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Home » CAPS

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Posted inNews & Politics

Five challengers take on 46th Ward alderman Cappleman from the left

by Maya Dukmasova February 18, 2019August 18, 2021

Gentrifying Uptown may be ready for the return of Helen Shiller’s spirit.

Posted inNews & Politics

People Issue 2016: Pat Hill, the good cop

by Maya Dukmasova December 7, 2016August 18, 2021
Posted inNews & Politics

The rise and fall of community policing in Chicago

by Nissa Rhee, Manny Ramos and Andrea Salcedo September 22, 2016August 18, 2021

Chicago used to be at the vanguard of community policing. But more than two decades after the strategy was launched, CAPS is a shadow of its former self.

Posted inBlogs

City officials say they’re committed to community policing, just not to funding it

by Mick Dumke January 10, 2013August 18, 2021

A closer look at Mayor Emanuel’s plan to “revitalize” the CAPS program

Posted inNews & Politics

People Issue 2012: John Campos, the organizer

by Chicago Reader December 19, 2012August 19, 2021

CPD community policing advocate: “Some blocks look like Afghanistan and others look like any other street in Chicago.”

Posted inBlogs

What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part two of two

by Mick Dumke November 3, 2012August 19, 2021

A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment, part two of two

Posted inBlogs

What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part one of two

by Mick Dumke November 2, 2012August 19, 2021

A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment

Posted inBlogs

Top cops can’t explain what’s up with CAPS

by Mick Dumke October 26, 2012August 19, 2021

CAPS director Ron Holt offers another spin on the future of the police department’s community outreach program

Posted inBlogs

Superintendent McCarthy dismantles CAPS, will replace it with something at some point

by Mick Dumke October 26, 2012August 19, 2021

Chicago police chief says we don’t need more cops, just a new community policing policy to be determined later

Posted inBlogs

‘The mayor doesn’t know who we are’

by Mick Dumke March 29, 2012August 19, 2021

Is Rahm Emanuel aware that Chicago already has a community policing program?

Posted inBlogs

Rahm Emanuel declares another war on drugs

by Mick Dumke March 27, 2012August 19, 2021

Mayor Emanuel and police superintendent Garry McCarthy vow an assault on drug dealers and users

Posted inNews & Politics

The Battle in Boys Town

by Sam Worley July 14, 2011August 19, 2021

Crime in the city’s LGBT enclave is alarming some residents. But critics say prejudice, not violence, is driving those fears.

Posted inBlogs

The Collapse of CAPS?

by Whet Moser September 17, 2010August 19, 2021

Progress Illinois looks at announced changes to the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy.

Posted inBlogs

Frustrated in Washington Park

by Mick Dumke June 4, 2010August 19, 2021

Washington Park residents at a community policing meeting Thursday night had more than crime on their minds—they’re frustrated at signs that the neighborhood is falling apart.

Posted inBlogs

On edge in the precincts

by Mick Dumke September 25, 2009August 19, 2021

Tension follows another shooting on the south side.

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