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AT A PUBLIC FORUM IN PILSON THE MAYOR'S PICK TO LEAD THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT TO MEET SOME OF THE PEOPLE HE HOPES TO SERVE.

JOHNSON CHOSE LARRY SNELLING FROM A FIELD OF THREE FINALISTS TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT.

TONIGHT SNELLING IS JOINING A MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART.

NICK IS THERE NOW AND JOINS US WITH A PREVIEW.

NICK.

>> WHEN THE MAYOR PICKED CHIEF SNELLING LAST MONTH HE CALLED THE 31 YEAR CPD VETERAN A PROVEN LEADER WHO CAN HELP RESTORE TRUST IN THE DEPARTMENT.

IN JUST A FEW MINUTES SNELLING IS SET TO TAKE THE STAGE BEHIND ME FOR HIS FIRST HIGH PROFILE PUBLIC APPEARANCE.

HE CURRENTLY LEADS THE CPD'S COUNTER TERRORISM ABOUT BUREAU.

I SPOKE TO ANTHONY DRIVER WHO SAID HE IS EXCITED FOR THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE TO BE HEARD TONIGHT AND THINKS THE ENGAGEMENT PEACE OF THE PROCESS HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL.

>> IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.

IT'S WHY WE EXIST.

WE EXIST TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR VOICES AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS.

THIS IS A FIRST TIME PROCESS.

IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS TIME.

DEFINITELY IN OUR CITY.

I THINK WE DID IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.

WE DID VERY GOOD WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

I THINK NEXT TIME NOW THAT WE HAVE A ROAD MAP WE ARE MORE AWARE OF THE.FALLS OF THIS GO ROUND.

THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENT BUT FOR THE MOST PART THIS WILL BE A FIRST TIME PROCESS.

I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB OF ESTABLISHING CREDIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> NICK THERE WAS REPORTING YESTERDAY ABOUT USE OF FORCE COMPLAINTS AGAINST CHIEF SNELLING.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THOSE?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY REPORTED HE WAS THE SUBJECT OF EIGHT COMPLAINTS ABOUT EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE BETWEEN 1993 AND 200.

THOSE ACCUSATIONS RANGE FROM VERBAL ABUSE TO SLAPPING AND PUNCHING, INCLUDING TWO SUSPENSIONS.

DRIVER SAID BEFORE PUTTING SNELLING FORWARD AS A SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATE HE REVIEWED HIS RECORD.

>> WE ALSO SPENT HOURS INTERVIEWING HIM.

I FIND HIM TO BE A CREDIBLE PERSON, A COMMUNITY MINDED PERSON AND A PERSON WHO MOST OF PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING BUT POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF STAKE HOLDERS HAVE NOTHING BUT POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY AND IF YOU TAKE A DETAILED LOOK YOU SEE ABOUT A 25 YEAR HISTORY OF NO COMPLAINTS.

IT WAS NOT AN AREA OF CONCERN.

>> WE EXIST TO OVERSEE THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY BODIES BUT I WILL SAY AS A PERSON I HAVE FULL FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN CHIEF SNELLING AND HIS ABILITY TO LEAD THE CITY AND DEPARTMENT.

>> NICK WHAT ELSE IS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA?

>> THE COMMISSION'S ALSO EXPECTED TO DO AWAY WITH THE CONTROVERSIAL CPD GANG DATABASE.

THAT'S BEEN WIDELY REPORTED TO BE RIDDLED WITH ERRORS AND IS SEEN BY MANY AS RACIALLY BIASED.

DRIVER SAID IT'S FINALLY TIME TO PUT THAT DATABASE TO BED.

>> WE HAVE SEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF THE GANG DATABASE, TWO, THREE REPORTS WHERE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL LOOKED AT THIS, CITY COUNCIL HELD HEARINGS, WE HELD HEARINGS.

IT IS WHAT HAS BEEN A VERY RACIST PRACTICE IN OUR CITY AND IT HARMS PEOPLE.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DENIED EMPLOYMENT.

THEIR RIGHTS TO BEAR ARMS AND THEIR BASIC DIGNITY.

IT IS ABOUT TIME WE END IT ONCE AND FOR ALL.

>> AND ANY FUTURE VERSION OF THIS DATABASE WOULD REQUIRE THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL BEFORE THE CPD CAN PUT IT INTO USE?

>> IS THERE ANY INDICATION THAT MIGHT HAPPEN?

>> DRIVER TOLD ME HE NEVER SAID NEVER SITING AS AN EXAMPLE THE VERY COMMISSION THAT HE ORGANIZED FOR YEARS TO GET OFF THE GROUND IN WHICH HE NOW LEADS.

HE SAID NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A COMPELLING ARGUMENT TO HIM AS TO HOW A DATABASE LIKE THAT MAKES THE CITY ANY SAFER AND HE ALSO SAID THAT AS LONG AS HE AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSION ARE STILL IN