Some were recruited by the police union and its City Council allies as a bulwark against the defund the police movement. They were driven to run for election by their fear of crime, their support for the police and their desire to slow police retirements.
Others say they were victims of police abuse. They want to build public trust by speeding the painfully slow march toward police reform and by shifting funding away from the Chicago Police Department and toward alternative responses to mental health crises with other social services.
