This thread's title from 2008 was Gonna be a hot summer in Chicago and has remained active.
The title has been changed to Chicago & Policing; the city's problems have not changed and its not just the summer alas either when deaths occur.
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This thread's title from 2008 was Gonna be a hot summer in Chicago and has remained active.
The title has been changed to Chicago & Policing; the city's problems have not changed and its not just the summer alas either when deaths occur.
A detailed BBC article on CPD's use of technology, not 'big data' and with civilian analysts drafted in. It has several graphics.
This passage puzzles me, as surely this is the standard method of post-event investigation:Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40293666Quote:
Using a piece of predictive software called HunchLab, they translate the data into "missions", which can involve anything from talking to local business owners in certain areas to watching certain surveillance feeds at certain times.
If you want statistics for Chicago, I suggest the following hyperlink
http://i.imgur.com/ZCu2WMP.png
Adam G,
Good catch that website; even mixes facts you didn't know or want to.
The main thread on Chicago, which is open and has 35k views will have this smaller thread (5.2k views) merged in:Chicago & Policing (new title)
From what I think is an obscure website https://www.zerohedge.com an article 'One-Third Of The 2016 Spike In U.S. Homicides Came From Just 5 Chicago Neighborhoods', which strikes me as rather polemical, here is an example:Link:https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-...-neighborhoodsQuote:
All the anti-cop self-righteousness in the world won’t save one victim from gang violence.
The article refers to the original work from a more typical in appearance news story, which is full of statistics:https://www.dailywire.com/news/25092...w-jared-sichel
Yes the recommended local website watching the mayhem is still going:http://heyjackass.com/
Within an article on NYPD's use of "stop & frisk" there is this passage:Link:http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...rvatives-wrongQuote:
As of December 27, New York City saw 286 homicides in 2017, down 12 percent from the previous year, itself a near-record low. That is a rate of about 3 per 100,000 population. By contrast, Chicago’s homicide rate for 2017 was about 24 per 100,000. The figure for Baltimore is about 56. There were more murder victims in Baltimore than in New York City in 2017, even though New York has nearly 14 times as many residents.
A different viewpoint, this time with a focus on NYC, although Chicago does appear (maybe the thread needs a new title?). The sub-title being:The author is not being "PC":Quote:
Public order creates a virtuous circle that enables neighborhoods to flourish
Link:https://www.city-journal.org/html/cr...ong-15625.htmlQuote:
The fact that should concern us all, and that should be at the forefront of discussions of crime and policing, is that blacks die of homicide at six times the rate of whites and most Hispanics combined.
What is PC is no one will discuss the fact that criminals killing each other is a form of crime control. And a very effective one.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...213-story.htmlQuote:
A high-ranking Chicago police officer died after he was shot Tuesday afternoon while assisting a tactical team responding to a robbery at the Thompson Center, sources said.
The officer, identified as a commander, was shot a little before 2 p.m., according to chief Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. The officer was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and has died, sources said.
Place your bets on near-future events, folks.
Play-by-play of the radio traffic
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...cid=spartandhp
Come for the body count. Stay for the irony of illegal immigration.
Bonus: source is WaPo (so double the irony points, Scrabble style).
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...cid=spartandhpQuote:
The Dec. 6 arrests of Rivera and four others thwarted what police say would have been the sixth murder of a Brentwood High School student by MS-13 in less than two years.
But the incident also shook the school for another reason.
All but one of those arrested attended Brentwood, according to Suffolk County police. Three were unaccompanied minors who had been caught at the border and then placed in the community by a federal refugee program.
From New York to Virginia to Texas, schools in areas racked by MS-13 violence are now struggling with a sobering question. What to do when the gang isn’t just in your community, but in your classrooms?
Just another day in Chicago, unless it's not. Anyone recognize this last name?
http://abc7ny.com/man-arrested-in-ch...ndgun/3261826/Quote:
CHICAGO, Illinois (WABC) --
Police in Chicago say they have arrested a man who was carrying a loaded handgun and stolen NYPD body armor.
Authorities say officers nabbed Isaiah Malailua after police dogs found explosive residue in his bag at a train station.
The 21-year-old is from California. It is still unclear how he got the NYPD body armor.*
* I'd suggest theft, but what do I know?
It's that time of the year again.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-g...182103689.html
Quote:
The city of Chicago had seen a large reduction in murders and shootings for the first four months of 2018, but as temperatures have increased, so has crime.
The Chicago Police Department recorded that at least 74 people were shot in the country's third-largest city, with 28 of those shootings occurring between Friday evening and Sunday morning. Two men in their 20s were shot outside an East Garfield Park building just hours after two other people were shot on the exact same block Sunday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Police had previously been hopeful that gun violence was on a downward trend after seeing more than 1,400 total homicides between 2016 and 2017. The city's shooting victims are predominately on the city's south and west sides.
I was incredulous at this BBC News headline, as my recollection was that Chicago's murder rate was still a big problem. The report refers to a public health approach to violence, with a few problems in getting finance from the political establishment. This approach was copied in Glasgow, Scotland and had a lot of publicity here, alas only in the last few years has anyone here paid attention.
The sub-title says it all:Link:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-45575361Quote:
Is it really possible to reduce violent crime by tackling it like an infectious disease?
I do sometimes spot items on policing in Chicago, which I have visited twice decades apart. So first a reminder that this blogsite is worth checking: http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/ and this neighbourhood website:http://www.cwbchicago.com/
Then and with a wider LE application a recommendation to follow on Twitter @PeterMoskos
Thanks to a "lurker" I found these charts on the mismatch between public perceptions and recorded crime:https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cri...erception-gap/
This then prompted another "lurker" to respond:Another responded:Quote:
Crime rates continue to drop. The exceptions are cities such as Chicago and Baltimore where crime is increasing and spreading. Chicago is out of control.
Want to listen to one x-Chicago cop's perception and experience try this 2018 podcast (38 mins):https://qualitypolicing.com/qpp-inte...ward-richards/Quote:
Today, in America… That perception and belief is driven primarily by what is “right outside one‘s front door” as well as conveyed to them by what others say… Most especially media and politicians. Yes, UCR Part I statistics are definitely showing reduction… In all categories… Some exception to homicide and violent crime depending on the neighborhood, City, culture, month, quarter or year. But what damn difference do statistics make when a person‘s perception drives their belief.