>>> MAYOR ELECT BRANDON JOHNSON UNVEILED HIS TRANSITION TEAM AND IT INCLUDES SOME FORMER NAMES.

ROBERT BOYD, WHO LED THE OFFICE OF CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING AND REFORM.

OUR WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER JOINS US NOW, BUT IT IS NOTABLE THAT THEY HAVE JOINED THE TRANSITION TEAM.

>> Reporter: HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE MEMBERS OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT TEAM.

WHEN THERE WAS A HIGH PROFILE CRIME, HE STEPPED BEHIND THE CAMERA TO TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT HAPPENED.

THE DEPARTMENT WAS REQUIRED TO RETRAIN HOW THEY SUPERVISE .

HIS PLAN TO MOVE OFFICERS FROM THE REFORM OFFICE TO PATROL REALLY COMPLICATED THAT EFFORT.

SO NOW THAT HE IS ON TEAM JOHNSON, IT SIGNALS A FRESH APPROACH, PERHAPS.

>> SO HE WANTED TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT AFTER THE INTERIM STEPS DOWN ON MAY 15th.

LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAYOR ELECT SAID ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS IS GOING.

>> WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I AM HOPING TO HAVE A COUPLE MORE CONVERSATIONS THIS WEEK BEFORE WE MAKE ANY KIND OF DECISION.

>> SO WHO ELSE IS THROWING THEIR HAT INTO THE RING?

>> Reporter: TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FORMER LEADERSHIP TEAM UNDER MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED.

ALSO IN THE MIX, FORMER POLICE SUPERINTENDENT EDDIE JOHNSON WHO SAID THAT HE WOULD LIKE HIS OLD JOB BACK ON AN INTERIM BASIS.

OF COURSE HE WAS FIRED BY LIGHTFOOT AFTER LYING TO HER, SHE SAID, ABOUT WHY HE WAS FOUND PASSED OUT BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A RUNNING VEHICLE IN BRIDGEPORT.

I ASKED JOHNSON IF HE WOULD CONSIDER EDDIE JOHNSON FOR THE INTERIM TOP COP SPOT.

HE SAID THAT LEADERSHIP AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD REFLECT OUR BEST VALUES, NOT A NO, BUT NOT A YES.

>> SO THERE ARE ALSO THE CONCLUSIONS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD DRAW.

>> WHAT THOSE TWO SELECTIONS OFFER IS MY COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A VERY DIVERSE, ECLECTIC, LEADERS WHO LOVE THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO.

>> Reporter: PROFESSOR BARBARA WRENS.

WILL LEAD THE TEAM OF CHARLES SMITH WHO IS AN INVESTMENT BANKER AND OWNS HIS OWN FIRM IN CHICAGO.

THEY WILL HAVE TO WORK FAST.

BRANDON JOHNSON IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE OFFICE IN 18 DAYS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS FACING THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> 18 DAYS AND COUNTING.

THE SEARCH FOR A PERMANENT POLICE SUPERINTENDENT, OF COURSE IT IS ONGOING.

JOHNSON SAYS THAT HE HOPES TO SELECT SOMEBODY FROM WITHIN THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

>> I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN RISE TO THE RANKS OF SUPERINTENDENT.

>> THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS STILL HOLDING COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND GATHERING FEEDBACK ON WHAT CHICAGOANS WANT ON THEIR NEXT TOP COP.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING THE NEXT TOP COP, THEN GET YOUR APPLICATION IN.

IT IS MAY 7th.

THE COMMISSION HAS