A conflict over who will be the next Chicago police superintendent has revealed growing pains for the community-driven search process and is testing the independence of the new panel tasked with choosing the finalists.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Then-Chicago police Chief of Operations Brian McDermott watches during a ceremony at police headquarters on July 15, 2020.
Anthony Driver Jr., center, president of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, speaks to fellow members Remel Terry, left, Isaac Troncoso, Beth Brown and Oswaldo Gomez after an inauguration ceremony for the first 66 people elected to be Chicago Police district councilors on May 2, 2023, at the Harold Washington Cultural Center.
The others who signed the letter were Alds. Brian Hopkins, 2nd; Anthony Beale, 9th; Peter Chico, 10th; Nicole Lee, 11th; Marty Quinn, 13th; Matt O’Shea, 19th; Silvana Tabares, 23rd; Gil Villegas, 36th; Nicholas Sposato, 38th; Anthony Napolitano, 41st; Brendan Reilly, 42nd; and Jim Gardiner, 45th. Of that list, those who were on City Council during the previous term all voted against the police oversight ordinance, except Villegas, who was absent.
“We’re past those days,” Moore said. “I think a lot of the aldermen are doing a lot of things for the right reasons. This is not about, ‘Hey, I wanted my guy here. I want my guy there.’”
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