>>> HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THE SPECIAL EDITION OF CHICAGO TONIGHT.

I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN .

PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE NIGHT OFF.

TONIGHT IS THE LATEST IN OUR SERIES WTTW-TV A SAFER CITY.

WE ARE DEVOTING OUR PROGRAM TO THE ISSUES OF PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY SAFETY.

WE ARE PRIORITIZING PUBLIC SAFETY ON OUR ONLINE COVERAGE AS WELL AT WTTW.COM.

TONIGHT , A DEEP DIVE INTO COMMUNITY AND POLICE RELATIONS .

THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FIVE YEARS INTO A CONSENT DECREE.

A LOOK AT WHERE REFORM STANDS.

>>> A LOOK AT HOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND POLICE CAN BUILD A BETTER RELATIONSHIP.

>> WHY NOT MAKE OUR PLACE HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE?

>> AND A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER SHOWING UP FOR THE CITY'S YOUTH .

ALL OF THAT AFTER THIS.

>>> CHICAGO TONIGHT IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS, THE GYM NK MAYBE FAMILY COMEDY POLK BROTHERS FOUNDATION, AND THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

CHICAGO TONIGHT'S COVERAGE OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS SUPPORTED BY THE SIOUX LAYING GIN FOUNDATION FOR REDUCING VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

>>> THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT ENTERED INTO A CONSENT DECREE FIVE YEARS AGO AND THE OVERHAUL WAS PROMPTED BY THE 2014 MURDER OF A TEENAGER, McDONALD, BY A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER.

SOME ARE CALLING THE CONSENT DECREE SLUGGISH.

JOINING US MORE , SHARON FROM UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL WHO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR FROM THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW AUTHORITY.

ROBERT BOYD, HEAD OF CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING AND REFORM AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE CIVIC COMMUNITY OF CHICAGO.

SHEILA BAY, SHE CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CONSENT DECREE LITIGATION.

AND MARK, 39 YEAR VETERAN OF CPD AND MOST RECENTLY A MATTER OF THE 19th DISTRICT ON THE NORTH SIDE.

PRIOR TO THAT, HE WAS LIAISON TO THE PUBLIC DEPARTMENT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION OF THE DEPARTMENT.

WE INVITED THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO JOIN BUT THEY DENIED OUR REQUEST.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

CPD UNDER 5% OF FULL COMPLIANCE.

JOE FERGUSON RECENTLY VOICING HIS CONCERNS WITH THE CONSENT DECREE BEING IN DANGER OF FAILING ALTOGETHER.

I WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS FROM EACH OF YOU ON HOW THE CHICAGO POLICE ARE DOING WITH COMPLIANCE.

SHARON, LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

>> IT IS ONE REPORT AFTER ANOTHER THAT SHOWS THE CITY IS UNDERPERFORMING WITH EXPECTATIONS THEY, THEMSELVES, SET YOUR IT IS NOT SURPRISING THE COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED ABOUT IT , FOR SURE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MONITOR'S REPORT, SHE ATTRIBUTED THIS TO A NUMBER OF FACTORS.

STAFFING IS ONE OF THEM , SUPERVISION, AND WEAKNESSES WHEN IT COMES TO DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS.

THOSE ARE THE AREAS THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON TO GET THEMSELVES BACK UP TO SPEED.

>> I THINK IT IS A MIXED BAG.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT POLICY DEVELOPMENT, CPD HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES THERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT TRAINING, THEY ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ROAD BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, REFORM ISN'T BEING SEEN ON THE STREET.

RESIDENTS OF CHICAGO ARE NOT SEEING POLICING THAT IS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT WAS YEARS AGO AND IN THAT REGARD, MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE .

AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT.

CONSENT DECREES TAKE ABOUT 11 YEARS ON AVERAGE.

WE ARE IN YEAR FIVE.

THAT IS NO EXCUSE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT.

>> SHEILA BAIR ?

>> I AGREE WITH SHARON AND BOB.

SLUGGISH IS A DEBUNK STATEMENT.

