- Chicago police Supt. Garry McCarthy said Friday that a crackdown over the last month in two high-crime areas on the South and West sides has already produced “tremendous results.”
Since the new initiative began in mid-January, homicides have fallen 63 percent and shootings dropped 36 percent in the Englewood and Harrison police districts combined, compared with the same year-earlier period, according to McCarthy, citing initial data.
Just as a side note, we were talking to some northside detectives yesterday and they told us there are at least a couple of crews, maybe 3 or more, hitting houses up in 016, 017 and points east.
We also dined with some southside buddies of ours and imagine this, there are more than a couple of emerging patterns in their neck of the woods, too. Burglaries and the like.
We just point this out to be helpful - and remind Garry and Rahm that all crime isn't shootings and all crime isn't confined to "boxes" on the west and south sides. But you probably already knew that.
We also dined with some southside buddies of ours and imagine this, there are more than a couple of emerging patterns in their neck of the woods, too. Burglaries and the like.
We just point this out to be helpful - and remind Garry and Rahm that all crime isn't shootings and all crime isn't confined to "boxes" on the west and south sides. But you probably already knew that.