Second round of interviews complete in search for next CPD superintendent

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The commission tasked with finding three finalists for the vacant Chicago Police superintendent job has completed two rounds of candidate interviews and remains on track to meet its mid-July deadline, according to the body’s president.

Anthony Driver Jr., president of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, said Tuesday that he’s “a billion percent” confident that the commission will “meet or exceed” its July 14 deadline to send three finalists for the job to Mayor Brandon Johnson.

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Giovanni Gonzalez, of Venezuela, hugs a Rogers Elementary School teacher shortly before being transferred from the High Ridge YMCA migrant shelter to Daley College, June 13, 2023, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Collaboration efforts between volunteers and city officials came to a head when the city hosted a closed meeting to respond to a letter sent by the Police Station Response Team, a network of volunteers providing support to migrants sleeping on the floors of police stations. Read more here.

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A woman walks in the 2400 block of North Clark Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Oct. 14, 2020. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

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Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito (27) is presented with a baseball bat shovel by Chris Dickerson, sports sustainability manager at an organization called One Tree Planted, for being an environmental steward in helping to plant thousands of trees, before a game between the White Sox and Miami Marlins at Guaranteed Rate Field on June 9, 2023. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago White Sox starter Lucas Giolito was recently recognized for his efforts in aiding the planting of trees: “If everybody does one little thing, it all adds up.” Read more here.

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Nathan Lee Graham and company in the touring musical “Hadestown,” at the CIBC Theatre in Chicago. (T Charles Erickson)

If you missed the first Chicago run of “Hadestown” last year, June marks your chance to catch this tale of Greek gods and star-crossed lovers. Read more here.

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Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., June 13, 2023, after pleading not guilty in a Miami courtroom earlier in the day to dozens of felony counts that he hoarded classified documents and refused government demands to give them back. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Now that former President Trump has entered a plea of not guilty at his arraignment in Miami, the criminal case against him will, barring an unforeseen event, settle into a traditional trajectory. Read more here.

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