SPACES.

ELEMENTS OF CREATING SAFER PUBLIC SPACES, AND LAW-ENFORCEMENT, THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THEIR TOP PICK, BRANDON JOHNSON INTRODUCED LARRY SNELLING AS A SUN OF INGLEWOOD, AND THE NEW LEADER TO LEAD THE SCANDAL RIDDEN DEPARTMENT.

>> A NEW CHAPTER ON THIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY TO BUILD A STRONGER AND SAFER CHICAGO.

HE COMMANDS THE HIGHEST RESPECT OF HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE DEPARTMENT, I AM FULLY CONFIDENT IN HIS ABILITY TO UNIFY AND STRENGTHEN THESE CRITICAL PUBLIC SERVICES.

CONFIDENT HE CAN BOOST THEIR MORALE.

>> JOHNSON'S CHOICE IS TO THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONFIRMATION.

HEATHER WAS AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND SHE JOINS US WITH MORE.

LARRY SNELLING JOINED THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1992 AFTER GROWING UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE, HERE'S WHAT HE SAID HIS APPOINTMENT MEANS.

>> FOR THOSE WHO GREW UP LIKE I DID, A RESIDENT OF INGLEWOOD AND THE STUDENT OF THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE POSSIBILITIES ARE LIMITLESS.

>> WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CHIEFS RECORD AS A MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT QUICK >> SINCE SEPTEMBER, HE'S BEEN THE HEAD OF COUNTERTERRORISM FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND HE LED THE FAR SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO AND THE INGLEWOOD POLICE DISTRICT.

AND SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME AT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING ACADEMY, WHERE HE WAS REALLY THE EXPERT ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POLICIES IMPOSED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING HOW IT USES FORCE AGAINST SUSPECTS.

>> YOU ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS TIME AT THE POLICE ACADEMY , THE 2017 INVESTIGATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOUND GRADUATES OF PREPARED TO POLICE LAWFULLY AND EFFECTIVELY, HOW DID HE RESPOND?

>> DID NOT DIRECTLY ANSWER MY QUESTION WHERE THAT SHOULD GIVE REFORM ADVOCATES PAUSE ABOUT HIS COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FULLY IMPLEMENTS THE COURT ORDERED REFORMS PROMPTED BY THE POLICE MURDER OF McDONALD.

HE DID SAY HE WAS COMMITTED TO ROBUST TRAINING THAT DIDN'T JUST CHECK THE BOXES TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT ORDER BUT TO TRULY GET TO THE ROOT OF PREPARING OFFICERS TO POLICE, THAT IS GOING TO BE A QUESTION THAT COMES UP IN THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS.

>> WHAT ARE HIS PRIORITIES?

>> THE FIRST WAS OFFICER TRAINING AND OFFICER WELLNESS, HE SAID SEVERAL TIMES HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE TOTAL OF BEING A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER WAS LIKE AND WHAT COLE -- TOLL IT COULD TO HAVE THE DAYS OF CANCELED IT WAS CLEAR THAT MAYOR JOHNSON SHOWS HIM IN PART TO RESTORE THE MORALE OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE REPORTED HAS BEEN LOW FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

>> MAYOR JOHNSON PROMISED TO TAKE A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH BY FOCUSING ON THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME, IS HE STILL ON BOARD WITH THAT QUICK >> HE SAID HE WAS, HE AGREED WITH THE MAYOR THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE NOT TWO SEPARATE INSTITUTIONS BUT THEY SHOULD WORK TOGETHER.

HOWEVER HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO DEFENDED THE USE OF THE CITIES SHOTSPOTTER GUNSHOT DETECTION SYSTEM, JOHNSON HAS PROMISED TO END THE CONTRACT, AND WASN'T SEEMING PERFECTLY COMMITTED TO THE NOTION OF SENDING SOCIAL WORKERS AND COUNSELORS TO RESPOND TO 911 CALLS FOR HELP FROM PEOPLE EXPRESSING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY A LINE DOWN THE ROAD.

WHAT IS NEXT QUICK >> THE COMMUNITY LOCATION, THEY SELECTED TRAN04'S A FINALIST, WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND IT WILL GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMATION, WHO WILL DECIDE WHETHER HE WILL BE THE CITIES 64th POLICE SUPERINTENDENT.