IS NOT ABOUT CHECKING BOXES WERE GOING THROUGH A NUMBER OF POLICIES OR TRAINING.

IT IS ABOUT CHANGING THE EXPERIENCE BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE HAVE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS MOST DISTRESSING THAT THE MONITOR DOES, IT DOES A SURVEY, A FOCUS GROUP AND THE MOST RECENT FOCUS GROUP WAS WITH YOUNG BLACK AND LATINX MAN AND THE FINDINGS WERE DEVASTATING IN TERMS OF HOW OFTEN THEY HAVE NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS AND HOW THREATENING THE POLICE ARE AND BEING OVER POLICED AND UNDER PROTECTED AND THAT IS THE MEASURE OF THE FAILURES.

>> MARC BUSLIK , SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

>> THERE IS A MORE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE FOR ME.

THIS CONSENT DECREE PROCESS DID NOT HAVE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AS PLAINTIFF.

INSTEAD THEY HAD THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THAT WAS A REAL LOSS TO THE CITY BECAUSE DOJ, THROUGH THEIR EXPERIENCE, UNDERSTOOD HOW TO GIVE POLICE DEPARTMENT A CHANCE TO CHANGE THEIR CULTURE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DIDN'T PAY OUT THE EXPERTISE AND THE EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE NOT JUST REFORM IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

THAT IS EASY TO FIX WHAT'S BROKEN, BUT RATHER THIS DEPARTMENT AND THE RAILS HEADING TOWARD TRANSFORMATION AND I THINK THAT IS THE REAL PROBLEM HERE.

>> BOB, WHEN YOU HEADED CONSENT DEGREE COMPLIANCE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WERE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENTING CHANGE?

>> FIRST AND FOREMOST WHAT WE FIND IN TERMS OF SUCCESSFUL REFORM EFFORTS, POLICE REFORM EFFORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, LEADERSHIP IS NUMBER ONE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE VISION AT THE TOP DRIVING EVERYTHING YOU DO.

AS SHEILA MENTIONED, COMPLIANCE WAS VIEWED AS A CHECKBOX EXERCISE AND AS A RESULT, YOU LOSE THE MEANING OF WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO OCHER UNDER CONSENT DECREE.

RIGHT NOW IS A REAL PIVOTAL MOMENT.

WE HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT TO TAKE THE HELM , GIVEN HE IS CONFIRMED.

IT IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO RESET EXPECTATIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

I WILL SAY FROM THE FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD, HE DEFINITELY SHOWS A DEPTH THAT WE HAVE BEEN MISSING.

I AM ENCOURAGED BY WHERE WE ARE MOVING.

>> MARC?

>> IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN AND SAY I AGREE WITH MARC .

THE DOJ BRING EXPERTISE AND YEARS AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WORKING ON REFORMS OF THIS NATURE, SO THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THE ISSUE.

I AGREE WITH BOB.

LEADERSHIP IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT FOR ANY ORGANIZATION THAT NEEDS FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE.

THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION OF 13,000 PEOPLE.

TO SHIFT THAT KIND OF ORGANIZATION , IT HAS TO COME FROM THE TOP .

>> IF I COULD JUMP IN WITH A DISAGREEMENT , THERE IS NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS BEEN A PLAINTIFF IN CONSENT DECREES .

EVERY ONE OF THE DOJ CONSENT DECREES HAS TAKEN AT LEAST 10 YEARS, IF NOT LONGER.

I THINK ONE OF THE REAL ISSUES HERE IS THE INTRACTABILITY OF THE OPPOSITION TO THIS CONSENT DECREE FROM RANK AND FILE, THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION TO THESE CHANGES IS IN SOME WAYS UNIQUE TO CHICAGO.

THE OTHER THING THE CHICAGO DECREE DOESN'T HAVE , LIMITS ON POLICE POWER, LIMITS ON POLICE POWER TO ARREST IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS , THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE TO THE FORMAL CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.

SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DECREES HAVE THOSE PROVISIONS AND HOURS DOESN'T HAVE THAT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS ABOUT THE DOJ AS MUCH AS IT IS ABOUT THE DECREES .

