In the city’s most violent districts, police officers say, they may be assigned half a dozen jobs or more—covering everything from traffic accidents to assaults—at the start of a shift. Their watches are spent racing from call to call, while anything that requires...
This past week Rahm launched an ambitious plan to revitalize the city. However in order to make that work, he must first prevent Chicago from becoming Gotham. The post below talks about how the lack of enough police officers is causing a false reduction in the...
Crime is out of control. It’s not reported because in this town No Report = No Crime. And because we have so few police — who are constantly running from call to call — a LOT of crime is going unreported. Sometimes you can call 911 and wait 30-40...