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The sign in the picture has been replaced. New picture coming soon - thanks for the update Joan!
Update 9/27/2011 14:57
Received an email from Jason Hernandez, Senior Advisor to Alderman O'Connor:
"As for the public safety comment, I know that Alderman O'Connor has been advocating to make sure our communities receive an adequate amount of city services, especially when one considers the amount of taxes our constituents pay into the system. She is the process of coordinating with her local colleagues regarding the 16th District. As soon as I have any news or developments, we will share them with you and the public".
Update 9/27/2011 10:00
Email to Alderman O'Connor's Office asking to confirm or deny a comment posted about working with all 16th Chicago Police District aldermen (36, 38, 39, 41 and 45 wards) on a joint initiative to address the police officer shortage and public safety needs of the 16th Police District.
Update 9/26/2011 16:49
Posted on Alderman O'Connor's Facebook page, today:
Mary, the 41st ward citizen’s blog has been discussing public safety in the 41st ward. A question from the readers: Will you be issuing a public statement to the city council about the police shortage in the 41st ward, specifically asking for all the sworn police officer positions lost through attrition in the last three years be reinstated (estimated to be about 100 positions)? Thank you
Update 9/26/2011 18:30
Constituent comment deleted on Alderman O'Connor's Face Book Page (see above)
Update 9/24/2011 21:00
See the 16th District Newsletter (scroll down)
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Open post today about public safety concerns. Send in your comments and observations. If you have a chance check out the Chicago Police Department's website with all the latest crime reports for the 16th District. You can even see data at the Beat level and specific changes within the beats.
Clear Path: Click on District News, District 16 "Crime at a Glance" Reports. https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/News/Statistical%20Reports/Crime%20At%20A%20Glance/Crime%20At%20A%20Glance%202010%20by%20District/CAAG_Dist_16.pdf
Hard not to notice a few disturbing trends within the data released and the reports.
Various reports from different sources state shortages of 2000+ sworn police officers in the City of Chicago. Rahm's redistribution equations have the numbers much lower, of course.
What do you think?
Burglaries, auto theft and property theft numbers are way up. We need more officers on patrol in the 16th. This is a huge police district and it needs to be adequately staffed. I rarely see patrol cars rolling down my street, yet I see them with sirens on and blazing down the arterial streets rushing to calls. Not a good sign to me. 16th is reacting ONLY to crime.. not doing enough with police/patrol car presence to prevent crime.
ReplyDeleteCall for everything, folks. Don't let the criminals think they can ride into our neighborhoods and create chaos.
I agree, the visable presence of police has diminished in recent years. And, response times are longer by cops who look worn out from running all over the place.
ReplyDeletemost of the property crime index has increased over the last few years, for what I just saw in the crime reports on clearpath. why hasn't that prompted a special unit in the 41st ward or extra patrol officers?
ReplyDeletetake down those stupid red light cameras!
ReplyDeleteLetting property crime and burglaries become out of control leads to more serious crime - like the poor guy who was murdered on Northwest highway.
ReplyDeleteWith the economy in the tank we are going to see more home invasions, burglaries and auto theft.
I've been walking my dog around norwood park for years and up until a year ago, I could set my watch by the patrol car coming around the park when the sun went down. Haven't seen a patrol car around the park in a very long time. We had a block party a few weeks ago and everyone was mentioning the lack of visibility of the police in the 16th - eerie. Where did they all go?
ReplyDeletei attend all of the 16th district beat meetings and since police have been disbursed to other areas our crime rates have gone up. Maybe soon we'll be considered a high crime district and we'll get our officers back. Or better yet...take away the police from Ed Burke and Richard Daley and put them where they're really needed
ReplyDeleteThe city is lost, the police do not have the support of liberals. Liberals have created this kid glove approach to crime. Chicago is doomed.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with you 11:53. Public safety is one area of government service that has bipartisan support. Criminals don't just attack conservatives. Most criminals I have met aren't to choosy about who they victimize.
ReplyDeleteWe need a united front to support CPD, especially when it comes to manpower. NO CUTS. And we want more officers for the 16th - that's the bottom line.
If you start throwing this "liberal" crap around, will cause divisions and nothing will get done. On this issue, give up your stupid partisanship mantra and work with the police to make sure our neighborhoods are safe
I'm absolutely seething this morning after reading Daley used his CPD detail to cart around Daley's daughter and SIL.