>> I AGREE IT IS NOT ABOUT THE DOJ AND I THINK THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS BEEN UP TO THE TASK.

I DISAGREE, HOWEVER, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RANK AND FILE ARE SOMEHOW , YOU KNOW, SITTING BEHIND THE SCENES AND ARE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING UP STIFF OPPOSITION TO CHANGE.

AGAIN, I COME BACK TO THE LEADERSHIP POINT.

I THINK WHEN OFFICERS ARE MEASURED AGAINST CERTAIN THINGS, THE CORRECT THINGS, THEY WILL DO THEM.

WHEN OFFICERS ARE ASKED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS AND THEY ARE REINFORCED BY LEADERSHIP, I THINK THEY WILL DO THEM HERE I THINK THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THIS IS THE TIME TO TURN THE PAGE.

>> MARC , IT SEEMS WE TALKED A GOOD PICK -- THAT ABOUT SEATTLE, L.A., NEW ORLEANS, BALTIMORE ALL HAVING HAD OR HAVE CONSENT DECREES .

ARE THEY MAKING MORE PROGRESS NECESSARILY?

>> WELL, I THINK THEY ARE ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN UNDER DECREES FOR LONGER.

IT IS A LENGTHY PROCESS AND IT IS NOT AS MUCH ABOUT PARAGRAPHS IN A LEGAL DOCUMENT OR CHECKING BOXES AS IT IS ABOUT CHANGING THE CULTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION.

IN SOME CASES , IT HAS BEEN A NEGATIVE CULTURE .

THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.

AS BOB SAID , CULTURE BEGINS WITH THE LEADERS IN THE ORGANIZATION .

BUT THAT IS WHERE IT BEGINS AND SOME AGENCIES ARE MORE ADAPTABLE TO THAT CULTURE CHANGE .

IT IS NOT ABOUT FIXING THE BROKEN THINGS, BUT ASKING THE QUESTION, WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE?

WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO?

>> ONLY THE FUTURE WILL TELL.

UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

SHARON FAIRLEY, ROBERT BOIK, SHEILA BEDI, MARC BUSLIK, THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT, BUILDING A BETTER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND POLICE OFFICERS .

STAY WITH US.

>> WHERE ARE WE AT?

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

>> WE WANT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ACADEMIC SUPPORT, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, OR JUST TO CREATE A SPACE TO BE THERE.

>>> LARRY SMELLING WILL BECOME THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT IF CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL.

HE'S THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT TO BE SELECTED BY THE NEWLY FORMED COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY .

THE POLICE VETERAN SAYS HE VOWS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY RELATIONS UNDER HIS TENURE.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON BUILDING BETTER POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS, RETIRED CHICAGO POLICE SERGEANT, ANDRE.

HENRIQUEZ, PRESIDENT OF THE LITTLE VILLAGE COMMUNITY COUNCIL.

STEINER, FORMER POLICE OFFICER TURNED PSYCHOLOGIST AND OWNER OF THE FIRST RESPONDER WELLNESS CENTER.

AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY RENEWAL SOCIETY.

WELCOME BACK AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AS WE DISCUSSED, POLICE HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP.

YOU WORKED WITH THE FUTURE SUPERINTENDENT, LARRY SNELLING .

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIM?

>> I WORKED ALONGSIDE HIM AND I THINK HE IS IN A GREAT POSITION TO TAKE OVER THE REINS .

HE UNDERSTANDS THE ACADEMIC ASPECTS, THE HISTORY, AND HOW TO DELIVER A MESSAGE.

HE IS A TEACHER, A MENTOR .

ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WE ARE TEACHERS AND MENTORS AND HE IS THE TIP OF THE SPEAR.

>> HE IS ABOUT TO MAKE TRAINING AND WELLNESS HIS HIGHEST PRIORITY AND HE WANTS TO FOCUS ON CRIME VICTIMS AND IMPROVING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

DO YOU THINK HE SET THE RIGHT PRIORITIES?

