Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s public safety promises and challenges
Johnson has vowed to create trauma centers, add 200 detectives and respond to 911 calls with mental health workers instead of cops.
Public safety dominated this election season. Chicago voters wanted to know how candidates would tackle concerns including theft on public transportation, a spike in gun violence and carjackings, and police-community trust.
Reset digs into the five ways Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson plans to improve public safety — and the challenges he faces — when he takes office in mid-May.
GUESTS: Chip Mitchell, WBEZ criminal justice reporter
Patrick Smith, WBEZ criminal justice reporter
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Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s public safety promises and challenges
Johnson has vowed to create trauma centers, add 200 detectives and respond to 911 calls with mental health workers instead of cops.
Public safety dominated this election season. Chicago voters wanted to know how candidates would tackle concerns including theft on public transportation, a spike in gun violence and carjackings, and police-community trust.
Reset digs into the five ways Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson plans to improve public safety — and the challenges he faces — when he takes office in mid-May.
GUESTS: Chip Mitchell, WBEZ criminal justice reporter
Patrick Smith, WBEZ criminal justice reporter