ReplyDelete8:02, don't waste your time with 11:53. That nuckle-scraper uses pizza as an bib while watching Fox news.
ReplyDeleteBurglaries have definitely increased, lots of people walking around looking for opportunities to steal, and nobody questions someone ringing doorbells...neighbors need to call the Police for suspicious activities, calls for service determine how the Police force is assigned to a district.
ReplyDeleteThere are also numerous acts of vandalism and petty or "nuisance" things happening, such as the graffiti at St. Mary's, street signs being taken, sprinklers and potted plants etc..being taken,which may be the work of neighborhood people,a frightening prospect. We all need to be more vigilant and not feel like we are "bothering" the Police by calling 911.
Be aware of people going door to door, trying front door handles to see if the door is unlocked. They are looking to rob you. A neighbor caught a person at her front door trying to open the door last week. She and her german shepherd persuaded him to leave.
ReplyDeleteI would suggest a public forum to discuss safety issues in the 16th, but the alderman in the 41st is afraid of the public. Maybe Arena will hold one.
ReplyDeleteThere's a man who lives at 6_____ W. Foster and every thursday, friday, saturday and sunday since June has been having a front yard sale. He sells used paints, tools, stinky smelly chemicals and other banned liquids and HAS NEVER HAD A SALE PERMIT. The neighbors have called 311, 911 and most recently the 41st ward alderman's office yet this man is still peddling his haz mat substances. Can someone tell me why?
ReplyDeletevery rare to see a patrol car, patrolling. Used to see them all the time. Where have all the cops gone?
ReplyDeleteyeah, the alderman will stop on her "listening tour" to listen to the commander and white shirts, not invite the public, and then run a photo op saying they represented the entire 41st ward.
ReplyDeleteHow do we see the number of current cops assigned to the 16th now, from a year ago, two years ago, five years ago, etc... would like to see if there is a correlation between increasing crime in the 16th -vs- numbers of cops.
ReplyDeleteThe 16th district is down over 100+ police officers from 3 years ago. They are not replacing any that leave through retirement, voluntary moves, ect.
ReplyDeletePlease talk to the alderman about this.
Thank you,
16th district police officer
auto thefts are up in almost all the beats. Who is stealing these cars and what is being done? Same with burglaries - increased im many beats. What's up with that?
ReplyDeleteGo to the alderman's website www.ward41.com and submit a city service request. Use the drop down subject "police".
ReplyDeleteThere is no such thing as a "patrol" officer or a "patrol" car in the 16th. We have "response" officers and "response" cars here. No one is deterring crime, preventing crime anymore. I just retired and have been amazed at the number of funky white vans, cars with no plates and trucks cruising up and down the streets and alley looking at houses and into yards. I wonder what would happen if I wasn't outside staring down some of these people. No wonder car theft and burglaries are up around here.
ReplyDeleteI was talking to one of my neighbors the other day who mentioned his garage was broken into and he said he didn't bother to report it, because he thought cops are busy with other stuff. I told him to file a report because two other people on the block had the same thing done to their garages and if you don't report it the police don't have an accurate picture of how widespread burglaries are around here. Seems like it is open season around here with break ins and car thefts.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious there are less police around and the criminals know it.
Right, rarely see a patrol car but the Department of Revenue truck scanning plates, booting and ticketing rolls down my block almost twice a week at about 1:30am. That's when I get home from my shift.
ReplyDeleteIf you are going after people for plates, stickers for revenue, at least use those dollars to support a decent police presence here in the 41st.
erosion of a neighborhood when you start to see increased theft and break ins. I agree with people who are posting comments about less police presence. Very obvious.
ReplyDeleteThis is a bad situation all around. For residents and for the police. They can not cover everything spread so thin, and that leaves their safety as a concern as well. What do they do if they need back up? Alderman O'Connor has not been vocal at all about this. It should be her number one concern and we should be reading what she has to say about it in the paper. But we haven't heard anything at all from her. And we don't need another forum to make it look like something is being done - we already know it's a major problem. We need a clear loud voice that won't stop. We need someone to stand up for us.
ReplyDeleteIt might be better to have one of the community councils or community groups hold a precinct wide forum - so the COMMUNITY has control of the meeting, and not the alderman, who would try to control who was there and what was said.
