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“It’s already starting. I think it’ll continue. I think it’ll be a snowball effect,” Driver said, noting the history of Chicagoans working to create greater police oversight. He said he recently found a 1973 clipping from “The Black Panther: Intercommunal News Service” that includes an article on a draft ordinance for community control of police.In the Near North police district,
Most of the candidates say they want to increase engagement in community conversations around public safety, seeing low attendance at the police districts’ Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy, or CAPS, meetings. They also noted they would like to make crime statistics and public safety strategies more accessible.
The Streeterville resident said she’s done work around police consulting and thinks safety is the main issue facing residents of the 18th District and throughout the city. But, she said, even as residents worry about crime they can’t forget about police accountability.
Is it law-enforcement misconduct or criminals, running wild on a daily basis?