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BROADCAST CENTER IN CHICAGO,
THIS IS CBS 2 NEWS.
A SURPRISE MOVE IN A SEARCH
FOR CHICAGO'S NEXT POLICE
SUPERINTENDENT.
MAYOR ROB EMANUEL PICKS HIS OWN
FAVORITE, VETERAN POLICE OFFICER
EDDY JOHNSON.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE I'M JIM
WILLIAMS.
THE MAYOR REJECTED THE FINAL
THREE CANDIDATES SELECTED BY THE
POLICE BOARD, CBS 2'S DERRICK
BLAKLEY IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM.
HOW HE'S VIEWED BY THE
COMMUNITY.
DERRICK.
Reporter: JIM, MAYOR EMANUEL
ISN'T THE FIRST TO DO THIS KIND
OF END RUN AROUND THE POLICE
BOARD FINALIST.
BEFORE EVENTUALLY SELECTING JODI
WEISS.
BUT EDDY JOHNSON WOULD PROVIDE
INSTANT CREDIBILITY WITH COPS
AND WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AS
WELL.
EDDY JOHNSON IS KNOWN AS A NO
NONSENSE COP, SEEN LAST WEEK IN
A NEWS CONFERENCE ON A PAROLED
FELON, WHO SHOT A POLICE
OFFICER..
THIS BUSINESS OF LETTING THEM
OUT, PREMATURELY IS COSTING THE
CITIZENS OF CHICAGO.
Reporter: BUT JOHNSON'S ALSO
WELL REGARDED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS HE SERVES.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT HIM IS THAT
HE, NUMBER ONE HAD A TREMENDOUS
RESPECT BY THE POLICE.
BUT ALSO, BY THE COMMUNITY.
Reporter: JOHNSON BUILT A
STERLING REPUTATION AS XHABDER
IN THE 6TH -- COMMANDER IN THE
6TH DISTRICT.
WHAT ARE THE ATTRIBUTES THAT
YOU THINK EDDY JOHNSON WOULD
BRING TO THE JOB?
THE CITIZENS HAD AN ISSUE, HE
WOULD COME OUT AND MEET WITH
THEM AND DEVISE SYSTEMS IN ORDER
TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS THAT
THEY HAVE.
SO EDDY STARTS OUT AS SOMEONE
WHO IS WILLING TO LISTEN, IS NOT
ALL HIS WAY, OR THE HIGHWAY.
Reporter: JOHNSON WASN'T ONE
OF THE 39 APPLICANTS FOR THE TOP
JOB, WHICH YIELDED THREE
FINALISTS.
CEDRIC ALEXANDER.
WORD IS, MAYOR EMANUEL REJECTED
ALL THREE, AND WILL ASK THE
POLICE BOARD TO START OFF.
ULTIMATE LY, IT'S HIS
DECISION, BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO
BE THE PERSON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR WHO THE NEXT SUPERINTENDENT
IS.
IN FWRAP L LING WITH A LOT --
GRAPPLES WITH A LOT OF THE
CHALLENGES.
Reporter: REPORTS CONFIRMED
THE MAYOR PLANS TO APPOINT
JOHNSON AS THE INTERRIPT
SUPERINTENDENT AND THEN ASK
JOHNSON TO APPLY FOR A NEW
POLICE BOARD SEARCH.
HE TALKED TO JOHNSON WHO SAYS
HE'S HONORED, BUT ALSO REALIZES
THE BIG TASK AHEAD.