WE'RE LIVE: My conversation with Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke
@saeileenburke is the chief prosecutor for a county of more than 5 million people, leading the nation's second largest prosecutor's office of 1,300 employees handling more than 200,000 cases per year
We spoke about how the office is modernizing, the explosion of video evidence, how prosecutors verify what's real in the age of deep fakes, and the new task force working to make the CTA safer
YouTube: https://t.co/nnVpGcEKQl
(0:00) Intro
(0:22) State's Attorney vs. DA
(1:27) 18 Months in Office
(2:18) How Digital Discovery Speeds Up Cases
(4:46) How Crime Crosses County Lines
(6:40) Supporting Traumatized Victims
(9:14) The Case for Better Data
(12:25) AI and the Forensic Bureau
(16:13) 224,000 Hours: Why Video Evidence Is Exploding
(18:10) Verifying Footage in the Deepfake Era
(19:47) AI Policy and Protecting Victims
(23:07) From Hundreds of Vacancies to a Waiting List
(25:27) Cracking Down on Transit Crime
(34:43) Why Violent Offenders Are on Electronic Monitoring
(41:30) What Founders and Voters Can Do
(43:06) Why This Race Mattered
Fantastic interview. I encourage the listen. Thanks @landon20s for putting this together and asking great questions and thanks to @saeileenburke for your leadership, being direct, and caring so deeply about our city.
Only gripe: next time bring Hattie, Ruthie, and Vinyl. 😉🐾
WE'RE LIVE: My conversation with Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke
@saeileenburke is the chief prosecutor for a county of more than 5 million people, leading the nation's second largest prosecutor's office of 1,300 employees handling more than 200,000 cases per year
We spoke about how the office is modernizing, the explosion of video evidence, how prosecutors verify what's real in the age of deep fakes, and the new task force working to make the CTA safer
YouTube: https://t.co/nnVpGcEKQl
(0:00) Intro
(0:22) State's Attorney vs. DA
(1:27) 18 Months in Office
(2:18) How Digital Discovery Speeds Up Cases
(4:46) How Crime Crosses County Lines
(6:40) Supporting Traumatized Victims
(9:14) The Case for Better Data
(12:25) AI and the Forensic Bureau
(16:13) 224,000 Hours: Why Video Evidence Is Exploding
(18:10) Verifying Footage in the Deepfake Era
(19:47) AI Policy and Protecting Victims
(23:07) From Hundreds of Vacancies to a Waiting List
(25:27) Cracking Down on Transit Crime
(34:43) Why Violent Offenders Are on Electronic Monitoring
(41:30) What Founders and Voters Can Do
(43:06) Why This Race Mattered
My friends at @DubClub_win are looking for a Head of Lifestyle Marketing to reimagine how creators engage with the platform
+ they brought on a new CEO @the_ed_silva from @DraftKings 👀
Chicago is a sports town
So it makes sense @DubClub_win is being built here
A Chicago native + sports fan built a marketplace where cappers and fans win more together. He’s now processing over $95M+ in GMV
Check out this week's @chicagofuturist
https://t.co/fINqoE3j0x
@zkpx_@saeileenburke@chicagofuturist The point is her office is drowning in video evidence from body cams / ring cameras / phones, etc and they need better systems to process what’s coming in. It’s a data management challenge separate from adding new cameras
Cook County is housing 224,000 hours of video evidence. The entire Netflix catalog is 39,000
@saeileenburke spoke about what the explosion of footage means for her office
Full conversation coming soon @chicagofuturist
After four kids were shot during a teen takeover in Bronzeville, I met DeAndre Pratt.
Seven years ago, at age 20, DeAndre was stabbed, gutted, and left to die in a vacant lot,
He survived, reclaimed his life, and chose a new path. Today, he’s a dedicated father who shows young Chicagoans that the world is bigger than their block.
DeAndre's story stuck with me deeply.
When DeAndre mentioned he’d always dreamt of skydiving, I invited him along for his birthday to share the experience.
Leadership is about opening doors.
“Do you trust me?”
“I do.”
This campaign is about believing in each other and taking big leaps together.
That’s why I’m running for Mayor.
Join the campaign: volunteer at https://t.co/f3U9bZw0od
There are hundreds of open source repos on @github by Chicago engineers solving civic issues
Ghost buses, property tax analysis, sidewalk accessibility, etc. Some really creative ones
No other city has civic participation like this Chicago should 100% tap it more directly
Formal procurement and RFPs move too slow / a lot of these engineers aren’t looking to get paid. They want a real problem and a clear ask.
Imagine if Chicago open sourced more of our problems. Give builders challenges / open data and they’ll show up. @aiclubchicago is proof of this
Cool to see @susanamendoza10 went to @chihacknight back in 2017. That should be the norm for our leaders