"Investing in our public safety is priority one, We're going to continue making that investment. And as Eddie Johnson, Superintendent Johnson said yesterday, and I want to echo, we will do what's necessary for public safety, but it's not an excuse for being careless with the public purse," he said. "And they are going to put in the types of reforms and controls that are necessary so we can both invest in our public safety and putting more police on the street while getting kids, guns and drugs off the street, but do it also in a way that's respectful of the hard-earned dollars of the residents of Chicago."