ReplyDeleteIf we have to pay this latest property tax increase, and our alderman did absolutely NOTHING to oppose it, lets make sure we get something for all of our extra dollars - like the police officers we NEED to keep us safe.
ReplyDeleteFrom someone that knows to the taxpayers of the 41st ward. You are being led down the primrose path to hell by our mayor. The 016th police district is the largest police district in square miles out of all the police districts in the entire city. Add being the third most populated area to the largest district and you would think that we would have the most police officers of any district in the city of Chicago. Nothing could be further from the truth. We have the least amount of police officers of any district in the city. So let's summarize. We have the largest land area, the third most populated land area, the most property tax dollars generated by any police district and the fewest police officers of any police district. You ask yourself how can this be. I'll tell you how. You people in the 016th district mean the least to the city of Chicago. Your life, property, well-being and quality of life are the last concern of our city government. To add insult to injury not only do your police protection tax dollars get spent in other areas of the city but you also get the smallest return for you property tax dollar concerning infrastructure ( Sewer mains) parks, libraries and every other city owned entity than anywhere else in the city. How long would you stay with a stock that is continually losing money? Not very long. How long are you going to watch your property tax dollars being spent elsewhere to improve the property values in those other areas while your property values continue to decline due to the lack of the re-investment of your tax dollars? It's time to do something about this losing investment.
ReplyDeleteTo September 24, 2011 9:52 AM
ReplyDeleteRegarding our own meeting.
I think it's a great idea. Somthing like the "41st ward citizens for NO Ward Left Behind". Whatever the name we could get people from all over this ward to get petitions signed regarding the problems we are experiencing in our ward and present them to our alderman. Issues regarding our lack of Police Protection, our lack of improvement to our sewer system that causes our basements to flood, ect. With the advent of the internet we could even generate these petitions online. You can email me at ComoInnJoe@gmail.com if you would like to get involved in saving our ward.
There is a man who lives at 6___ W. Foster and EVERY thursday, friday, saturday and sunday since June he has had a front yard sale, selling used paints, turpentine and other assorted chemicals. Since we're only allowed 2 sale permits a year it would be pretty safe to assume he's having these sales without a permit. Several of the neighbors have called 911, 311 and the alderman's office several times yet he's still out there selling. The stench from these chemicals is disguisting. Thursday morning I called 911 again and there was a patrol car two blocks away yet NO ONE ever came. Can someone explain this??
ReplyDeleteThere are NO LOW CRIME DISTRICTS in Chicago. There are districts with lower crime stats, but not one of the districts in the City of Chicago can be classified "low crime".
ReplyDeleteTherefore, we need to keep staffing levels maintained to prevent the crime levels we currently have from getting any HIGHER.
Loosing 100+ police officers in the 16th District through attrition is inexcusable.
The Mayor and the City Council are placing all citizens who live in the 16th at GREAT RISK.
Perhaps the citizens who live in the 16th District should file a class action suit against the City of Chicago and the Mayor for placing us at risk for harm, personal injury,and great mental anguish over living in an unsafe, unsecured community.
Go to the alderman's website www.ward41.com and submit a city service request. Use the drop down subject "police".
ReplyDeleteIn the comment window, type: SEND HELP!
7:01pm is correct in saying there are NO low crime districts in Chicago. Where I was born, Hope, Mississippi there was one break in every five years, now that is a low crime area.
ReplyDeleteHere in the 41st(one -tenth the size of Hope Mississippi) the are HUNDREDS of burglaries, thefts, robberies, assaults, and violent crimes. We have become USED to living with crime and that is why the Mayor and CPD lowers staffing levels to save money. They know we have been programmed to accept and live with crime.
Increasing crime in the 41st Ward coupled with the loss of over a 100 police officers in three years through attrition is OUTRAGEOUS, and UNACCEPTABLE.
I beleive this issue to be critical, and past the "forum with the alderman, who will use it as a photo-op, on a listening tour" and even petitions.
I believe it may be time for legal action. We pay the city to provide protection and they cut man-power without notifying anyone and crime goes up. We are not being provided the services we pay for, and in addition, we get walloped with a PROPERTY TAX INCREASE?
Skip the petitions and lets get signatures for a class action law suit. Money is the ONLY thing that will move this mayor. If we sue the city, maybe we can get our police officer number back to the staffing levels they were five years ago, and should have been maintained.
