The hearing on the police department budget is scheduled for Thursday [http://bit.ly/p6OcgJ].
Meanwhile, some alderman have demanded a public safety hearing to talk about Chicago Police Staffing.
http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/aldermen-call-for-hearings-on-police-staffing/
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Take a look at our property crime numbers - one of the larger numbers in the city. And, also take a look at the # of police officers working out of the 16th District - 202 officers, one of the smallest numbers of police officers per precinct. And to provide "context", the 16th District is the largest police district in the City of Chicago. (Place your mouse over the District # to see the stats)
Chicago Police Staffing, Crime Rates by District - Chicago News Cooperative
Chicago Police Staffing, Crime Rates by District
Where the Beat Cops Are
Most of the city’s roughly 9,400 rank-and-file police officers are either assigned or detailed to one of 25 police districts, but many others work in specialized units.
Search:
| Unit | Police Officers |
|---|---|
| 7th District | 386 |
| 18th District | 364 |
| 11th District | 361 |
| 8th District | 359 |
| 6th District | 345 |
| 4th District | 338 |
| 9th District | 325 |
| 3rd District | 320 |
| 25th District | 316 |
| 10th District | 305 |
| 1st District | 296 |
| 15th District | 283 |
| 12th District | 270 |
| 5th District | 266 |
| 2nd District | 265 |
| 24th District | 261 |
| Narcotics Section | 244 |
| 14th District | 233 |
| 22nd District | 223 |
| 19th District | 217 |
| 21st District | 206 |
| 17th District | 202 |
| 16th District | 202 |
| 20th District | 196 |
| 13th District | 192 |
| 23rd District | 191 |
| Alternate Response Section | 186 |
| Public Transportation Section | 128 |
| Gang Intelligence Section | 125 |
| Airport Law Enforcement Unit-North | 103 |
| Education and Training Division | 93 |
| Field Services Section | 81 |
| Traffic Section-Administration | 76 |
| Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit | 69 |
| Special Functions Group | 67 |
| Gang Team Area 2 | 58 |
| Gang Team Area 5 | 54 |
| Gang Team Area 1 | 54 |
| Vice Control Section | 54 |
| Central Detention Section | 47 |
| Evidence and Recovered Property Unit | 45 |
| Gang Team Area 4 | 45 |
| Detached Services-Miscellaneous Detail | 44 |
| Deployment Operations Center | 43 |
| Transit Security | 41 |
| Deputy Chief, Area 4, Office of | 38 |
| Gang Enforcement Section | 38 |
| Gang Team Area 3 | 37 |
| Airport Law Enforcement Unit-South | 35 |
| Internal Affairs Division | 29 |
| Intelligence Section | 28 |
| Asset Forfeiture Unit | 27 |
| Court Liaison Section | 26 |
| Central Investigations Detail | 25 |
| Human Resources Division | 22 |
| Medical Section | 17 |
| Juvenile Intervention Support Center | 13 |
| Police Document Services Section | 12 |
| News Affairs | 10 |
| Special Events Section | 10 |
| Marine Unit | 10 |
| Government Security Detail | 10 |
| Patrol, Bureau of-Administration | 10 |
| Research and Development Division | 10 |
| Youth Investigation Section | 9 |
| District Reinstatement | 8 |
| Detective Division-Administration | 8 |
| Organized Crime Division-Administration | 7 |
| Office of the First Deputy Superintendent | 7 |
| Office of Legal Affairs | 6 |
| Detective Division, Area 5 | 6 |
| Departmental Administration | 6 |
| Forensic Services Division | 6 |
| Special Investigations Unit | 5 |
| Administrative Services-Administration | 5 |
| Equipment and Supply Section | 5 |
| Detective Division, Area 3 | 4 |
| Detective Division, Area 2 | 4 |
| Det. Div. Major Accident Investigations Unit | 4 |
| General Support Division | 4 |
| Audit and Internal Control Division (Inspection Division) | 4 |
| Professional Counseling Services/EAP | 4 |
| Traffic Court/Records Unit | 3 |
| Office of International Relations | 3 |
| Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) | 3 |
| N/A | 1 |
| Detective Division, Area 1 | 1 |
| Detective Division, Area 4 | 1 |
| Mounted Unit | 1 |
| Bomb and Arson Section/Aviation | 1 |
I knew it was bad up here- you never see cops anymore, but i never knew it was this bad. Rahm Emmanuel and theat McCarthy are nothing but BIG, FAT LIARS. Rahm got caught lying about the vehicle weights/city stickers too - he made up the report.
