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"I've never been afraid of being hurt on this job or killed on this job," he said. "I'm more concerned about what the media is going to think about me, what they're going to put on the news, or how I'm going to be portrayed as this evil person."
Residents think the cameras can help Chicago police and hopefully serve as a deterrent to more crime.
Residents on Chicago's South and West sides are speaking up following an announcement by the Chicago Police Department that more officers will be deployed to their communities due to area gun violence.
Across the country, police officers are teaming up with community members for a National Night Out. In Chicago, one of the events is taking place in the 10th District.
Supt. Eddie Johnson stated 430 more officers will be on patrol during the week and 600 more on weekends on Chicago's South and West sides.
After an especially violent people saw 66 people shot in Chicago, police officials plan to deploy extra officers to neighborhoods that recently have suffered a surge in gun violence.
The annual event is designed to raise awareness about drug prevention programs, neighborhood watch groups, and other crime-fighting efforts.
Johnson said, while investigators have "really good leads" on several of the shootings, police have not made any arrests.
At least four of the crime scenes can be classified as mass shootings.
Some of their shots traveled at least eight to 10 houses away hitting both of the victims as they were eating in the shade of the parkway.
Chicago Police have issued two community alerts for people living on the North side of Chicago after a string of six armed robberies in Lincoln Park and Lakeview this week.
A rush hour march shut down traffic on Lake Shore Drive Thursday.
Lollapalooza, one of the largest and best-known music festivals in the world, gets underway later today.
CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports members of Chicago law enforcement are concerned because they say the 3D guns could be hard to detect and nearly impossible to trace.
Police are warning South Side residents about three armed robberies reported this month targeting women.
A man tried to abduct a 5-year-old girl in Albany Park Monday afternoon, according to a community alert issued by police.
A Chicago man has been charged in connection with the battery and sexual assault of a 66-year-old woman at an Uptown park on July 20.
"It's time for the police to walk the street like they used to."
Police were seen searching for evidence under the expressway. So far, no one is in custody.
Four people are recovering in the hospital after being caught in gunfire in the city's South Side. Three were children.
The Fraternal Order of Police contract has been criticized for protecting officers who commit misconduct.
"We will continue to fight the consent decree to protect our officers and to protect the public."
"It was complete chaos on a Friday afternoon."
A timeline of events surrounding the federal investigation of the Chicago Police Department and the resulting consent decree on reforms.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Police Supt. Eddie Johnson, and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan release a draft of a consent decree governing changes for Chicago police.
