Violence is one of the main issues driving voters to the polls in the race for Chicago mayor, and candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson have sharply differing opinions on policing.
Take the handcuffs off or defund police: whether Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson said those words or not, it is how Chicago's mayoral candidates are trying to define each other when it comes to policing."As mayor of city of Chicago, I've made it perfectly clear, I'm not going to defund police, but what I am going to do is make sure we have smart police," Johnson said.
While he insists the police budget will not be cut, Johnson supports getting rid of the ShotSpotter technology that hears gun shots and automatically sends officers. In addition, Johnson says social workers and EMTs should be used to answer certain 911 calls rather than police.Backed by the Fraternal Order of Police, Vallas says it's time to let police be police.
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