Starting in May, each of Chicago’s 22 police districts will be overseen by a three-person council as part of an effort to rebuild trust in the Chicago Police Department.
Once the 66 members of the police district councils take office, they will nominate seven people — to be confirmed by the mayor and Chicago City Council — to serve on the commission that will oversee the entire department and can set citywide policy.
In the 16th Police District, which stretches from Portage Park to O’Hare Airport on the Far Northwest Side of the city, two candidates backed by the police union won seats on the district council, giving them a majority. Two candidates backed by the police union also won seats on the 22nd Police District Council, overseeing the Far Southwest Side of the city, including Beverly and Morgan Park.
However, all three candidates backed by the police union in the 25th Police District lost their races, including Pericles Abbasi, a lawyer who represented the police union in its unsuccessful bid to prevent candidates backed by progressive groups from running as a slate. The union paid Abbasi $25,000 for that work.
“Last night, history was made after a 50-year struggle,” said interim commission president Anthony Driver. “With district councils, we are one step closer to having real community voice in how we are policed."
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