all of it. cnn s chicagoland premieres tonight at 9:00. i m thrilled to be joined now by chicago s police superintendent mccarthy. he s also led the newark, new jersey, police department. good to have you with us and also you re credited with almost 10% decrease in the murder there. and sitting directly to the right of superintendent mccarthy is evelyn diaz, who leads chicago s department of family and support services. superintendent mccarthy, i d love to start with you. i seized upon what you said in the documentary, a wholistic approach to this problem. but i m still not 100% clear on just exactly what that is. what is it? so, ashleigh, everybody wants to know what s one thing that we ve done that s effecting the crime rate here in chicago. and it s not one thing, it s everything. we ve put so many programs and policies in place internally in the department, but the first
hold onto those corners, clean them up, organize the community and slowly but surely back out and keep that community propped up with services and programs and law enforcement again when necessary. just an example of what we re talking about. so let me bring ms. diaz into that conversation. this partnership you discuss with child and family services such a critical part of this entire equation, i would think that schools is as important as well if not completely integral. and yet what i keep hearing, the headlines out of chicago, is budget cuts and school closures and programs are disappearing. so i don t understand the disconnect between the wholistic approach to crime fighting starting at the bottom with the kids and making sure that they get what they need so they don t end up in the gangs and on the streets. those don t seem to match. ms. diaz, help me understand how it helps with the wholistic problem and helps you with child and family services. so, you know, part of the
good evening police are looking at the case working as hard as they can to find the killer of the 14 year old girl hoping the latest report monday uptick $50,000 will help catch the killer. just as trick of treating spanned out across the southwest suburbs tonight the hunt for a killer kelli o laughlin continues. hoping assuming it is it one time thing wrong place one time my heart breaks for the family. throughout the area white ribbons in her honor trees and utility poles and fences makeshift memorial continued to grow outside lyons township high school 14 year-old girl was a freshman. i think everybody s looking out for each other more could not think there is more to worry or fear the first day back in class for students able to talk to grief counselors if necessary people knew her awful to lose a friend do not know how they are dealing with this. kelli o laughlin back to death thursday afternoon inside of her home keokuke road police believe she walked in on