Alexandra Block

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Alexandra Block is senior supervising attorney for policing and criminal legal system reform, ACLU of Illinois.

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson speaks with reporters after greeting supporters at the Chinatown Red Line Station, the day after he defeated Paul Vallas in a runoff mayoral election, Wednesday morning, April 5, 2023. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Here are three steps Brandon Johnson can take to move quickly on police reform

Once he’s in office, Johnson has a chance to take Chicago in a new direction to achieve better public safety for everyone, writes Alexandra Block of the ACLU of Illinois. But it will take immediate action.

By Alexandra Block

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot sits beside police Supt. David Brown during the Chicago Police Department’s graduation and promotion ceremony at the Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier, Tuesday morning, Aug. 9, 2022.

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Police reform is failing in Chicago. Mayor Lightfoot must fix that.

More than three years into the consent decree, the city continually fails to make key reforms. The federal monitor’s most recent report found that CPD has fully complied with less than 5% of the decree’s requirements.

By Alexandra Block