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A
Good
morning,
everyone,
a
few
months
ago,
Police,
Chief,
Richard
Eddington,
announced
his
retirement
and
at
that
point,
once
the
initial
shock
wore
off
and
the
community
kind
of
graphs,
the
idea
that
we
were
going
to
have
a
change.
We
had
a
number
of
opportunities
to
talk
with
the
community
about
what
qualities
they
were,
hoping
that
we
would
find
in
our
next
police
chief
I
think
it's
safe
to
say
that
people
wanted
someone
who,
if
they
weren't
from
Evanston,
certainly
knew
Evanston.
Someone
who
understood
the
community.
A
A
Many
of
you
know
that
chief
cook
served
26
years
with
the
Avastin
Police
Department,
including
six
years
as
a
deputy
chief.
He
then
left
us
and
went
to
the
Glenwood
Police
Department,
where
he
has
been
the
chief
of
police
since
2010.
He
began
his
law
enforcement
career
in
1981
as
a
police
supervisor,
with
the
Northwestern
University
Police
Department,
serving
both
the
Chicago
and
Evanston
campuses
in
1984.
A
A
variety
of
external
leadership
positions
served
as
president
of
the
South
Suburban
emergency
response
team,
as
vice-president
of
the
national
organization
of
black
law
enforcement
executives,
Chicago
metropolitan
chapter,
and
also
provided
instruction
on
community
oriented
policing
at
the
University
of
Illinois
Chicago's
Institute
for
Public
Safety
chief
cook
holds
a
Master
of
Science
degree
in
criminal
justice
from
Lewis
University
and
a
Bachelor
of
Science
degree
in
law
enforcement
from
Southern
Illinois
University.
He
is
a
graduate
of
the
FBI's
Midwest
law
enforcement
executive
development
program
at
Northwestern,
University
School
of
Police
staff
and
command.
A
B
Thank
you
very
much.
First
I'd
like
to
pay
my
respects
to
chief
Atherton,
he's
been
a
great
police
chief.
In
my
opinion,
he
was
someone
that,
when
I
moved
out
to
Glenwood,
I
could
count
on
with
some
of
the
issues
that
I
was
having
as
a
new
police
chief
he's
a
great
friend
and
a
mentor
and
I
really
appreciate
his
service
to
the
city
of
Evanston.
B
My
goal
is
to
get
down
to
the
root
cause
of
the
issues
in
this
town
that
caused
mistrust
with
the
police
department,
and
that
can
be
a
difficult
proposition
when
people
already
have
mistrust
so
with
the
community's
efforts
and
the
police
officers
here,
we're
going
to
discuss
things
in
a
way
to
civil
disrespectful
for
both
parties
and
try
to
make
change.
That's
positive
for
the
whole
city.
I
will
be
networking
with
the
business
community,
the
institutions
here
such
as
Northwestern
University
district
65
and
to
or
to
the
clergy,
members
and,
of
course,
government.
B
In
order
to
facilitate
change
in
this
town.
It's
a
great
opportunity
for
me
to
have
this
position.
I
always
looked
at
that
wall
upstairs
with
the
great
police
chief's
that
we've
had
in
the
past
up
there
and
I
always
wanted
my
name
to
be
on
that
wall.
So
I'd
like
to
thank
the
mayor,
mayor,
Haggerty,
Chief,
Bob
city
of
manager,
Wally
babka,
which
for
their
service
and
for
having
faith
in
me
to
come
here
and
do
a
great
job.
I
promise
you
I'll
do
the
best
job
that
I
can.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
B
Well,
I
like
zero
based
budgeting,
you
know
when
you
have
economic
issues,
you
always
look
at
zero
based
budget
and
justify
your
expenditures.
You
know
I,
don't
believe
in
in
encumbering
funds,
because
that
money
could
be
utilized
by
other
departments
to
help
them
achieve
their
goals.
So
we'll
look
at
you
know
some
of
the
big-ticket
items
and
see
how
we
can
stretch
purchasing
are
those
items
out
such
as
cars?
C
B
Physical
responsibilities
is
one
I
think.
The
greatest
thing
that
I
would
like
to
achieve
is
a
better
relationship
with
our
police
officers.
Everson
has
some
great
police
officers.
We've
always
had
high
quality
police
officers.
If
you
come
out
south
and
you
mentioned
Everson,
you
get
a
lot
of
accolades
and
praise
because
in
the
past
this
has
been
a
great
Police
Department
and
the
officers
here
are
what
makes
that
happen.
I'm
gonna
be
trying
to
facilitate
them
becoming
more
involved
with
the
community
in
terms
of
true
relationships.
B
You
know,
you
know,
someone
sees
a
police
officer
in
a
in
a
situation.
They'll
know
who
he
is
so
we're
gonna
get
to
know
each
other
I
think
that's
one
of
the
primary
issues
that's
going
on
in
America
now
you
know,
and
my
issue
is:
how
do
you
do
that?
You
know:
do
you
wait
for
the
monthly
neighborhood
meeting,
I,
don't
think
so.
I
think
you
bring
people
in
to
the
police
department.
This
is
a
public
building.
B
Come
in,
let's
sit
down
and
talk
about
some
things,
let's
be
candid
and
let's
be
respectful
to
each
other.
The
police
officers
in
America
deserve
praise.
It's
not
every
police
officer.
That's
out
here
committing
earth
issues
for
the
government,
so
we're
gonna
do
things
to
make
it
more
transparent,
come
in
have
a
good
time.
That's
what
I
plan
to
do?
C
D
B
I'm
not
gonna,
be
hiding,
you
know
come
on
in
if
you
called
me
and
I
make
it
over
to
your
house.
I
come
to
your
house.
My
thing
is
interaction
and
that's
the
only
way
that
we
could
come
to
true
solutions
about
some
of
the
issues
we
may
have.
I've
had
a
long
history
of
interaction
with
people,
not
only
in
a
police
sense,
but
if
you
invite
me
to
your
wedding
I'm
coming,
if
you
invite
me
to
dinner
at
your
house
I'm
coming,
so
my
policy
is
to
be
open.
D
B
That's
a
budget
issue,
you
know
and
I
have
to
review
the
budget
and
that's
really
something
that
I'll
be
getting
guidance
from
with
the
city
manager.
If
that's
something
that
he
wants
me
to
do,
then
we
have
to
try
to
work
it
out.
But
I
tell
you
this.
If
a
police
officer
is
taking
a
furlough
days,
I'm
gonna
stand
with
him.
I'm
gonna
take
them
also,
but
I'll
be
at
work.
D
B
What
I
did
well
Glenwood
is
a
small
town.
You
know
we
had
24
cops,
but
it
was
tight-knit
and
I
want
it
to
be
tight-knit
here.
You
know
we
got
to
have
great
internal
relationships
in
order
to
project,
to
Prasanna
out
to
the
public,
so
I'm,
hoping
that
we
can
bond
closer
together
internally,
where
we
can
do
great
things
externally.
C
B
You
know
I
feel
great,
that
I
have
that
kind
of
support.
I've
been
I've,
never
left
haven't
really.
You
know
I'm
up
here
a
lot
and
it's
from
exposing
myself.
You
know
when
I
first
started
walking
a
beat
people
didn't
like
me:
I
had
to
call
some
of
the
old
school
TAC
guys
and
some
of
the
old
commanders
to
get
me
assimilated
into
the
community,
but
I
kept
going
around
and
the
relationship
kept
getting
better
and
better.
So
that's
what
I
hope
our
police
officers
were
taking.