For the 1st time ever, Chicago voters will elect police councils. Here’s what it means for communities. – Chicago Tribune*

Still, there are questions about how receptive Chicago Police Department leadership will be to the input from citizens. Craig Futterman, of the University of Chicago, said police leadership has so far treated the commission as if it has no power to establish policies as the interim commission has pushed back on the Police Department’s relaunch of a “gang database” and against the department’s delayed response times to 911 calls.