>>> IT WAS A PRETTY STANDARD ELECTION BALLOT ON TUESDAY EXCEPT FOR THE CHOICES AT THE VERY BOTTOM WHERE NAMES POPPED UP IN RACES FOR POLICE DISTRICT COUNCILS.

I'M SURE FOLKS ARE STILL SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS AS TO WHAT EXACTLY THIS NEW POLICE OVERSIGHT BODY WILL DO.

TONIGHT WE WELCOME THREE WINNERS FROM THE RACES, KAREN WINTERS ELECTED TO THE 15th DISTRICT COUNCIL ON THE WEST SIDE AND COLLEEN DYLAN ELECTED TO THE 16th RELEASE DISTRICT COUNCIL ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE.

WELCOME AND CONGRATULATION ON YOUR VICTORIES.

A QUICK PRIMER ON WHAT THIS BODY WILL DO, IT'S GOING TO NOMINATE 14 MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE NEW COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

THE MAYOR WILL CHOOSE SEVEN OF THOSE.

THE BODY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SET POLICY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE MAYOR CAN VETO IT AND THE CITY COUNCIL CAN OVERRIDE THE VETO.

THEN THEY CAN HIRE AND FIRE THE HEAD OF CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

AMONG OTHER THINGS.

I KNOW YOU ARE ALL FIGURING OUT THE FUNCTIONS OF YOUR NEW JOBS.

LEONARDO, WHY DID YOU WANT TO RUN FOR THE SEAT AND WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR IT?

>> MY VISION FOR IT IS, TO MAKE SURE THERE IS POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BUT ALSO TO BRING IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING AND DIFFERENT SERVICES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO OUR DISTRICT.

WHAT PROMPTED ME TO RUN WAS THAT I HAVE CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY ARE GROWING UP IN CHICAGO, THEY ARE BROWN YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AND WE WANT SAFETY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE, REGARDLESS IF IT'S COMMUNITY OR POLICE VIOLENCE.

>> KAREN WINTERS, WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO RUN?

>> THERE WERE MANY PROMPTS BUT RIGHT NOW I'M INVOLVED IN THE CHICAGO COALITION WORKING ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, NOW THIS GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON OVERSIGHT ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL.

THIS CAME ABOUT FOR ME BECAUSE I LOST A NEPHEW IN 2016 TO A POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING.

SINCE THAT TIME I'VE BEEN ENGAGED AND I WANT TO SEE A DIFFERENCE IN MY POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF THAT HAPPENS, MAYBE WE CAN BEGIN TO REALLY ADDRESS A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE HAVING.

>> COLLEEN HOW ABOUT YOU?

>> AS A MOTHER OF THREE, I KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN, I DECIDED TO RUN BECAUSE I FELT LIKE AT THE ADVENT OF THIS COUNSEL IT WOULD BE SOMETHING I COULD DO TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND HELP WITH THE POLICING STRATEGIES.

>> AS I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE FROM A POLICE FAMILY SO WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS HAVE YOU HAD WITH POLICE OFFICERS ABOUT THIS BOARD?

>> MY FATHER AND SISTER WERE POLICEMAN.

I HAVE A VERY GOOD OUTLOOK ON THE POLICE AND I SUPPORT THEM, I FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A DIFFICULT JOB EVERY DAY THEY GO TO WORK.

SO WE ARE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THEM, WE THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO REBUILD TRUST BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE, AND TO MOVE ON AND MOVE FORWARD.

>> KAREN WE MENTIONED THE BIG JOB RIGHT NOW IS TO NOMINATE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY COMMISSIONS, THEY WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH, WHAT OTHER THINGS IS THIS BODY GOING TO DO BEYOND THAT?

>> WE WILL HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS WHERE WE MEET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT, OUR VISION AND WHAT WE WANT TO BRING BUT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND WHAT ARE THEIR CONCERNS AND NEEDS.

