@CHIdocumenters On the agenda for this meeting is the appointment of José Tirado as Executive Director of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications and a call for additional federal funding for U.S. Postal Service mail carrier security.

@CHIdocumenters This follows a series of mail carrier robberies that have occurred recently. More about this in this Associated Press article: msn.com/en-za/news/us/…

@CHIdocumenters As far as the appointment more about Tirado from WTTW : "Tirado, a longtime CPD official who retired in 2021, has led the emergency management office in an interim role since April, when former chief Rich Guidice announced his retirement." news.wttw.com/2023/12/28/may…

@CHIdocumenters The meeting began about ten minutes later with public comment

@CHIdocumenters Teron Simms commented and mentioned the multiple organizations looking to make the public safer but pointed out that Black people are still dying.

@CHIdocumenters He also noted that much of the efforts of the Public Safety Committee are more for political agenda than actually making the city safer for Black children and people.

@CHIdocumenters A written comment was submitted for the record but not read aloud. Public comment ending.

@CHIdocumenters The committee then moved on to the appointment of Tirado who then acknowledged each of his staff members.

@CHIdocumenters He talked about his qualifications for the role of Executive director which included acting as the chief of the Bureau of Counterterrorism.

@CHIdocumenters In response to a question about what Tirado's CPD experience brings to this new role, Tirado spoke about the addition of many districts. This allows him to understand the districts and large events from a CPD perspective. He said he now has knowledge of OEMC and CPDs perspective