- Homicides dipped slightly in Chicago in March after having increased the previous month by 18 percent, according to statistics released today.
While homicides dropped across the city by 1.4 percent, 10 police districts saw a double-digit drop in homicides, the department said.
Which means that 15 districts saw an increase? Or is the media not getting the full set of numbers to compare everything?
- Total crime dropped by 8.1 percent across the city -- the 27th consecutive month there has been a decrease in violent and property crimes, police said.
While property crimes dropped by 7.5 percent, motor vehicle thefts increased by 21.3 percent compared to last year, police said.
After two-and-a-half years of dropping, crime should be nonexistent. But auto theft went up, not just by double digits, but BIG double digits. Since we don't have an auto theft division anymore, that would be something that Rahm wants his people to look at.
Hillard is spinning this for the new administration already:
Hillard is spinning this for the new administration already:
- Interim Chicago Police Supt. Terry Hillard said the decrease shows the importance of patrols in fighting crime. Hillard noted that more than 70 officers were recently placed back on patrol.
Yeah, those 70 cops hit the street what? Eight days ago? Big impact we're sure.
But of course crime is down - the city's population dropped over 200,000. The number of police is at an all time low. Response times are increasing and we don't know about everyone else, but we haven't noticed any slacking of the backlogs.
If the citizens get sick of waiting for the police to show up and/or they get sick of sitting on hold for 3-1-1 and hang up, then they aren't reporting crime. That doesn't mean it didn't happen, it just means it isn't tracked.
But of course crime is down - the city's population dropped over 200,000. The number of police is at an all time low. Response times are increasing and we don't know about everyone else, but we haven't noticed any slacking of the backlogs.
If the citizens get sick of waiting for the police to show up and/or they get sick of sitting on hold for 3-1-1 and hang up, then they aren't reporting crime. That doesn't mean it didn't happen, it just means it isn't tracked.