>> WE ARE HOPING HE DOES.

MY COMMUNITY IS AN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY .

WE ARE LEARNING HOW TO ADAPT TO THE NEW AMERICA .

THE PROBLEM HERE IS WHEN THEY DO WRONG, IT IS HARD FOR THEM TO GET REPRIMANDED.

THEY HAVE A VERY STRONG UNION.

THEY WILL NOT ALLOW CERTAIN THINGS TO HAPPEN TO THEM AND THAT IS REALLY THE PROBLEM.

WHEN THERE IS A CRIME COMMITTED BY A POLICE OFFICER, IT SHOULD BE PROSECUTED.

THEY ARE DISRESPECTING THEIR UNIFORM AND THE POWER THAT WE GAVE THEM.

THAT IS REALLY THE PROBLEM.

ARE WE DOING THIS AS A SHOW TO ACT LIKE THERE IS GOING TO BE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY, OR ARE WE REALLY GOING TO WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO MEET THE COMMUNITY ?

WHAT ABOUT THE OFFICERS THAT CAN BE EASILY CONTACTED AND FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THE LITTLE ISSUES?

THEN WE CAN BEGIN TRUSTING EACH OTHER.

NOW THAT WE TRUST EACH OTHER, I CAN TELL YOU I KNOW WHO SHOT THAT PERSON.

I KNOW THE CRIME BECAUSE I KNOW THE RELATIONSHIP BUT RIGHT NOW, WE CANNOT EVEN TRUST OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>> REVEREND MIDDLETON, WE'VE GOT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, THE BODY HELPING BE A COMMUNITY VOICE IN POLICING.

DO YOU THINK THIS IS ENOUGH TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY RELATIONS?

>> IT IS CERTAINLY A BEGINNING.

I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS SHARED.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAD FOR THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT AND THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE SPEAKING TO OFFICERS CAN'T SERVE WITHOUT PEOPLE TRUSTING OR LOVING THEM OR CARING ABOUT THEM AND FOR ME, I THINK THE BIG CONCERN IS HAVING OFFICERS THAT UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL NEED FOR THEM TO LEAD IN THEIR WORK WITH LOVE AND RESPECT AND CARE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF MAKING THE OFFICERS VICTIMS, UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED AND HARMED AND TRAUMATIZED BY POLICE BRUTALITY.

ALONGSIDE THE GOALS THAT HE HAS SET, THEY SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE A GOAL OF BEING ABLE TO TRANSFORM THE SINKING AND THE CULTURE INTERNALLY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO THERE IS SOME SELF ACCOUNTABILITY .

WE CAN DO ALL OF THIS WORK BUT UNLESS THERE IS A SYSTEMIC CULTURAL SHIFT AND CHANGE WITHIN CPD SO WE ARE HIRING OFFICERS THAT HONOR THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE , THAT ACTUALLY CARE AND RESPECT THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE , WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO DO.

>> CARRIE STEINER, GIVE US A SENSE OF THE STRESS POLICE OFFICERS FEEL EVERY DAY WHEN CARRYING OUT THEIR JOB.

>> OFFICERS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING LOOKED AT .

THEY HAVE BODY CAMERAS.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WATCH THEM.

PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR CELL PHONES TO WATCH THEM AND EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN OPINION ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN DESPITE KNOWING THE CONTEXT OF THIS SITUATION.

IT IS VERY HARD TO BE AN OFFICER.

I THINK ONE THING TO REMIND EVERYBODY, CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEY LIVE IN CHICAGO.

THEY ARE PART OF IT.

THE MAJORITY OF THE OFFICERS WANT TO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE AND THEY WANT TO PROTECT AND SERVE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES COMMUNITY RELATIONS DO GO DOWN BUT THIS IS ANOTHER THING YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, WHICH IS OFFICER WELLNESS.

IF AN OFFICER IS NOT TAKING CARE OF THEIR OWN EMOTIONAL HEALTH, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TREAT OTHER PEOPLE WITH RESPECT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT TREATING EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT.

