to modernize many things. We started with the hardware
first, push that out because we tried to put the software
out there, with the older equipment, Windows, 7, stop. It
would not work. So we started with Hardware it, over 5,000
machines, desktop machines, throughout the department, also
with oemc and fire and now we're pushing out software
upgrades as well. And we're looking at all these
applications that span across multiple different things to
consolidate them, to cut down on the amount of data entry
that officers have to do and also make them more mobile. So
we put it on
Turn to the mobile.
Turn to the mobile environment.
Run to the mobile environments, the officers and we found
the Oscars come back to us with things that we never even
thought of like shy 311 on their phone. So when they get a
constituent ask them about like an out street light or a
pothole or something like that. Now they're able to address
that quickly in the field trip. Lee new applications like
that on the phone. I think we've barely scratched the
surface on the tools that we can give them in that device.
Thank you so much and I do also want to say that my
constituents are very interested in learning more about
smart911. So, appreciate your work that you're doing with
only MC and my district is very diverse. We also have a
John argiloso language access. This an issue to we had two
shootings in a span of seven days. One of them for people
were shot and we're just concerned about people not
reporting what they see because they they don't know how to
plug in. And so, any way that we can make it easier, if we
can have that application on our phones that can be
I didn't see.
Play didn't fit differ.
They didn't fit different languages that it's very much
appreciated. So, thank you for that. I wanted to also thank
your team for showing up, you know, after those shootings,
especially since we could work with oamc, and other small
businesses, including the State's Attorney's office with
the Justice Center. I appreciate that very much. And I had
one question about community policing, and we we talked
about that a lot.
I have.
I have yet to learn.
I have yet to learn all the
I have yet to learn all of it. Are we appreciate our caps
in our Jack's team? Can you talk about how community
policing is taught to officers coming out of the academy to
two groups? Would like to talk to that? Start with Glenn
Brooks and then we can talk about the Academy training
let,
Let me.
Let me know.
Let me know, I will defer to the, the chief for the Academy
training, but Foreign Service in 2022 as part of the
40-hour, in surveys, we give it. We've given all our
officers 8 hours of community, I'm sorry, it got 8 hours of
community policing, which we required all of our officers
to take in addition to that in the academy that you can
speak a little bit more detail. We weave 3D peace community
policing throughout their 3rd recruit training. So it is
tall. Their Foreign Service officers and Recruitment and
also for our officers that are in a different community
policing officers has we do a series of trainings for them.
Also that covers what we intend to do, what our goals are.
What are processes are?
And the overall me.
And the overall mission.
And the overall mission of community policing images of
small businesses and domestic violence. And, and also being
away is on for a business's, do I appreciate that very
much. I wanted to, I just wanted to ask one more question
center, right? I am. Can you can you tell me we have talked
about the consent decree a lot? Can you can you just tell
me in a very short period of time? What the consent decree
has? And what is it for the consent? The federal consent
decree in place to help increase functionality on our
department to come into compliance with the needs so that I
arrive officers are police. In constitutionally, we have to
come in the full compliance with that.
Adventure.
Eventually and we're working toward that right now. We want
to make sure that not only are we coming into compliance
with the consent decree, but we're using that consent
decree to make our department better to get office. Has the
resources that they need so that they can police properly
constitutionally and increase our standing in the eyes of
the community. So this will help was due to build trust
within the communities and Bill that partnership.
we can get to the
We can get to the bar.
We can get to the bottom of Public Safety.
Thank you.
Thank you for the.
Thank you for that and I am curious to know when is the
next time this body is going to talk about the consent
decree.
I do.
I don't.
I don't have an answer.
I don't have an answer for you on that. I think that would
be done through either comedian police and fire or Public
Safety. I think they can send to Chris on the police at 5,
I'm not mistaken. So, will check with him until the affair
go on that, and I'll get back to you with that last thing.
I just want to say thank you again to you and your team.
You cannot do this job alone. We are here to work with you
across all departments, especially around our our business
corridors. You know what, Chicago is not just downtown, we
have 77 neighborhood. So I hope I can get your commitment
to to look at Chicago as a whole. And what does Public
Safety look like for each of our words? And then you don't
want it to say something? Can you tell me in five years?
What does the Fulfillment of the consent? Decree actually
look like for regular people,
What were?
What will?
