>>> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON VOWED TO SPEED UP EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO ALERT CHICAGO POLICE BRASS ABOUT WHICH OFFICERS HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF REPEATED POLICE MISCONDUCT.

THERE ARE RECORDS SHOWING THE SYSTEM COULD HAVE BEEN ROLLED OUT CITYWIDE MAY 2021 BUT HAS YET TO BE IMPLEMENTED NEARLY 2 1/2 YEARS LATER.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAYOR HAD TO SAY IN RESPONSE TO OUR STORY.

>> I CAN'T SPEAK TO PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND WHY THEY WOULD SAY A MORE SNAIL OR TURTLE APPROACH TOWARDS ALL FORMS OF GOVERNANCE AND MOVING WITH EXPEDIENCY, WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, ALSO WORKING WITH LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MOVE WITH SOME HURRY MISS, TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO KNOW THAT WE TAKE THE CONSENT DECREE SERIOUSLY.

>> HEATHER, HE IS REFERRING TO WHAT IS CALLED THE OFFICER SUPPORT SYSTEM.

TELL US HOW THIS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.

>> IT IS SUPPOSED TO SEND UP A RED FLAG TO SUPERVISORS WHEN OFFICERS UNDER THEIR COMMAND ACCUMULATE MISCONDUCT COMPLAINTS AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO INTERVENE WITH COUNSELING.

RETRAINING.

IT IS, HOWEVER, NOT TO BE DESIGNED TO DISCIPLINE OFFICERS BECAUSE THAT PROPOSAL IS HOTLY OPPOSED BY THE POLICE UNION WHICH REPRESENTS RANK-AND-FILE OFFICERS.

>> SO THERE'S A COURT ORDER COMPELLING THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT THIS SO TAKE US TO THE TIMELINE.

>> IN THE WAKE OF THE POLICE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD IN MAY 2020, FORMER MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT PROMISED TO ROLL OUT THE SYSTEM WITHIN 90 DAYS.

SHE DID, BUT ONLY IN ONE FAR SOUTH SIDE POLICE DISTRICT.

TODAY IT REMAINS THE ONLY POLICE DISTRICT WHERE THE SYSTEM IS EVEN IN USE.

WE OBTAINED A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CRIME LAB WHO CRAFTED THE SYSTEM THAT TOLD THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN THAT THE SYSTEM WAS READY FOR CITYWIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF MAY 2021 BUT IT HAD BEEN BESET BY DOZENS OF DELAYS INCLUDING THE DECISION BY THE CITY TO FOCUS ON OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND TO SHIFT OFFICERS INITIALLY ASSIGNED TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM TO PATROL, AMID A SURGE IN CRIME.

>> HE IS SAYING HE IS NOT SURE WHY THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION DID NOT GET THIS UP AND RUNNING WITH A PROMISED.

WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?

>> THE CITY HAS BEEN BESET BY DECADES OF POLICE SCANDALS, MISCONDUCT, AND BRUTALITY.

THIS SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT THOSE FROM BLOSSOMING INTO ENTIRE ISSUES THAT DERAIL THE CITY EFFORTS, LIKE -- AND WITHOUT IT THE EFFORT REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL COURT WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL ACCORDING TO ADVOCATES AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

>> AND THERE WERE ABOUT TO GET NEW LEADERSHIP PENDING CONFIRMATION FROM CITY COUNCIL BUT WHAT HAVE THEY SAID IF ANYTHING?

THEY GAVE ME NO DETAILED RESPONSES ABOUT CAUSES OF THE DELAYS BUT SAID THAT THEY ARE WORKING TO ROLL IT OUT CITYWIDE DILIGENTLY AND THAT THEY ARE TRAINING SUPERVISORS TO INTERVENE ON AN AD HOC BASIS WHEN THEY SEE OFFICERS ACCUMULATING MISCONDUCT COMPLAINTS OR OTHERWISE STRUGGLING.