IF YOU HAVE AN OFFICER WORKING A 12 HOUR SHIFT AND IS WORKING 18 DAYS IN A ROW, THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR A HUMAN, MUCH LESS AN OFFICER THAT HAS TO MAKE LIFE OR DEATH DECISIONS, SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY AND NOT PUT EXPECTATIONS ON POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT FOR ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING.

>> A MOMENT AGO WE HEARD BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ REFERENCE THE UNION AND BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT REFORM.

OBVIOUSLY YOU RETIRED AS A SERGEANT, WHICH IS DIFFERENT, BUT WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THE IMPACT OF THE UNION AND THE IMPACT IT CAN HAVE ON COMMUNITY POLICING AND RELATIONSHIPS ?

>> WE RECOGNIZE HISTORICALLY THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS AND WE HAVE ADDRESSED THOSE AND WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES .

IT SEEMS THERE IS NO INTERVENTION AND I HAVE BEEN IN THE WORLD OF INTERVENTION .

I'VE BEEN IN THE WORLD OF THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT AND , REVEREND , WHEN YOU HAVE AN OFFICER WHO IS UNDER SO MUCH STRESS, WHO HAS WORKED 14 OR 24 HOURS , HAVING THEIR WEEKENDS CONSTANTLY CUT OFF, I WOULD WANT THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND SAY, STOP , WE CAN'T OVERDO THIS.

THESE OFFICERS ARE COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD EXHAUSTED .

TIRED.

EVERYTHING IS GOING AWRY .

COGNITIVELY , IT BECOMES AN ISSUE.

IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE COMMUNITY LEADERS TO GO TO THE POLICE HIERARCHY AND SAY, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR OUR OFFICERS?

IT SEEMS EVERYONE HAS FORGOTTEN WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE GO THROUGH WHEN WE GO TO THOSE CALLS AND WE LIVE -- LIKE DR. CARRIE STEINER SAID, WE LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE RELATIVES THAT ARE A MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE ALL DO.

WE NEED TO TALK AND CONTINUE TO HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE.

>> BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ, WHAT WOULD YOU -- OH, GO AHEAD, REVEREND .

>> I WANTED TO RESPOND SINCE HE DIRECTED THE COMMENT TO ME.

IT IS NOT JUST A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMUNITY TO GO TO THOSE OFFICERS.

WHEN YOU TAKE ON A RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE, YOU TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.

IT IS CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OFFER CONSTRUCTION -- CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIQUE BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCES, THAT IS INVALUABLE FEEDBACK THAT CAN STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP AND THE GOAL OF OUR POLICING SYSTEM.

IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO MINIMIZE THE TRAUMA PEOPLE EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY HAVE LOVED ONES AND THEY CALL OFFICERS FOR HELP IN SUPPORT OF A LOVED ONE AND THAT LOVED ONE IS DEAD.

I MAY NOT BE A POLICE OFFICER BUT I SERVE IN TRAUMA IN THE LOCAL HOSPITALS, SO I SEE THE RESULTS IN VERY PERSONAL AND DIRECT WAYS FROM MY POINT OF VIEW AS IT IS CITIZEN AND IT IS CRITICAL TO HONOR THE VOICES OF THOSE DIRECTLY AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>> WE ARE JUST ABOUT OUT OF TIME, BUT I WANTED TO GET BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ IN HERE ONE MORE TIME.

WHAT COULD THE SUPERINTENDENT DO TO BUILD TRUST ?

>> BASICALLY IT IS VERY SIMPLE.

WE HAVE DONE RECRUITMENT DAYS IN OUR OFFICE.

WE HAVE RECRUITED 101 OFFICERS IN 2017.

WE WORK ALONG WITH THE AMERICAN POLICE ASSOCIATION AND THE PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND WE TRAINED WHERE WE LEARNED -- >> YOU ARE SAYING BY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, YOU ARE ABLE TO GET OFFICERS THAT CAN FORM A BETTER RELATIONSHIP AND STAY IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT IS A GOOD PLACE TO LEAVE IT.