From the 16th District Newsletter posted on this blog: The commander urges residents to call in and report suspicious activity:
ReplyDelete"By increasing the number of encounters, and taking effective action we will reduce the amount of crime".
How can the Commander hope to increase the number of encounters police have with criminals from our calls to 911, when there are NOT ENOUGH police? No officers to encounter criminals left, Commander! Only victims left to encounter criminals.
During an economic crisis with high unemployment and the highest foreclosure rate in the country, the City of Chicago is INSANE to cut back on police protection. The people who have jobs, and can WILL leave.
ReplyDeleteBoarded up homes and abandoned businesses in greater numbers than ever before. I drive around and the 41st ward is starting to look blighted. Blight brings criminals. We have two foreclosed homes on my street and I live on an attractive block in Edison Park. We have rats, the first time I have seen rats since I moved in 11 years ago.
ReplyDeleteNow is not the time for "austerity" measures when it comes to public safety. Lets see those 100 police officers replaced and out on the streets.
I've noticed cops in squad cars by themselves in the evening time. I thought there are suppose to be two officers in a squad unless it was dayshift.
ReplyDeleteWhy would the officers work without a partner?
9/-8:14 is right. I let my dogs out at 1:20 a.m. a few nights ago, and saw a white revenue van backing out of the alley across from my house. The next morning 2 cars on the 5300 block of Newcastle were booted.
ReplyDeleteSo Rahm hasn't forgotten us after all.
haved lived here 30+ years, so I can tell you how different things are. Used to see patrol cars in the park, at school dismissal and the officers walking around talking to people. I live in Edgebrook and I now see graffiti, garbage thrown about and flooded streets. Haven't seen a patrol car in at least a year. There has been a slow steady decline in the upkeep of the area, and I don't blame the new alderman. I wish the new alderman would restore the officers though, the rest can wait until there is more money.
ReplyDeleteTO 3:40 I don't blame the new alderman. But I am wondering what she is waiting for to speak up on this matter. And I don't mean to hold a listening tour, or a forum. I would like a clear direct public statement made by her to the mayor in regards to the lack of police in the 41st ward. The statement should be on record for everyone to see, since she is our voice in 41. I am not interested in the "Oh I heard she said this," or I 've talked to the mayor and... Put it in the paper or stand up at the next city council and speak - that is the alderman's job.
ReplyDeleteYes, a clear official statement from the alderman of the 41st ward asking the mayor and city council to have the police officer positions lost through attrition, replaced from the last three years (at least 100 sworn officer positions).
ReplyDeleteCould be in a public letter, at the next city council meeting AND placed in the media.
Great idea.
Posted on Alderman O'Connor's Facebook page, today:
ReplyDeleteMary, the 41st ward citizen’s blog has been discussing public safety in the 41st ward. A question from the readers: Will you be issuing a public statement to the city council about the police shortage in the 41st ward, specifically asking for all the sworn police officer positions lost through attrition in the last three years be reinstated (estimated to be about 100 positions)? Thank you
The largest precinct, some of the highest taxes in the city and the LARGEST growing communities in the city right now. The south side and the west side have less people living there this decade than last. Yet every community in the 41st ward has grown in numbers and we lose police officers?
ReplyDeleteInteresting, the facebook entry on the Alderman's Facebook page, with the question listed above, has been deleted....
ReplyDeleteUnacceptable!! Are we not allowed to ask a legitimate question on public safety? That is really scary!
ReplyDeleteBy deleting the question on facebook, Alderman O'Connor has answered your question.
ReplyDeleteTo September 25, 2011 8:11am
ReplyDeleteI'm not the Commander but I am the person who wrote we have the largest land area, third most populated and least protected district. The Commander is saying that there are numerous persons like the person above who had his garage broken into and didn't bother to report it. Then when it becomes a major problem everyone starts screaming to the commander what are you doing about the problem? If you don't call 911 and report it, it never happened and the problem doesn't exist. By calling 911 to report crime or suspicious activity you are helping the commander to document that crime is occurring and enabling him to do something about it. If he goes to the superintendent with double the calls to 911 for police service maybe the superintendant will give us more police officers. If we don't report crime and suspicious activity it looks like everything is fine in the 016 district then we don't need any additional police officers. The squeaky wheel gets the grease!
