Chicago Newsroom 5/17/18

Published on May 17, 2018

Ken Davis is joined by Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas. They discuss Vallas’ proposals for increasing the police force to about 14,000 officers, of whom 1,200 would be detectives. Vallas says his policy would begin to address the city’s serious issue with low clearance rates for shootings and murders. Vallas also expresses support for Mayor Emanuel’s proposal for a police training academy on Chicago’s West side. They also discuss education issues. Vallas says that he still has many supporters from his time as what he bills as a highly accomplished stint as the first CEO of Chicago Public Schools. He says that when he left Chicago had only fifteen charter schools, but that the proliferation of charters after his departure – in particular during the Renaissance 2010 program – introduced over-capacity to the system and permanently damaged many schools. This program was produced by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV).