About Frederick

53 years old

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Frederick Collins has spent more than 20 years as a Chicago police officer. He has previously run for Cook County Sheriff in 2010 and for Congress in 2012.

Collins supports the creation of an elected Chicago public school board. Collins supports an initiative to provide associate and skilled labor degrees to students who have graduated from Chicago public high schools, free of charge. All tuition fees and books would be paid for by the city.^[1]

Collins plans to hire 5,500 new police officers and 5,000 more firefighters for the city. If elected, Collins promises to remove all red light and speed trap cameras within the city.^[2]

If elected, Collins would use Title 1 funding to create a revenue base for the modernization of Chicago Public Schools. Collins supports the implementation of a $1 tax on all Chicago Board of Trade financial transactions. Collins promises to provide 90% of pensions to city employees that retire at age 50 with at least 20 years of service or more. If elected, Collins would implement a homeowner tax relief program that would freeze property taxes for the next 4 years.^[2]

If elected, Collins would create 35,000 city worker jobs for employment at homeless shetlters, parks, and museums. If elected, Collins would implement a plan to create 250,000 new jobs in the city of Chicago over a three year period. 50,000 new jobs would be created in the public sector while 200,000 would be created in the private sector. If elected, Collins would build two new casinos on the south side of Chicago to produce new revenue for the city. Collins has stated he would raise the minimum wage to $16 an hour over a three year period.^[2]

Collins supports the construction of a new, city owned hospital with a level 1 trauma centre in the city's southside. If elected, Collins would implement a homeowner tax relief program that would freeze property taxes for the next 4 years.^[2]

No specific policy has been suggested in the party's current platform.