ReplyDeleteThis man is nothing but a LIAR. These aldermen
better go after the MAYOR and MCCARTHY and get MORE COPS UP HERE NOW!
Notice the precincts with more officers have less property crime.
ReplyDeleteHey, ALderman O'connor - instead of posting copies of notices about increased burglaries in the ward, you could actually stand up in city council and demand more cops. Where is the "voice" you said you would be ALderman O'connor - No one has heard your voice since May 2011, the day you were sworn in as alderman. Six months later, not one bit of tangible evidence you have done any speaking on our behalf.
This is UNBELIEVABLE
ReplyDelete202 police officers in the 16th District
ReplyDelete67 officers/shift (3 shifts)
67 officers/shift include officers who call in sick, are on vacation, in court and are behind a desk, CAPS, etc.
So the reality is, about 35 officers actually in patrol cars FOR THE ENTIRE 16th district.
This is outrageous and UNSAFE FOR EVERYONE!!!
Where are our tax dollars that were budgeted fot police officers? There still are about 1200 positions budgeted on the books. Why isn't there a federal investigation?
Why is the public safety that we pay for and is budgeted for our protection not provided?????
Someone:
1. Send the feds
2. Hire some cops
3. Get us an alderman with a spine
I'm never going to be able to sell my house now. Thanks, Mayor A**hole
ReplyDeleteThe most important factor, not mentioned: Response time.
ReplyDeleteSo, for the 16th District, there are fewest cops in the entire city, and the greatest distance to travel to respond. A recipe for disaster. Notice, many of the smaller districts have 50% more cops and lower crime rates!
Our crime rates wil continue to go up unless there are more cops on the street who have to travel less to get to crime situations. Wake up 41st Ward, if you become a victim, you will wait almost double time for a response from anyone.
When Alderman O'Connor was asked what she thought about the 5995 people who own SUVs weighing >4000 pounds, who will now have to incur a $60.00 increase for a city vehicle sticker she replied: "That's 6000 votes". I kid you not, in today's Chicago Tribune.
ReplyDeleteWe are being hit with a property tax increase, doubled water bills, less cops, more crime, less library hours, on and on, and all this ding bat can comment on is the number of votes she may lose next election... Give me a break!
Wake up Alderman O'Connor - we are being taxed and robbed to death up here. We don't give a rats ass about your political career.
When Alderman O'Connor was asked what she thought about the 5995 people who own SUVs weighing >4000 pounds, who will now have to incur a $60.00 increase for a city vehicle sticker she replied: "That's 6000 votes". I kid you not, in today's Chicago Tribune.
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"5995 people in the 41st Ward", who own.....
From today's tribune: Other aldermen expressed reservations. "We ask the average family to pay an extra $60 a year for a vehicle that this year was $75," said Ald. John Arena, 45th. "This budget looks at spreading the pain around, but we're not doing that in this case."
ReplyDeleteMendoza came to the budget hearing armed with the number of registered vehicles that would be affected by Emanuel's proposal in each ward.
Told 5,995 vehicles in her Northwest Side ward would get hit with the higher rate, Ald. Mary O'Connor, 41st, said, "Oh, boy, that's 6,000 votes."
Fact: Crime numbers will increase in areas with less of a police presence. Crime numbers will go down if we had more police, but the message Rahm and the alderman are sending is: we have to live with crime, and these crime numbers are what you have to live with.
ReplyDeleteIt will be up to the people in the ward/precinct who must say, NO, we will not live with this level of crime and demand more officers.
I agree with the above poster who brings up a valid point about distance, travel and response time. Cops in the 16th have almost double the distance to travel to most calls, and response times are much longer. And now we know, they have the fewest cops/precinct in the ENTIRE city.
If someone were to get a hold of response time data - the 16th district would by far have the longest response times, which does not bode well for the aberage citizen.
WTF, we are being taxed to death and receiving nothing for our tax dollars and all this alderman can comment on is how the vehicle sticker price increase will effect her?
ReplyDeleteOMG, we are doomed.