BALTAZAR ENRIQUEZ , REVEREND WALTRINA MIDDLETON, CARRIE STEINER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US .

>>> UP NEXT, HOW A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER IS SUPPORTING HIS COMMUNITY.

>>> BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHICAGO'S BLACK COMMUNITY AND POLICE FORCE HAS BEEN STRAINED FOR MUCH OF THE CITY'S HISTORY.

CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER AND FOUNDER OF THE NONPROFIT NO MATTER WHAT SAYS CHANGING THAT WOULD REQUIRE MORE AND BETTER ACTION BETWEEN POLICE AND COMMUNITIES AND SAYS IS CRITICAL TO HELPING YOUTH SURVIVE.

HERE , KENNETH GRIFFIN SAYS EVERYONE NEEDS TO SHOW UP .

>> I AM KENNETH GRIFFIN, THE FOUNDER OF NO MATTER WHAT.

I GREW UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO AND I AM A POLICE OFFICER.

I RECOGNIZED A LONG TIME AGO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE GO THROUGH STUFF THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

NO MATTER WHAT , WE INVEST IN THE YOUTH.

JOB TRAINING, MENTAL HEALTH HEALING, MENTOR SHIP WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN THEM AND SHOW THEM THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH, NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IN LIFE, YOU CAN MAKE IT.

WHEN I WAS A KID, THERE WAS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN MYSELF AND POLICE.

WHEN I CAME ACROSS THE POLICE, IT WAS NEGATIVE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT IS WHAT IS MISSING, THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING AND THE IGNORANCE FROM EACH SIDE.

I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THAT OUR KIDS AREN'T BAD.

THEY JUST HAVEN'T MET THE RIGHT PEOPLE YET.

AS A POLICE OFFICER, I HAVE TO BRIDGE THE GAP AND SHOW YOUNG PEOPLE, HEY, I AM A POLICE OFFICER, BUT I LOVE YOU.

I TRY TO MAKE EVERY INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY A GOOD INTERVENTION .

ALTHOUGH I AM A POLICE OFFICER, I WENT TO SCHOOL TO BE A CHEF .

ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING, WE WILL TURN THIS INTO A FULL KITCHEN WHERE KIDS CAN COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.

WE WILL PUT A FIRST RESPONDERS ROOM IN THERE BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS NEED A BREAK .

WHEN THEY ARE GOING ON BREAK THEY CAN COME IN HERE AND RELAX AND INTERACT WITH THE KIDS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE TO DO BETTER IN THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THINGS TO BE BETTER IN THE COMMUNITY, THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE TO COME TOGETHER.

WE WILL TURN THE BASEMENT INTO AN ART CENTER BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE LOVE ART .

LAST YEAR IN ENGLEWOOD, WE LOST OUR STORE.

WE NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE THEIR TOMATOES, CUCUMBERS, WATERMELON.

ANYTHING WE CAN GROW, WE WILL GIVE TO THEM.

I WILL SHOW YOU HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN TERRORIZE A KID WITH A LACK OF RESOURCES.

BE A RESOURCE FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND GIVE THEM THE EXPOSURE THEY NEED TO SEE THE WORLD, TO DO THE THINGS THEY DON'T USUALLY GET TO DO.

IT IS FULFILLING.

YOU CAN LOVE ONE KID AND THAT KID WILL PASS IT ON TO ANOTHER KID AND THAT IS HOW WE PASS THAT ONTO A CHAIN OF LOVE.

WHY NOT MAKE YOUR PLACE HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE?

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE COMMUNITY IS MADE UP OF MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, MANY OCCUPATIONS.

LET'S BRING IT TOGETHER FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND HEAL THE COMMUNITY.

>> KENNETH GRIFFIN SAYS HE'S LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH SKILLS TO SHARE WITH TEENS AS THEY REHABBED THEIR BUILDING .

YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

JOIN US AT 5:30 AND AT 10:00.

FROM ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT , I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

STAY SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES , CHICAGO INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH FIRM AND PROUD SPONSOR OF PROGRAMMING THAT PROVIDES