(WBBM NEWSRADIO) —Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says she's getting discouraged over the finger-pointing she feels is still coming from the Lightfoot Administration over violent crime in Chicago.
Preckwinkle said a study shows only a small number of people who are released from jail on electronic monitoring commit violent crimes while out.
City officials say the courts are partly to blame for the bloodshed in the streets.
"It's convenient to point fingers, rather than trying to acknowledge the magnitude of the challenge we face and how we're going to work together to address it. And that's what's so discouraging, to me," Preckwinkle tells WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore.
How to get officials to collaborate?
"Well, you have to have people who are willing to cooperate, rather than point fingers. I'm hopeful," Preckwinkle said.
Lightfoot and Police Supt. David Brown say too many dangerous people are being freed awaiting trial for serious offenses.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx says Chicago Police are arresting too many people on simple gun possession charges and not enough shooters.
Preckwinkle has long been an advocate for bail reform so that poor people — usually minorities — are not effectively sentenced to jail while they await trial on non-violent offenses.
She is the guest on this weekend's "At Issue," which airs 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