My mother lives in Park Ridge and I never see ANY beat up vans, driven by scruffy looking people wearing hoodies, cruising the streets & alleys 10-15/hour like I see on my block and alley on Oriole. I see al kinds of strange sorts of people cruising the neighborhood, all hours of the day and night. I would be calling 911 every five minutes to report suspicious activity.
ReplyDeleteIn Park Ridge, these thugs know they will be pulled over in a heartbeat and they just don't go there.
The criminals know we are sitting ducks in the 41st and its a free for all.
Wonder if O'Connor's Market is still catering government events. Don't worry Mary (Emanuel says) vote with me your business will do great...41st ward residents be dammed.
ReplyDelete202 officers for this entire precinct? Are they nuts.
ReplyDeleteThat's one officer for every 5000 people/shift in the precinct. The precinct serves close to 180,000 city residents.
That is insane!
Send the alderman an email with your outrage. It probably will do no good, but send it anyway. Any politician with a lick of sense is going to look at these numbers and see there aren't enough police. But as mentioned above, we are expected to be victims of crime in the 16th district.
ReplyDeleteWhat I don't understand is why this hasn't been released before? I read in the NYT article that many people have sent in FOIA requests and the CPD refuses to comply.
ReplyDeleteWhy hasn't anyone done anything about this? what about an ordinance calling for transparency related to CPD numbers?
Mary O'Connor has done more in the last few months than Brian Doherty did in twenty years.
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ReplyDeleteWhile I admire your loyalty to your boss, the reality is that bar was set very, very low. An orangatang could have done a better job than Doherty.
Maybe it's because I've lived in parts of the city where it's not unusual to hear gunshots on a regular occasion, but I for one feel blessed to live in the 41st Ward. My husband and I relocated here two years ago and even though our property taxes may be steeper than what we're used to...we feel it's worth every penny.
ReplyDeleteWhy aren't there petitions out there for more police in the 16th?
ReplyDeleteWhat about the meeting Alderman O'Connor said she was going to set up with the other aldermen who have wards in the 16th District?
What is being done about the police shortage in the 16th District!
If the mayor isn't going to provide the manpower for public safety in the 41st ward, we should get a refund back from our property taxes.
ReplyDeleteWould I like to have more city services, of course, but my kids go to a great, safe school and I can walk around anywhere at anytime without looking over my shoulder.
ReplyDeletethese numbers go up to August 2011. About 10 more retirements in the 16th since then. So the real number is about 192 officers for about 195,000 people.
ReplyDeleteAnd we have about 5 to 10% of the 16th District on medical leave, vacations, etc on any given day. So that is about 172 officers in the 16th for 3 shifts.
About another 20% are house mouses - white shirts, CAPS and others who aren't on patrol- brings the number down to 137 for three shifts/day.
so, around 50 on second and third shift. About 35 on first shift, for the ENTIRE 16th district, the LARGEST precinct in Chicago.
hey, 3:55pm, if you hear gunshots in the 16th or are shot in the 16th Precinct you are gonna lay there for a very long time before you see a cop respond.
ReplyDeletePut the focus back on who is to blame - Rahm. He lied when he promised increased Police staffing during the campaign. He lied when he said property taxes would not be raised. He attacks workers, be they Teachers, Bus Drivers, Sanitation Workers, Librarians, and Cops, because he hates them.
ReplyDeleteHe answers only to the head of the Civic Federation and the Chamber of Commerce. Once again, working people voted against their own interest by electing this tyrant. So in fact, the people have no one to blame but themselves.
We already pay for police protection for the entire city and have higher property crime because our cops haven't been replaced. We have done enough. Lets make sure we receive another 50 cops, in the 16th District this next year to keep up with retirements.
ReplyDelete4:02pm - your foil hat deters criminals
ReplyDeleteThe mayor knows he is under fire and he released a statement declaring that he is open to aldermen's suggestions and ideas. Now is the time to find your voice Alderman O'Connor. Speak up about needing more officers, stop insane sticker increases and the library cuts. Your consituents are on a listening tour waiting for you to speak for us!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why the 16th district officers need to go to other areas. I thought everyone knew the City of Chicago has a gun ban so everyone should feel perfectly safe.
ReplyDeletewe need to see response times.
ReplyDeleteRahm promised 1000 more cops on the street. That turned out to be a big lie. Meanwhile the 16th District keeps losing officers. 202 as of August 2011, but what about officers who retired in September and October? When will the retirees be replaced?
