US Rep. Jesús ‘Chuy’ García vows more neighborhood patrol teams and outreach — and a new police superintendent — in public safety plan
U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García arrives at the Chicago Board of Elections to deliver candidate nomination petitions for his 2023 mayoral run on Nov. 28, 2022.
The congressman’s newest promises come as concerns over violence continue to permeate the race. That focus follows a crime spike in 2021 that reached levels unseen since the 1990s before steadily decreasing last year — though rates are still higher than when Lightfoot first took office.“I’m not going to sit back and watch Chicago fail because of incompetent leadership.
He acknowledged that his “decades as a community activist” might make people surprised to hear him now “supporting and hiring police officers.” García homed in on the mayor’s “haters” rhetoric, saying “that’s what she calls everyone who does not think doing all she can to make us safe. She’s not serious. I am serious.”
Former Chicago Public Schools chief Paul Vallas’ plan includes inviting officers who left the police department in the last three years to come back with no loss in seniority, loosening the background check process and, most notably, not requiring that new recruits live within city limits until the end of their 18-month probationary period. He has vowed in a campaign video that he would not participate in “scapegoating for political expediency.
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