"Chicago's Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson Prioritizes Public Safety and Education in Transition Team Leadership"

Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson has promised to improve public safety in the city by adding 200 detectives to the police department, removing gunfire detection technology installed by ShotSpotter, boosting mental health staff response to 911 mental health calls, establishing new trauma recovery centers, and fully funding Chicago's Office of Domestic Violence. However, he will face obstacles such as the need to strengthen community ties to patrol officers, avoiding a repeat of the expansion of detective ranks under Mayor Rahm Emanuel that favored white officers, and limited mental health resources.