People in the 41st ward, do you honestly think that our newly elected alderman will make demand any changes to our police protection?
ReplyDeleteMy question is to any officer working in the 016 th district. On average, for all three shifts, how may officers assigned to the 016th district actually work in our district for any given watch. This would be great to put out because the average citizen in the 016th District will be shocked that even though we have 150 less police officers assigned to the 016 district than we did 4 years ago, we get 10 or more officers sent from our district to other more deserving districts every day.
ReplyDeletePer CPDs own data, the 41st Ward has more crime and 100+ less officers. I don't care what the Commander says, he, the alderman, the mayor have left this community unprotected. We have the largest district, more people, less officers and a new property tax increase.
ReplyDeleteThe alderman goes on "listening tours" and is deaf.
So, the commander is waiting for MORE crime to happen to us before doing anything?
ReplyDeleteI'm facebook friends with five alderman, and they all answer questions fro constituents on facebook. They don't delete the tough ones either. This alderman needs to grow a spine.
ReplyDeleteSo to the commander and superintendent: How much crime is enough?
ReplyDeleteDo we need 200 or 500 more robberies?
20 or 200 more shootings?
500 more assaults sound like a good number? Meanwhile cops are being redeployed to other communities and not replaced when they retire?
What is the real message here? We are on our own? I propose not paying property taxes until we get our officer staffing numbers back up to where they were three to four years ago.
We elected Rahm for alderman.
ReplyDeletePicture says it all. Have noticed grafitti on many garages and businesses. Most large cities have their own dedicated police unit to investigate grafitti
ReplyDeleteThe phone 911 calls are just one element to producing crime data. The other element that is missing from this conversation:
ReplyDeleteHow much of the crime in the 41st ward has been solved. If there are no officers and detectives, I'm sure those numbers are very low. Come on commander, what is your solve rate?
The commander does not decide how many police officers 16 gets. The politicians do! I hear Mary is getting the other Alderman of 16 (36, 38, 39 and 45 wards) toghether to act as a unified voice in the interest of their respective constituents. NOT That would be Democratic Representation--five alderman standing as one in defense of the people. Gotta love the Chicago Way!
ReplyDeleteReaders, I sent an email to Jason Hernandez, Senior Adviser to Alderman O'Connor, asking him to confirm or deny the information in the September 27, 2011 8:46am comment.
ReplyDeleteMore cops requires additional revenue. Today's Sun-Times reports Inspector general Joe Ferguson proposes setting up toll boothes on Lake Shore Drive, as well an income tax for Chicagoans.
ReplyDeleteWhy not tax securities trading, Mr. I.G.? The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is on pace to make a 500 millin dollar profit this year. The city gave the CME 15 million dollars in TIF money - our money. Tax their profits before those treasonists ship their profits off to their Swiss bank accounts.
Tax those bastards, who do no societal good whatsoever. Tax Rahms' buddies - not us.
And if they threaten to leave, let them. We'll save 15 million a year. Tax the billionares. Tax Rahms' buddies.
Update 9/27/2011 14:57
ReplyDeleteReceived an email from Jason Hernandez:
"As for the public safety comment, I know that Alderman O'Connor has been advocating to make sure our communities receive an adequate amount of city services, especially when one considers the amount of taxes our constituents pay into the system. She is the process of coordinating with her local colleagues regarding the 16th District. As soon as I have any news or developments, we will share them with you and the public". Thanks for the response.
Doesn't explain why your original comment post to the facebook page was removed.
ReplyDeleteHow about you try to post this response onto the facebook page???
@3:55pm
ReplyDeleteGood idea. I took your advice and posted the response on face book.
So, let me ask:
ReplyDeleteNow, we are waiting for five alderman within the 16th district to meet with the Police Superintendent and the Mayor to discuss public safety in the 16th? Can we be assured patrol officer positions (need for increased numbers) will be addressed?
When will that happen?
Why aren't there quarterly public safety updates from the alderman's office on the website. Why aren't there quarterly public updates about education, recycling, streets & san, parks, water & sewers quartery - with some actual information (not publicity stunts, photo ops and other assorted nonsense)?
ReplyDeleteIt seems as though the website and face book are both political mechanisms for the alderman. Where do we go to get actual ward information and updates, like progress on improving public safety with a concrete, specific number of new police officers at the 16th?
That's it?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking to 4 other aldermen about the 16th?
