Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office released a schedule of the next six Community Safety Town Hall meetings planned around the city during the next month to “provide Chicagoans with the opportunity to ask questions and learn about the City's efforts to reduce and prevent violence.” The full schedule and more information are available online.  

Cook County Comm. Donna Miller (D-6) and Comm. Scott Britton (D-14) will join leaders of the NAACP Illinois State Conference and the mayors and police chiefs from 36 south-suburban municipalities at 10 a.m. on March 21 at Oak Forest City Hall for a ceremonial signing of the “the NAACP’s “Ten Shared Principles of Policing.” Nearly 230 entities throughout Illinois have already adopted the principles since then, including the Cook County Forest Preserves Police and Cook County Sheriff, according to an event announcement.