Readers:
Lets turn out for this meeting. Time for you to be heard in an official capacity. Lets get our concerns on record!
Notice: You have to call ahead in order to ask a question/make a comment.
Chicago Police Board
Notice of Public Meeting
WHEN: Thu, January 19 @ 7:30 PM
WHERE: Wilbur Wright College
Events Building Atrium
4300 North Narragansett Ave
On-Campus Parking is FREE
All residents of the 41st Ward are strongly encouraged to attend the next public meeting of the Police Board. This event will include the 14th, 15th, 16th (41st Ward), 17th & 25th Police Districts, which encompass Chicago Police Area 5.
Members of the public are invited to attend and are welcome to address questions or comments to the Police Board. The Superintendent of Police (or his designee) and the Chief Administrator of the Independent Police Review Authority (or his designee) will also be at the meeting.
Prior sign-up is required of those wishing to address the Board- please contact the Board's office at 312-742-4194 by 4:30 PM of the day before the meeting to add your name to the list of speakers.
In addition to receiving input from the community, the Board reports on disciplinary action and other matters, and receives a report from the Superintendent.
For more information, please visit http://www.chicagopoliceboard.org/.
Folks it's all over. You cannot even speak without first giving your name. It's a scare tactic. I'll bet ya' a million bucks that if you speak out at the meeting the building inspectors will write up your house.
ReplyDeleteIt's scary, the mob has taken over everything.
@1/12/2012 10:47...
ReplyDeleteI disagree with you. Everyone who has had concerns about the increased numbers of burglaries and the loss of approximately 300 police officers in the 16th District over the last 3 years need to go to the meeting and speak out.
The most commented topic on this blog has been public safety. Its one thing to beef anonymously on a blog, but if you really mean what you say, you need to go to this meeting and tell the people who can do something about the problem.
We have a serious public safety probem in the 41st Ward - there simply aren't enough officers to cover the largest district in the City of Chicago, yet we pay some of the highest property taxes...
The remaining officers in the 16th spend their entire shift running from call to call and driving great distances to get from call to call. The few remaining officers can't be everywhere, as evidenced by rising burglary numbers in the district. And, the present police staffing numbers place current officers at greater risk for injury/harm.
Don't be intimidated by having to register to ask a question. Most city departments require registering to ask a question. I had to register at a CPS forum recently to ask a question, along with many other people... its all part of the process.
We all need to be seriously concerned about dangerous police staffing numbers. I am going to register to ask a question, and I encourage anyone reading this to do the same thing. We all need to own this problem and be part of the solution, as well.
See you on the 19th of January at Wright College.
Way to go blogger. You tell them. This is one meeting EVERYONE needs to go to. Even if you don't feel comfortable asking a question or making a statement, go and clap for those who do. If you here one of your fellow neighbors speak at the microphone, and you like what they say, clap, whistle, stand up in support of their statement.
ReplyDeleteC'mon 41st Ward, time to get off your butts and do something about crime in the neighborhood!
Time for complacency is over. I agree, too, that we need to start being much more vocal about our displeasure with the lack of police protection in our ward. If we don't say something about the increase crime numbers, the message the police board and the elected officials get is that we don't care.
ReplyDeleteWell, I care, and so should you. Show up and say something or support those that say something. Enough of these thugs roaming through our neighborhood while we are working hard to pay these high taxes.
Just go and listen. You might be surprized at what you learn.
ReplyDeleteNo one trusts creepy Rahm
ReplyDeleteRead it in Sneed this morning: Rahm is NOT going to hire more cops.
ReplyDeleteRahm isn't a born Chicagoan, never really connected to Chicago, and to this day has his eyes set on Washington. He doesn't give a rat's ass about what happens to the average Chicagoan. He just wants us to pay taxes and fines and shut up.
POLICE BOARD
ReplyDeleteCITY OF CHICAGO
Policy Regarding the Attendance of and Participation by
the Public at Board Meetings
(Adopted 15 December 2005)
The Police Board values the attendance of the public at its meetings and the opportunity
to receive comments and questions on matters concerning the Board or the Police
Department. The Board will treat members of the public with courtesy and respect, and
expects that the public will treat Board members and Department members in a similar
manner.
Toward that end, the Board has adopted the following rules governing conduct at Board
meetings:
1. An individual wishing to address the Board must sign-up in advance by
contacting the Board’s office by phone, fax, or in person no later than 4:30 p.m.
of the day before the meeting.
2. When called upon to address the Board, each speaker is to identify him/herself
and speak clearly so that all in attendance may hear and so that the court reporter
may make an accurate record of the proceedings.
3. Due to time constraints, each speaker is limited to two minutes and must
conclude when asked to do so by the Board member acting as parliamentarian.
4. Personal attacks, obscene language, fighting words, threats, conduct intended to
disrupt or interfere with the meeting, and comments not related to matters within
the Board’s or the Department’s jurisdiction, by a speaker or any person in
attendance, are strictly prohibited.
Violation of any of the above rules may result in the removal of the violator from the
meeting room, or in the immediate adjournment of the meeting; in addition, repeated
violations may result in the violator not being permitted to attend or participate in future
Board meetings.
Transcripts from previous Chicago Police Board Meetings:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cityofchicago.org/content/city/en/depts/cpb/provdrs/public_meetings.html
I just read the transcripts from previous two months' meetings and the reason they want your name, is for the record. A court reporter takes the notes. Don't be intimidated about speaking up. From what I just read, people are speaking up all over the city.
ReplyDeleteIt all sounds great until you receive an Administrative Ticket (ANOV) for you property or business. We live in the most corrupt city in the world. Dozens of books have been written on the topic. Please be reasonable, the iron fist will smack you down hard if you go against their political powers. A quick google search will show how many community activists against the machine get squashed in a major way. America.
ReplyDeleteNazi Germany, the Chinese Emperor, and the USSR also wanted your name when you spoke up. Don't be suck in.
ReplyDeleteSince the Police Board meeting post has been up (about 3 to 4 days), I have received comments & emails from readers and friends who do feel as though there will be retribution if they speak out at a public meeting, and their names read out loud.
ReplyDeleteFor this reason, I have asked the alderman, in a comment on her Face Book page post, about the Police Board meeting and if she will be making a statement, or asking questions. Will have to wait and see what happens, but I do see the value of an elected official duly sworn to represent the people in municipal government affairs playing an active role in this issue. And like many of you, I do remember campaign promises to advocate for greater police numbers in the 16th district. How much lower can they be? Currently it has been reported in the media, the 16th District has approximately 180 police officers (down from estimates of about 450+, three to five years ago). And, even more concerning are the very sketchy plans to hire more police in the near future...
I do think the alderman saying a few words on our behalf about the need for a greater police presence (increase number of officers in the 16th - to replace even a small percentage of those who have retired over the last few years) is reasonable.
ReplyDeleteThe mayor is doing all he can to demoralize and unempower city workers like the CPD and the CTU. Approximately 500-700 officers are going to retire this year, yet no police academy class scheduled until 2013, and even then probably no more than 200. Polce numbers are at an all time low now 9000, soon going to be closer to 8000 with retirements and disability cases, etc. These are dangerously low numbers.
ReplyDeleteJust go to the meeting. Just going supports the concern about police numbers. And if anyone says anything, even remotely sensible about increasing police numbers, clap like a trained seal.
ReplyDelete6:29 is spot on. Rahm is nothing more than a carpet-bagging investment banker, who chose another carpet bagger as his top cop.
ReplyDeleteliberals elected him. liberals will cause Chicago to fail.
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