What will the filling the consent decree actually look and
feel and how will people can you tell me? How will people
be able to see that the consent decree is being fulfilled
and doing the thing that it's supposed to be doing right
now? Is that when we after 5 years, hopefully, I'll be on
the beach somewhere. But at some point, it's some point. We
want to make sure that we leave this department better than
it is right now that we've built these relationships with
our community members, that we've decreased crime in our
city and made it safer. So, we want to make sure that when
we walk away from here, our police department and the
community.
The fam.
The family.
that's,
That's what I'm hoping.
That's what I'm hoping for did that. We get out of this
consent decree.
Thank.
Thank you. So
Thank you so much. Thank you chair review. Thank you.
Before we go, we got a couple of items in my lap. My staff
will kill me if I don't ask about this. This goes back to
to gang and narcotics loitering hotspots and enforcement
there. If you could
The number of dispersed.
the number of dispersal that
The number of dispersals that have been issued throughout
the city at the spots in 2022 and 2023 to date. And
I'll
What is you?
What is your philosophy on Hotspot, enforcement. And what
would you like to see or any legislative action from us on
our gang and narcotics-related hotspot lawyers? So, what,
what I would like to see, is it in, because there are a lot
of laws around this right now and they're a lot of
limitations when it comes to enforcement, we we need to see
something that's going to help our officers in our
community members better address. This problem. Now, right
now, I'm going to turn it over to achieve McDermott, just
to give you an idea of some of the things that we're doing
right now. So should be done.
Prime return.
Prime return but you Patrol. So thanks for the question as
far as the hotspot policing. I believe it's available
valuable tool. I think we reach out to each of the alderman
twice a year every 6 months to find out your whatever, give
you guys an opportunity to present to us what your hot
spots are. And then going through my office and with the
help of the district manners, you know, we do choose those
locations based on calls for service, you know, number of
arrests and activity at this location. So we just don't
Finally, choose them.
Finally choose them. We do a lot of real.
Finally choose them. We do a lot of research on them to make
sure that nowhere if we choose a hot spot as can be the
right location, you know? And that's going to be good for
the community. And there's no do what we need, which is to,
hopefully disperse, the gang members make communities safer
and just a further on that. I'll tell you that this is
actually an item in the consent decree something that we
seriously need to look at. Now, when it comes to some of
these and you know, better than anybody with the 11th
District, the feds depending on the activity that we see in
those locations, the best way to address those is through
long-term investigations, to try to get the biggest players
off the street and I we've we've had some really good
successes with that but obviously you know the 11th
District as if you place and there are several locations
that we need to look at. So we do work hard on those
long-term investigations because
We?
we know the
We know that.
we know that they
we know that there are certain locations where people feel
like they're prisoners in our own home, we have open air
drug markets. Those are the things that we have to focus
on. We we have seen an uptick in violence because since the
legalization of marijuana, we've seen more and more selling
on the street and marijuana than anything else. So
long-term investigation, the best way to have a little
situation. What what strategies or
I'm a.
I mean.
I mean, in a
I mean, you know, I use the 38 +, 3900 block of West
Madison, as an example of what we have notorious cannabis
sales and we have a b car. 1181 that's sole job is to run
Madison from Hamlet down. The car, steering Pulaski from
Olathe Congress and we persist to have this challenge even
though now it's a gang and narcotics-related loitering
spot. What else do you need in order to
Do.
Did.
deal with the
Deal with that. I mean that's that's that's what I really
want to know. What else can we do to help you all in
dealing with that? Because it's it is because, you know,
the the word on on Madison is, you know, you can sell weed
all day but don't double park, right? And that's that's
that's not what you want to hear you. Want you want, you
know, you want that enforcement on both sides of the other
car. Not just with the Parker but also with the with the
Cannabis sales as well, I'll go to cheat McDermott.
Yeah.
Yeah, Brian McDermott Chief Patrol. So you know, like the
soup said, a lot of this is a long-term investigations.
