CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The Chicago Police Superintendent suggests that police officers resisting change are giving a little push-back, but he said they can’t stop the momentum.
Just after the start of the new year, Mayor Lori Lightfoot put police brass on notice.
"If you don't wake up every morning thinking what you can individually do more to make our city safer, you’re in the wrong job," she had said earlier this month.
Superintendent David Brown, speaking with reporters at police headquarters, said cops hate the way things are and they hate change. He said that's an inside joke.
"We will transform this organization to one that this city is proud of- that respects the community and all parts of the community," Brown said.
He said one requirement is his officers having more positive community engagement-1.5 million interactions, getting out of their cars and working to build trust.
Other successes so far include police taking about 300 guns off the street and making 56 carjacking arrests.
"Just imagine if these guns had hit the streets of Chicago," Brown stressed.
"I can not help but think of all the lost futures and the devastation to families and neighborhoods and businesses these firearms could have caused in the hands of violent criminals."
Brown said nothing will stop the momentum of change in the department.
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