Any agenda? can you share something, anything?
Some Perspective:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.suntimes.com/news/7914009-418/the-land-of-the-free-not-for-the-children-of-englewood.html
If the alderman doesn't want to respond to a comment or question posted on facebook, fine. But deleting the comment or question sends a whole different message.
ReplyDeletePaul Lisnek from "Politics Tonight" will be discussing Social Media and Elected Officials, tonight on CLTV at 6pm...
ReplyDeleteGood show! Much discussion about how social media educates constituents and helps elected officials really "create community".
ReplyDeleteSpoke about politicians using social media to "interact" with constituents, and how constituents must INSIST on open communication via social media.
Also spoke about the pitfall of elected officials not responding to constituents on facebook, actually "hurting" rather than helping the elected official.
Better to have a facebook page and fully use it the way it should be used (by interacting and responding)than to have a face book page just for posting info - leaves constituents thinking their concerns, ideas and comments are not important.
Much thanks to Paul Lisnek for bringin up my question tonight.
Hey Mary, we don't give a dam about the other wards we care about our ward. None of these other wards are as under represented as the the 41st ward concerning police protection. Eventually it will boil down to this you ignore us Mr Mayor regarding our infrastructure and police protection we'll ignore your portoin of our property tax bill.
ReplyDeleteUnder represented. Good word to describe the 41st ward. When do you start speaking for us Mary?
ReplyDeleteAs for being afraid of the media and social media. Get over it. Learn to adapt. Hire a communication expert. Do something to start representing US. Rahm did not elect you. We did.
I just looked at the alderman's FB page. There is a post about an education meeting community parents weren't invited to. No details about the meeting or next steps. Just that the alderman had a meeting. wow, I'm impressed.
ReplyDeleteA word of advice to Ms. O'Connor, from a retired fed pol:
ReplyDeleteYou promote yourself best by promoting your constituents.
I don't think there is one person in the 41st ward who is supportive of an increasing crime rate and loss of 150 police officers over the last four years. I don't think the alderman could offend any voter by representing us on the issue.
ReplyDeletespot on 7:48am
ReplyDeleteSo, when do we see something in writing saying our 16th district officers won't be deployed to other areas of the city, leaving us here as sitting ducks for criminals?
ReplyDeleteFrom the article in today's newspaper it looks like the mayor only wants communities with shootings to have police officers.
ReplyDeleteI heard gunshots early this morning and went to look out the window and saw my neighbor shooting at a rat. Does that count as a shooting?
ReplyDeleteI just watched a segment on the channel 2 cbs news featuring Superintendent McCarthy running a "CompStat" meeting verbally intimidating and threatening the commanders and other white shirts. It was horrible and left me thinking the CPD administrators work in an oppressive environment and their jobs must be hell.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Rahm's PR people told McCarthy to portray himself as a tough guy, so we all feel like he has things under control and we are safe - but I thought the opposite. How can these officers work in an environment like that without support? They can't.
McCarthy was trying to convince us he lowered crime with fewer officers, but who knows how those numbers were cooked... I don't believe it, especially when the numbers in our own district are up.
Message to Rahm: We aren't idiots. Fire the 34 PR people you have on staff trying to spin nonesense like this.
A real superintendent would be honest, tell us the truth about the real scope of violence in the city and demand more cops from the mayor. But, he is just another scared puppy surrounding the mayor.
Stupid comment of the day:
ReplyDeleteFrom the Chicago Sun Times, today -
Chicago Police Super, Gary McCarthy "I think it would be disingenuous to walk in and say, I need more cops. I think it is unconscionable to hire more officers".
What a load of crap.
He must have no conscious if he thinks Chicago is a safe city and we have no issues with crime. Just let the wildings, shootings, robberies, auto theft, gang crime go unchecked while this guy entertains editorial boards with his delusional thinking.
McCarthy tells spews this nonsense to the Sun Times Editorial Board, but not to the public directly.
the channel 2 report was creepy
ReplyDeleteI saw the CBS report too, and thought it was a complete public relations stunt. Berating grown men like that was hard to watch. I certainly don't feel safer after watching.