ReplyDeleteLook at the map, the 16th District is massive. The mayor and McCarthy are crazy if they think they don't have to replace retires at about 50/year just for the 16th. And his budget calls for 100 new pos for 2012 for the entire city?
ReplyDeleteThe Chicago News Cooperative should win a pulitzer for this investigation. I hope they continue to report and reveal crime data.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a great fan of Alderman O'Connor but maybe she's voicing our concerns to the Rahmanator but he's just not listening. Unless we sit in on all the council meetings or we're fly's on the wall then we really don't know what she says to Mayor A- - H- - -. Knowing how he is he probably does just what he wants and doesn't listen to anyone. But he'll be listening come next election
ReplyDeleteAlderman Sposato held a public safety forum with the Commander of the 16th District a couple days ago. I went, good forum. People were able to ask questions. I sat there wondering when Alderman O'Connor was going to hold a public safety community meeting? Maybe she is waiting for crime to go up even more?
ReplyDeleteI can't believe the first thing that pops into the alderman's head when asked about her 6000 constiuents who will be hit with a 60 dollar sticker increase was how the increase would effect her politically. Talk about self-absorbed. How about thinking about us for a change. We are drowning in tax increase, fee increases, crime increases and service reductions.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen a cop patrolling in ages. Are their uniforms still blue?
ReplyDeleteThere were, and still are 1200 budgeted police officer positions. Where did that money go? Why hasn't there been a forensic audit of this year and previous years budgets? We have a right to know where the money went.
ReplyDeleteMost of the aldermen are having no trouble expressing their thoughts about the budget, just look at the newspapers. They are on record in the media and on their websites with their concerns. Here nothing.
ReplyDeleteMore crime data available on line from clearpath. Note the data on clearpath may be from a different time period. The info embedded in the above map is from June - August 2011.
ReplyDeletehttps://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
Blogger - no one believes the Chicago "cooked books" on crime data. The FBI won't even accept it. The manner in which crime numbers are collected in Chicago is questionable at best. With that in mind, tack on 10 to 20% to whatever the Chicago Police Department is telling you. I believe the numbers the reporters dug up on numbers of police though.
ReplyDeleteCrime data needs to be collected by an outside, independent resource. And, police deployment numbers and response times need to be made public each and every quarter. Do any of you trust the CPD or the mayor to gauge public safety using their analysis of crime data. No way. We would have ghost patrols all over the city if deployment was left up to the political money handlers. Rahm already has misrepresented himself on the matter of police staffing. He lied about hiring more police. All he has done so far is shuffle current officers around and dressed others in a different uniform. I don't believe the "crime is down" mantra either. Some good questions asked here: 1. What are response times? 2. How much crime is actually solved?
ReplyDeleteWhy hasn't mainstream media investigated chicago police deployment numbers? Are they afraid of Rahm? So glad we have independent journalists who truly are out there looking for and writing about the truth.
ReplyDeleteI voted for O'Connor and I still think she will be a good alderman. I do think she better get on record about police deployment in the 16th though. There are simply to few officers for a whole lot of people and land. A public statement about the need to replace retired officers in the 16th to get numbers back up to safe levels. By saying nothing publically, we are to assume she is satisfied with higher than average property crime and the lack of police resources in her ward.
ReplyDelete100+ police officers retired in the 16th in the last 18 months - not one replaced. 1500+ police officers retired throughout the city since 2010 and no one hired in their places.
ReplyDeleteIn the south and west side districts with lots of cops, violent crime numbers are high. Northside property crime numbers high and less cops, and along the goldcoast, lots of cops and little crime.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the meeting with other Alderman in 16, I made that up and they ran with it. Seemed like a common sense idea and it should be done. I thought the people who posted Mary's comment about the 6000 votes for the suv sticker increase were joking. But I checked it out and she actually said "boy that is 6000 votes." That is all she could come up with. No wonder we have heard next to nothing from her for six months. The people who bought the seat for her won't let her talk. What a silly stupid insulting thing to say.
ReplyDeleteFYI: From a prior September post about public safety on this blog...
ReplyDeleteUpdate 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".
I really like this forum. Good information. But why is every commenter listed as "Anonymous"? Let's identify ourselves...
