4th District Council Agenda

Lovie Bernard

Bernard joined the Black Panther Party as a teenager and was one of the first patients at the Party’s free clinic. She says she remembers viewing the aftermath of the CPD assassination of Fred Hampton and attending his funeral. Since 2021, she has worked as an assistant to Seventh Ward alderperson Greg Mitchell. Mitchell has endorsed.

• Is CPD adequately funded?

• CPD reform:

What do you consider the primary role of a police district councilor to be?

Why are you running for Police District Council?

Gloria Jenkins

A resident of Calumet Heights, Jenkins did not respond to requests for comment. Alderperson Greg Mitchell (Seventh Ward) has endorsed.

• Is CPD adequately funded?

• CPD reform:

What do you consider the primary role of a police district councilor to be?

Why are you running for Police District Council?

Brenda Waters

A healthcare worker for almost 50 years, Waters is the president of Friends of Merrill Park and serves on the Merrill Park Advisory Council through the Park District. She told the Reader her sister was shot in the back by CPD in the 1990, but survived. If elected, she says she’ll “insist on building stronger connections between police and the community and getting community input” on policing.

• Is CPD adequately funded?

• CPD reform: The police need training and some reform.

What do you consider the primary role of a police district councilor to be?

Why are you running for Police District Council?

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