Mayor’s pick for top cop asks for collaboration from community at public forum: ‘We have to be partners in this’

Larry Snelling, the mayor’s pick for police superintendent, addresses a community forum Thursday at the National Museum of Mexican Art. Snelling’s to-do list includes restoring trust between citizens and police. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Larry Snelling, the nominee for top cop, asked the community to collaborate with police to help solve the city’s deep-rooted crime problems as he fielded questions from the public for the first time since his nomination.

“We can’t do this unless we do it together. I can’t help you if I don’t listen to you,” Snelling said during a forum Thursday in Pilsen.