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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

122 candidates will compete for 66 seats on Chicago’s new police district councils

Board President Anthony Driver (left) said he’s satisfied with the number of police district candidates, adding recruitment was done with “little or no help from the city of Chicago.” Seated beside Driver are commissioners Beth Brown and Isaac Troncoso. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file)

A field of 122 candidates will vie for the right to become Chicago’s 66 elected police district representatives, but three districts where increased crime is a major concern don’t have the bare minimum number of candidates.

The landmark ordinance that paved the way for civilian oversight to restore trust between residents and police calls for the election of three-member councils in each of Chicago’s 22 police districts.

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