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Tag: policing

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 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

Concentrated poverty and homicide in Chicago

by Steve Bogira July 26, 2012August 19, 2021

Segregation’s lethal legacy marches on

Posted inNews & Politics

How to get rid of the local drug dealer

by Dan Liberty February 1, 1990August 20, 2021

Suppose for a moment you live next door to a drug house. Cars queue up in your street. Drug abusers loiter in front of your house or apartment. Gunfire occasionally disturbs your sleep, and in the morning you might find derelicts sleeping it off in your front yard. Whether you’re a yuppie rehabber, downwardly mobile […]

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