9th District Council Agenda

Carlos Sanchez – Chair

A resident of McKinley Park

• 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?

Denise E. McBroom – Nominating Committee

A CPS teacher who was the last chief of staff for former alderperson Patrick Daley Thompson (who was convicted on federal charges related to an alleged bank-loan fraud in 2022), McBroom applied to be appointed to replace him but was not selected by the mayor. The Fraternal Order of Police 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?

Erin Vogel – Community Engagement

A former co-executive director of I Grow Chicago (now We Grow Chicago), an Englewood community organization, Vogel has participated in gun-violence prevention and criminal justice reform since 2016. She has completed the CPD’s Citizen Academy and has trained officers in restorative justice practices. She believes in “keeping the integrity of the ECPS ordinance and connecting communities through healing.”

Vogel is running on a slate with Abe Matthew and Monserrat Ayala.

• Is CPD adequately funded? Yes: funding should be reduced.

• CPD reform: The police should be defunded or abolished.

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

Communicating with the department on behalf of the community

Why are you running for Police District Council?

I’m running for Police District Council because I believe my team (Montserrat “Monse” Ayala and Abraham “Abe” Matthew) and I are the best people to serve the 9th Police District. I am personally running because I believe in keeping the integrity of the Empowering Communities for Public Safety ordinance and connecting communities through healing.

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