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* What’s goin on? Keep it Illinois-centric please…

posted by Isabel Miller
Wednesday, Jun 14, 23 @ 7:41 am

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All rain in Chicago! And I forgot my umbrella at home. Yikes

Comment by CapitolGuy Wednesday, Jun 14, 23 @ 8:25 am
Darren Bailey was front row at Bedminster last night, per Mark Maxwell. Must be nice to have the money and free time to live the groupie lifestyle.

Comment by hisgirlfriday Wednesday, Jun 14, 23 @ 8:35 am
Crown said, “There are people who will look at the understaffing of the police department relative to open positions or history and say that is a problem. And it might well be, and we’re very supportive of the police department and want effective policing, and we may well join in the observation that Crain’s has been promoting. But there also is evidence that police departments with many fewer officers per 100,000 residents are very successful. Why?”

It’s a management issue. Chicago has 11,710 sworn officers and is ~232 square miles. That’s upwards of 50 sworn officers per square mile.

Chicago has **plenty** of police. You could divide them into 5, 8-hour, shifts each working 32 hours a week and have an average of 10 officers per square mile, with an average of 80 more officers within a 1.5 mile radius of any given point, 24/7/365.

You can throw all the bodies and money you want at a problem. Without effective management, nothing will get better.

Comment by ILLINI123 Wednesday, Jun 14, 23 @ 9:30 am
Thank you rain.

Comment by Amalia Wednesday, Jun 14, 23 @ 9:46 am
Just gray and overcast today, but, boy, did we get drenched yesterday. Much needed.

Comment by JoanP Wednesday, Jun 14, 23 @ 10:03 am

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