LIKE IN MY COMMUNITY WE TALK ABOUT THE RESPONSE TIME.

IF THERE IS A RESPONSE AT ALL.

EVERY COMMUNITY HAS ITS OWN ISSUES AND PROBLEMS BUT OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE MORE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE IS NO REBUILDING OF TRUST, THEY ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO ESTABLISH AND BUILD TRUST.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES HAVE NEVER FULLY TRUSTED OUR POLICING DEPARTMENTS, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE HOPE TO BRIDGE THAT AT THIS JUNCTURE BECAUSE IT'S TIME.

>> YOU MENTIONED YOU ARE KIND OF THE OUTWARD FACING BODY TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN THE SEPARATE COMMUNITY COMMISSION, THAT'S KIND OF THE INWARD FACING BODY, LEONARDO, WHAT IS YOUR VISION?

>> YEAH, JUST EXPERIENCE OF HOLDING PROGRAMMING AND WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT COALITIONS.

JUST PUSHING THAT FORWARD.

BEING ABLE TO BRING UNITY WITHIN THE DISTRICTS, WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND A COMMUNITY VISION OF MAKING SURE WE CAN INFLUENCE HOW WE ARE POLICED.

I THINK THAT'S VITAL BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY SET UP, IT'S MORE SET UP TO PROTECT CAPITAL AND THE CITIZENS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.

>> SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN IS RESIGNING SO THE COMMISSION IS CHARGED WITH FINDING A FINALIST.

THIS IS A INTERIM COMMUNITY COMMISSION BECAUSE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SELECTIVELY MEMBERS.

IT'S YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS INTERIM COMMUNITY COMMISSION IS EMPOWERED NOW TO DO THIS SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH, OR SHOULD THEY WAIT TILL YOU FIND THE MEMBERS TO PUT ON THAT BODY?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY NECESSARILY HAVE TO WAIT.

I THINK THEY CAN START THE SEARCH EVEN IF THE NEXT INCOMING BODY FINISHES.

>> DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

>> I DO.

>> COLLEEN, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE QUALITIES YOU WILL LOOK FOR WHEN YOU FIND THE MEMBERS THAT YOU WANT TO SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION.

>> PEOPLE WHO ARE FAIR, OBJECTIVE, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.

ALL OF THESE COUNCILS HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IN THE COMMISSIONS OTHERWISE IT WILL BE A SUCCESSFUL PROCESS.

SO EVERYONE IS FAIR AND EXPERIENCED.

>> HOW WOULD YOU GO FIND THE BEST CANDIDATES.

>> SAME THING, PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT BRINGING CHANGE.

BUT ALSO IMPACTING PEOPLE .

A LOT OF TIMES THEY ARE LEFT OUT OF THE EQUATION.

SO THIS MOVEMENT PROVIDES THAT, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY POLICE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, THEIR VOICES CAN BE AT THE TABLE.

>> SIMILAR, SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE OF UNIFYING, I MYSELF HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF POLICE VIOLENCE.

I THINK THERE'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF TO BE IN THESE ROLES.

WHEN LOOKING FOR THE COMMISSION I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO ARE READY TO PUT IN WORK AND HAVE A RECORD OF STANDING UP FOR THE COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY AND THOSE RESIDENTS THAT USUALLY ARE LEFT SILENCED BECAUSE THEY DESERVE A VOICE.

>> YOU HAVE ALL MENTIONED YOU WILL HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, MONTHLY OR PERHAPS MORE THAN THAT, HOW DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GO ABOUT REPAIRING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.

>> LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE.

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A MONTHLY MEETING, QUARTERLY MEETING AND A YEARLY MEETING LISTENING TO INPUT.

WE SHARED OBJECTIVE WITH WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO BRING THE ISSUES TO THE COMMISSION.

I THINK JUST REBUILDING THE TRUST AND LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE, TO HAVE A CIVILIAN VIEW AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR CONCERNS REALLY