Angel Eyes (film) Avenue in Toronto. Some scenes were filmed in the village of Elora, Ontario, at the Elora Quarry. Upon its theatrical release, "Angel Eyes" received mixed reviews. On the review aggregator web site "Rotten Tomatoes", the film holds a 33% positive rating from critics based on 132 reviews. In his review in the "Chicago Sun-Times", Roger Ebert gave the film three of four stars and applauding the performance of Jennifer Lopez, whom he describes as "the real thing, one of those rare actresses who can win our instinctive sympathy. She demonstrates that in "Angel Eyes". Ebert noted that although the film
Chicago Police Department the detective forces were established to investigate and solve crimes. In 1861, the Illinois General Assembly passed a law creating a police board to become an executive department of Chicago autonomous of the mayor. The mayor was effectively stripped of his power to control the Chicago Police Department. Authority was given to three police commissioners. The commissioners created the office of superintendent to be the chief of police. The title is again in use today. The first African American officer was appointed in 1872, but black police were assigned to duty in plain clothes only, mainly in largely black neighborhoods.