ReplyDeleteTo 10:52 A.M: Have you received an up-date on what Mary has done to "coordinate" with her local collegues? Seems to me Jason's comment was a CYA move to some thing Mary's office should be doing but is not. What has Mary's office done to coordinate with her collegues? "I know she is coordinating with her local colleagues" does not cutt it for this voter. Doesn't Jason work in her office. Shouldn't he know what she is doing to coordinate with her collegues. Sounds like typical political babble to me. May be she is asking her collegues how many voters in their ward will be impacted by the SUV sticker increase.
ReplyDeleteMost police departments post their organizational charts on-line these days. And within the organizational charts, the numbers of police officer positions for each division are listed for all to see. And when someone retires, the position is filled. What is going on in Chicago is unsafe. Staffing patterns should not be allowed to drop without replacements - crime is surely going to rise. Remaining officers become burned out, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe mystery to me is where did the money go for the 1200 - 1500 positions that was budgeted for this year? We are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars. Where is that money right now?
Why hasn't there been a federal investigation into the city of chicago budget? Taxpayer dollars don't have to be accounted for? Since when? Why aren't the aldermen asking for a forensic budget audit to explain the missing money?
ReplyDeleteChicago has a very low clearance rate for crimes (30% to 33%), and not enough detectives. Crimes need to be solved so perpetrators don't keep repeating crimes. Dollars need to be invested in replacing detectives who retire, too.
ReplyDeleteI remember during the aldermanic election in the 41st ward, one of the key talking points for all the candidates was the chronic redeployment of 16th Dist. officers to other areas of the city. Is that still going on in the 16th?
ReplyDeleteI sincerely hope Alderman O'Connor will speak up at thursday's budget hearing about the police department budget.
ReplyDeleteSchedule of City Council Budget Hearing dates can be found at
ReplyDeletehttp://committeeonthebudget.cityofchicago.org
New York brought in an extra 14.3 Billion dollars last year through a millionaires tax. The tax only applies to people making over a million dollars/year. Can pay for alot of coppers if you tax the right people and quit taxing and nickle and diming the low and middle class. We pay enough.
ReplyDeleteMy BIL and I are going to attend the budget hearings on Thursday, the day the police department is on board to answer questions and explain their budget. Will report back on anything the alderman says/doesn't say. I'll make sure to take good notes.
ReplyDeleteI've heard the commander speak a few times at different meetings and he always says crime is down, and when I look at the data, one small area of crime might be down for a quarter by 2-3 % but should be much lower. Be careful of the numbers games administration plays. Bottom line is, there should be a whole lot less crime here than there is and we can see property crimes are high and the numbers of cops are low. If you look at clearmap/clearpath, you can enter your address and it reports crime in your immediate area from about 10 days prior. I check it all the time and find there are an unacceptable amount of break-ins, burglaries, robberies and theft.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, it will take a tragedy, and subsequent finger pointing to get a safe number of police up here. Its always where you least expect it, that trouble brews
ReplyDeletePetitions and forums won't do anything to increase police numbers. And we know the alderman avoids forums because public speaking isn't her thing, anyway. I believe people have to email strong concerns and hold a bold demonstration outside the alderman's office. I remember during one of the aldermanic foums, alderman O'Connor said she would "march with you in protest of 16th District police redeployment". Come on Mary, lead the march, like you promised.
ReplyDeleteThe alderman started marching to the beat of the Rahm drum the day she was elected.
ReplyDeletePolice staffing will continue to decline because Rahm knows cops don't vote, have very little political leverage and have almost no collateral support from other unions.
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ReplyDeleteNo, I never received an update from the alderman's office about how she is coordinating with other 16th Police District aldermen. And, I checked the alderman's website this morning too, and found nothing.
As you may recall, I originally posted the public safety question on the alderman's facebook page and it was quickly deleted. I then sent an email, asking the same thing and received the reply posted on the blog in September.
Like you, I am waiting and wondering what the alderman's position is in terms of public safety in the 41st ward, especially in regards to the deployment of police officers and the low numbers of police officers who are trying to cover the largest police district in the city.
Why haven't retired officers in the 16th been replaced? How low is the staffing level going to go before something is done?
From 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.
ReplyDeleteThere has been stable police staffing all around the country for at least the last 100 years and all of a sudden, Chicago decides they can downsize the police deployment numbers by 25 to 30% in the last 2 to 3 years? No wonder the criminals are having a field day stealing everything in sight in the 16th district.
ReplyDeleteIf you really want to know anything about the 16th District, call Arena's or Sposato's offices and tell them you are from their wards.