These hot spots of an open air drug markets, have been
there for a long time. Other deep-rooted in an hour with
the gang members are taking route on those blocks. They
feel like they own those blocks, you know, the big cars
have their, their, their work cut out for, you know, I hear
what you're saying about the hell you want to treat the
Cannabis sales equals. We do Parker, but there's a little
bit more to it. So, you know, with these game bangers out
there and you know,
Start.
sorry, I was
Sorry, my phone was cutting her but yeah, I got to get
these long-term investigations going and we got to do our
best to get these guys off the street. And I can shoot the
breeze, you can chime in the second. Choose the version of
your kind of terrorism. We have done several long-term
investigations and we made numerous arrests. Were you take
down for two people at time? I know you seen that. All the
problem is. Somebody else is there to fill the void right
away? That's where the community could come in. We can do
some hopefully rehab of that area. Get those shops in order
of appearances, very much. Where the drug sales take place?
I know. You think they're taking advantage of the
neighborhood of the citizens of the neighborhood if we can
have those citizens come for privately to us. Give us more
information out where these people are staying, where these
drug sales are coming from.
Does will get the initial?
Does will get the initial complaint will fight?
Does will get the initial complaint will find them and then
we'll start the investigation and six months into the
investigation, it it spirals off like a spiderweb going
seven different direction than the seven different people
and that takes me, a note takes time. So then at that time,
we take down what we have because of ions is spiking with
that group and we're able to take them off the street. But
then, the next group comes in and as a police department,
we can only do so much as we are resting, resting, resting,
be good at the community come stand, beside us as we do
these takedowns and take back their neighborhood with us.
And this is where we we bringing in other departments and
agencies. One of the things that we've seen in those
particular neighbors, like here, I'll give you an example,
63rd and Halsted when the Whole Foods was put over there, a
bank, we didn't see the same crowd that used to hang out
there. Once that, once that that more was placed there. The
other thing is lighting, gas stations. All of these have
been issues and
I'd like to see.
Liquor stores. We have to make sure that they have the
proper security, the proper lighting, and it helps us as a
department when they can't do things in the dark, so that
helps us out a lot also. Speaking of that question, The
Witcher or criminal networks groups, and this is, and I
don't know how this happened or if this is the case, I
noticed that there is not a commander in the criminal
Network
The deals were.
That deals with Vice.
That deals with vice-narcotics & the Gang intelligence.
There's a deputy but there's there's not a commander in
that area. Is that is there a specific reason why we don't
have a commander over there anymore? What we we do have a
commander there right now that now there were multiple
commanders before but that's something that we need to look
at. But we do have a commander in and criminal networks and
then to the detectives are now they're listed in Patrol.
Are those detectors in the area, rolling up to the area?
Deputy, or now, are they rolling it to the to the deputy of
a of the detectives?
Cheap.
Jeepers.
Cheaper City, chief of detectives. So these are our
property crimes detectives, they are embedded in the
district. This is actually, I think one of the things
that's making a lot of the work that we're doing around our
robberies, so successful is that because they're embedded
there in the district, they're able to just walk across the
way to the Strategic decision Support Center, Durham
joining these regular calls that were having every week
cross Bureau Patrol and detectives to inform the strategy
and the trends in to let us know what they're seeing. So
they do get support from our area, detective commanders,
but they also work in the district they are.
in touch with all the
in touch, with all of the is
In touch with all of the issues.
In touch with all of the issues that are happening in the
district and work very closely with the command staff at
the district, all these meetings that I'm talking about are
cheered by the deputy chief of the Bureau of Patrol and we
have the district commanders that are coming there with
these detectives and other key members from our detective
division outlived his usefulness or is that something that
you view as a as a tool that's necessary for a for the work
that you all are doing, all right. But we haven't faced out
compstat the weird, just revamping it and and getting the
best use out of it. So, instead, it has always been touted
as a event where people go to get grilled right? And that's
but that's not the point of cops are. So when we were there
to see what it look like, right? So they're sold. What I
want to do is get completely away from that. It's
counterproductive. It's counterproductive to get a command.
What their drink?
They're dragging.
They're dragging across the.
They're dragging across the the the Kohl's just to put fear
in any leadership position on this job. What we want, our
Solutions, we want information shared across bureaus. We
want to come up with strategy in the Strategic approach to
violent crimes. So, dad is going to be more collaborative.
