Today marks 100 days on the job for Robert “Wes” Wheeler Jr., Chicago’s new FBI chief.

It's already been an eventful few months involving bribery, kidnapping and carjacking cases, and of course, there are ongoing corruption cases that the FBI’s had a hand in pursuing. 

Special Agent in Charge Robert Wheeler Jr. did stints in stints in Dallas, D.C. and even Afghanistan. 

“We’ve been in the violent crime business for a long time,” he said. “I think it’s always incumbent on us to try to do it better, how we can be more impactful, how we can help more. That’s a problem we’re not going to solve all by ourselves.”

Wheeler Jr. says the Chicago bureau has a “very collaborative” environment with the Chicago Police Department. 

“I want to be very thoughtful and very considerate on how we’re doing in violent crime, what our resources look like,” he said. “We’re out there every day, every night… We’re not lacking resources in combating those problems…I think the trick is making sure it's being used in a way that's impactful…The type of impact I want us to make is to attack a criminal enterprise that can remove criminals and the architecture of their organization that's committing violent crime. We want to dismantle that. That’s not always one arrest at a time. That’s a longer term investigation that requires a lot of resources and rigor.”

Meanwhile, Chicago will soon be getting a new mayor, Brandon Johnson, who has a lot of his own opinions on how to curb crime. 

“I look forward to working with everybody,” Wheeler Jr. said. “I look forward to a new administration, a new police superintendent…I look forward to continuing to do the things we’ve done with the Chicago Police Department specifically. A lot of great work but a lot of opportunity for more work.”