ReplyDeleteI hope when the alderman hold the public safety hearing, they demand more information and numbers about police officer numbers, response times, clearance rates, etc. Rahm keeps talking about transparency - well lets see it!
ReplyDeleteTo 3:54pm: Why insult orangutans? They swing from tree to tree.
ReplyDeleteSo who authorized not filling police positions after retirements? Did the aldermen vote on an ordinance stating to halt all hiring? Why do we have a city council if they don't keep an eye on police officer staffing? Where is the money for the positions for the year 2011? These aldermen better start asking some questions. Citizens are being ripped off and lied to.
ReplyDeleteAs I recall, Rahm said he would use TIF surplus funds to hire 250 police officer - he said it during the election. What happened to that promise and fro what I read in the paper, only 30 million of the TIF surplus was allowed to go to CPS. There is 500 million in TIF surplus dollars. Why aren't some of those dollars going to hire more cops?
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ReplyDelete"Still, the city should deploy its police officers based on a formula that would account not only for crime rates but also for average response times to service calls, said Wesley Skogan, professor of political science at Northwestern University�s Institute for Policy Research"
So, when do we get to see response times?
Mean while, the north side districts (generally have more seniority) are losing people through retirements and are getting no one to replace them. Look at how many down cars there are in 016,017, and 020 on any given night. These are populous areas and it only takes one semi-major event to deplete all the districts resources on any given night. They are playing a deadly game of roulette with the people who live in these areas lives as well as the POs working these areas.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best examples of why cops should not be moved all over - the US border. We patrol and protect the Mexican and Canadian Borders. More patrol officers at the Mexican border of course because of the greater volume of people going through and the volume of problems at that border. But do you move the Canadian Border patrol officers to the Mexican Border to adequately staff the Mexican Border? NO, of course not. Leaving the Canadian Border unprotected would invite chaos and increased border problems at the Canadian border too - then you have problems at both borders. If the Mexican Border needs more help, you have to hire more help. Stop redeploying officers all over the city. Assign the correct number of officers to each district based on the 911 call volume, response time and crime patterns. Quit stealing from Paul to Pay Peter. It simply doesn't solve anything.
ReplyDeleteWhy can't something be done about all these scavenger trucks and creepy vans driving down the alleys and streets all day. Can't the ward designate just one day/week for scavengers? How are we suppose to know who is in the alley to rob us versus the guy going through the garbage looking forscrap.
ReplyDeleteWhen is the public hearing? Please post.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow is the police department city budget hearing for the city council. Maybe the Alderman will speak up? Meanwhile any word on the meeting she was to put together with the other 16th aldermen and the police chief?
ReplyDeleteWell, once again all the discussion at the budget hearing is about crime in the west and south side districts.
ReplyDeleteIt will take an "incident" in the 16th District before anything is done. 200 officers for three shifts in the largest district in the city is dangerous.
Once again, we pay some of the highest taxes in the city and get bare bones minimum in return. We need to annex with Park Ridge. We aren't getting anything for our tax dollar in Chicago.
Maybe the ACLU will file a lawsuit for the 16th, too
ReplyDelete016 had over 360 officers 5 years ago. Today they have less than 200. Every night 015 sends them 2-8 officcers to help cover 1st watch. Taxpayers wake up!
ReplyDeleteMATH TIME !!
ReplyDelete15th district = 3.82 square miles
16th district =30.95 square miles
22nd district =13.46 square miles
square miles each primary beat covers:
15th=0.42 square miles- 9 primaries
16th=2.58 square miles-12 primaries
22nd=1.50 square miles- 9 primaries
# of residents per primary beat
15th=8081
16th=16658
22nd=12393
So, the 16th district has 8 times the land mass as the 15th, and 1/2 of the police per resident (based on number of primary beats)
Keep in mind that 15 also puts up a fair amount of response cars, something I believe is usually a luxury in 016, so the numbers are even worse than they appear.
What the ACLU needs to figure out is this neighborhood has 100% more police per capita than 16 does and that the number of people who call is just out of line! So too bad for your response time.... My response time is long too, because my officer could be coming from 8 times farther away than your officer ever will be.
22nd district, you fit right in the middle of 15 & 16's numbers, so do what you want with that info.......
All of the data I crunched was obtained from the 2009 CPD annual report, which is online, and can be found with a quick google search.