26 October 2021

Chicago PD Punts on Crime

Yeah, that should work. In a desperate bid to keep this year's murder count under 800, CPD brass plans to have hijacking, gang, and murder cops sit on street corners - CWB Chicago

Superintendent Brown has a "great" idea to save his job.

Under the plan, which one commander hoped would be “changed, modified, or rescinded,” all officers assigned to the detective division, including gang investigators, vehicular hijacking investigators, and video evidence specialists, will be required to wear their uniforms and “sit in a box” between 6 p.m. and 3 a.m.

Sitting in a “box” is CPD slang for being assigned to sit in a car at a fixed position in a high-crime area. It’s also known as “scarecrow policing.”

This isn't the latest and greatest strategy. This is a desperate measure by a guy who is probably thinking he's going to get the ax.

Among the cops who will be tossed onto the streets under the plan are officers assigned to CPD’s “Area Technology Centers.” Just two years ago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that all of the city’s detective divisions had been outfitted with ATCs.

I haven't heard much about "Defund the Police Lately." I'm sure that will come back in the new year. (Hat tip to HeyJackass!)

1 comment:

  1. This will probably stop when enough "concerned citizens" complain that the police make them feel "uncomfortable" and that putting the car on their corner is "racist" or some such. Since there are rarely prosecutions of criminals, it all hardly matters. "Show Time!"

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