ReplyDeletehttp://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/09/30/inside-peek-top-police-administrators-on-the-hot-seat/
ReplyDeleteI just watched the cbs video of the McCarthy interview. McCarthy's hand was shaking, holding the phone talking to the mayor at one point. McCarthy treats his administration, like he is treated. No doubt in my mind, the mayor MFs McCarthy all the time and berates him too. No wonder he treats his staff like that. The mayor has some major anger and control issues, not a good choice to put at the top and have all the anger and negativity trickle doen the ranks.
ReplyDelete. . . 23 minutes to get a backup here at Foster and Harlem on a 'Burglary in Progress' last week . . .
ReplyDeleteFrom the FOP website:
ReplyDeleteIt‘s time to remind the Mayor that he promised to hire more new police officers. ―Rahm will add 250 police officers who focus on crime in and around TIF areas,‖ said a fact sheet distrib-uted by his campaign. Between November 2010 and April 2011, the Mayor told any media outlet that would listen about his plan to hire 250 new officers using TIF funds. Fast forward to October and not a single police officer has been hired. So much for promises made.
wow, wouldn't want to be a commander in Chicago.
ReplyDeleteThe CBS McCarthy video should be sent to the Adler School of Applied Psychology for clinical assessment. He is crazy, and the mayor crazier. We are doomed.
ReplyDeleteNot all the aldermen drink the kool-aid:
ReplyDeleteReached in reaction to McCarthy’s comments, Ald. Robert Fioretti, 2nd, cautioned that the number of sworn-officer vacancies has nearly doubled in the past year and a half.
“We need to keep up the numbers (of officers) across the board and across the city to make sure that our citizens are safe in their homes and on the streets,” he said
Lies and spins from this mayor. Where are the 250 new cops suppose to be hired with TIF? 50 cops retire each month. 1200+ vacancies, 450+ on medical leave and 650 retirements each year, and only 50 slots for a new class at the academy this year. These numbers are very frightening. We aren't stupid. Mayor is playing a very dangerous game with our safety.
ReplyDeleteI need to look into this further, but I tried to google FBI crime stats for Chicago and learned they don't use the stats submitted? Other informal sources stat FBI doesn't trust Chicago crime data collection methods and won't use the data. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteI'm not buying anything this mayor says. To many lies, misrepresentations. During his campaign he said he would put 1000 officers on the street and then doesn't, just renames their job titles. What a crock.
ReplyDeleteSo, how many police officer positions (FTEs) are assigned to the 16th District?
ReplyDeleteHow many police officers are actually reporting for duty daily at the 16th District.
How many police officers are on sick leave in the 16th District?
How many police officers are serving active duty with the Armed Forces, and not reporting for duty at the 16th District?
How many police officers, from the 16th District are scheduled to retire in the next three months?
How many police officers in the 16th are redeployed to other districts each day?
Lets see some real numbers!
Supt. McCarthy is no Tom Selleck!
ReplyDeleteNumber of Police Officers assigned to the NYPD according to Wikipedia
ReplyDeletePolice Officers 34,500 (2010)
Auxiliary Police Officers 4,503
School Safety Agents 5,147
Number of Police Officers assigned to CPD according to CLEAR
Police Officers 9,400
Aux Police Officers Zero
School Safety Agents Zero
Number of Detectives in NYPD 3,000
Number of Detectives in CPD 930
Chicago has more murders, more agg batts, and more robberies. McCarty is a blowhard and a bully
NYC Population 2010 = 8,175,133
Chicago Population 2010 = 2,695,598
The CBS report was a game changer. Top command staff humiliated in front of their collegues, subordinates and the public. Who could work like that? We were suppose to be impressed by that?
ReplyDeleteI don't feel any safer after watching that report
ReplyDeleteI saw the Chicago Tonight interview with Carol Marin and McCarthy. We truly live in the city of lies and deception. Carol tried to pin him down on the 1300 vacant police positions and the money budgeted for them still being in his budget and why isn't he filling them? He gave a stupid vague answer that screamed, I'm doing what I'm told. He won't eliminated the positions, but at the same time won't fill them.
ReplyDeleteMcCarthy needs to grow a pair and insist on a safe number of officers for the officers sake and for the sake of public safety. No one believes one word he says.
I believe its time for the citizens of the 16th District to sue the city for failure to provide public safety services.
ReplyDeleteOur Crime data in Chicago is transparent. You can't see it.
ReplyDeleteThe mayor only talks to Jewish reporters like Jay Levine and Fran Spielman. Ahern, Marin, Kass might as well move to another city
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