Now we do, I have my first one, this past Thursday. I
thought it was effective, and we're just going to keep
building up on that as we move forward. Okay, I know years
ago, years ago various we used to participate in those in
those meetings in it we found it to be very useful in
understanding what was happening. So I think that you'll
find him in many members would be open to all sitting in a
listening in participating. But we also have a had very
good success with the area meetings at that have been going
on. And I hope that the hope that those cans
Final item. And you know last but not least is we always we
have great members of the department that work with us here
in the in the building I guess. Under under the supervision
of Lieutenant Donahue Sergeant Wells, a sergeant of
berkovic and also the team that provides us here on the
second floor or our protection. Officers are Binion of
Figueroa
Harper, slow.
Harper's Lowville, New.
Harper's Logan in, in Pedro, Zapata. So, we just want to
thank everybody that works here in the building that
provides security Force. I know the job is changed here.
I'm in the building, but we, we definitely appreciate the
professionalism of everything that's going on. Now, the
ones that are on the 5th floor. I think they they get it a
little easier than the rest of the crew. Are we take them
as well? Those are offices by Les Brown. The Vino a cruise.
Create a sims in enville ass. But again, we just appreciate
everyone that chair in the building that provides that
level of protection, even in some of the most challenging
times are here in the building, we appreciate their. Work
would appreciate the work of everyone that participates up
with the police department. I say that all being, you know,
I know the work is hard on, my family lived in for the
better part of thirty years. So it was challenging to know,
you are bringing Nick Circle.
and,
And you.
and your
And your family is also our are called them into this as
well cuz we have to deal with some of the challenges that
you are face on a daily basis. So again, we're glad you're
putting resources in office of Wellness. I think that you
know, you had some of these things 20 or 30 years ago. We
we would have some different, the circumstances today. And
you know why life is changed in the officers rolling in
life is changing their human to you?
Call.
Father.
father, to put
Call Herb to put your pants on just like we do not even
know. You put that uniform all day are times where you need
help too. So I'm glad that we're putting resources toward
given officers that help that they need. I'll be successful
because you will not always be a police officer and we have
to know, and understand and deal with the challenges that
you faced in the job, but also off the job. And so we want
to provide the resources of War office has to be successful
in life. So again or we thank you for your service and
thank you for your time with us today. For sure. You have
something Echo. What you're saying? I can't think your team
enough here. They've been earning every penny of their
salary. These last few months especially with the with the
way our Council meetings have been going. I totally missed
one question and I would be remiss in not asking. I've been
through the chair is fine. How many sworn officers are
Asian American broken down by?
Map by Joe.
Map by gender.
Map by gender and then by Rank. And I also want to take a
moment to acknowledge the chief known as our
highest-ranking Asian American officer, we couldn't be more
proud of the work that he does. And I think Matt O'Shea
said it earlier to him he's got the hardest job of any of
us these days. So I'm having to work with the migrant
Mission and he had it does it with a lot of Grace and
professionalism. So I just want to say thank you on behalf
of a
community in really on behalf of the city of
Community in really on behalf of the city for the work that
you're doing and each and everyone of you and the box for
all that you do and sacrifice every day for us. We're here
to be your partners and appreciate everything that you do.
So thank you and thank you, sir. I apologize. There was
some other officers that are on the list it out on the
second page here that I missed. The officers are relay know
a real officer posing officer, Burke officer Chabot, which
officer Drew Officer Gilbert officer. Howard officer
Johnson officer lot officer Lou Lou Lou Bono officer Rivera
officers, millar's office, Kyle's, officer White Walls, and
also office in Vegas. We're all part of the all part of the
city hall team or appreciate that. And I'll be remiss. If I
did not mention the commanders of the first 10 11,
Well.
Well, and 15 districts, which provide great service to the
residents of the 28th, ward of, which I see two of them
rolls and through the ranks to, to the higher levels of
Department, show the great training ground on the west side
of see, you have a vacancy in the office. First Deputy. So
I know my sister from Inglewood is all talkin about the
great pride and everything in Inglewood and all that good
stuff. Nice, your first shirt like white. Nice west side of
my help you and
make a
Making that up.
Making that up, make it making that Jen number to so you can
get both sides of town. You be covered that way. I'm not
implying I have a job. If I have anything but nonetheless
and it's all it's all good though and we wish you the best
cuz your success is our success. And I firmly believe that
and thank you to our general superintendent, the wallet for
hanging in today. I hope you don't send us a bill for the
day's work but we still appreciate you none. The less my
brother is. So again, thank you to the department and that
you all are excused. Thank you everybody. Thank you to my
team will stand until 10 a.m. tomorrow.