As Mayor, I will aggressively address issues of public safety, ensuring that our residents and businesses can have a safe environment to call home.

Here are a few of the public safety goals my administration will work to accomplish:

• Restructure and reorganize the police department:

  • lobby federal, state and county for financial assistance with vehicles and equipment;

  • review policies to create better internal controls based on Department of Justice and Cook County Sheriff investigative findings;

  • develop relationships with other jurisdictions to provide better police support;

  • create police sub-stations; and

  • increase the actual amount of patrol officers.

• Restructure and reorganize the fire department:

  • lobby federal, state and county for assistance with vehicles and equipment; and

  • increase staffing.

• Provide adequate street lights to improve visibility:

  • conduct a lighting analysis to assess areas where lighting is most needed, developing the most needed areas first;

  • install more cost-efficient lighting throughout the city,  allowing the city to install more lights while keeping operational costs low.

• Repair or replace defective city traffic lights.

•  Create avenues to improve Harvey’s public health:

  • create a Department of Public Health;

  • create a Medical District. 

• Create and organize a plan for animal control:

  • provide for micro-chipping of domesticated animals (dogs, cats, etc.) ;

  • provide for spaying and neutering of domesticated animals (dogs, cats, etc.); and re-establish

  • citywide rodent and pest control. 

• Develop and implement a plan to address abandoned homes:

  • work with South Suburban Land Bank and other agencies to inventory viable abandoned homes and put them on the market for sale;

  • work with Cook County and other agencies to board up abandoned homes.