Many aldermen have said they won't vote for the mayor's nominatee for police chief, Ralph Caldwell, without knowing his role in the report. And even now that some pages have been released, some still want more.
Alderman Sam Cahnman says he read the released part of the report this afternoon and he says it left him with more questions than answers on Caldwell's involvment in the report. Cahnman says Caldwell's interview in the report is surrounding alleged police misconduct of former officers Paul Carpenter and Jim Graham. Cahnman says, "The Illinois State Police are looking into that and they talked to Sgt. Caldwell about that and he gave his explanation about that and the major case unit. There were so many redactions that it was hard to really discern what was trying to be conveyed."
Cahnman says he'll meet one-on-one with Caldwell to get his questions answered. Mayor Davlin says the three pages of the report can only be seen by aldermen, not the media. When asked what's in the report, Davlin said, "Let me just tell you, you'd be bored if you read it."
Seeing three pages of the the report isn't enough for some aldermen. Alderman Frank Edwards says, "You have to understand, Ralph's part of the management team that was included in the 23-hundred other pages. So I think we really need to see the whole ball of wax."
Edwards says he hasn't read the pages yet and he's not the only one. Several other aldermen we spoke to say they haven't read the released part of the report yet, but plan to do so in the next few days.
Mayor Davlin says he's releasing the report now because the police union told him they won't sue him for doing so.
