Channel 5 News just had a teaser about tomorrow's headlines in the Sun Times.
It seems that a "police source" is revealing that CeaseFire, after receiving $1 million from Rahm Emanuel with absolutely no oversight, has exactly ZERO success stories to hang their hats on.
Gee, did anyone see that one coming? We're pretty sure we read something about it somewhere. Maybe one of those new-fangled "blogs" everyone is talking about.
UPDATE: And here it is:
UPDATE: And here it is:
- More than three months into a $1 million contract with the city, the anti-violence group CeaseFire has “no significant success stories,” a ranking police source said. It’s hard to evaluate CeaseFire’s mediation of gang conflicts without getting timelier reporting from the group, the source added.
“You can’t wait two weeks later and tell us, ‘Oh yeah, we intervened in that.’ We need specifics and time lines,” said the source, who asked to remain anonymous.
Asked about the partnership, police Supt. Garry McCarthy said through a spokeswoman: “It’s a work in progress.”