A Quote by Lori Lightfoot

Our kids' lives depend upon keeping them safe. That has to be a fundamental duty and responsibility for me as mayor. That means we have to continue hard but necessary work of bridging the divide between police and communities they serve.

Lori Lightfoot

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Lori Lightfoot
American - Politician
Born: August 4, 1962

Here's what I learned as a mayor and a governor. The way you make communities safer and the way you make police safer is through community policing. You build the bonds between the community and the police force, build bonds of understanding, and then when people feel comfortable in their communities, that gap between the police and the communities they serve narrows. And when that gap narrows, it's safer for the communities and it's safer for the police.

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Betsy Hodges

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Hakeem Jeffries

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James Comey

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Mark Kennedy

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John Kleinig

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Michael Sorrell

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