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- News & Politics, Feature Jun 24, 2020
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Activists say mayor’s police reform promises ring hollow
Lori Lightfoot has hampered the process of installing a police oversight council, activists say, despite making it a major part of her public safety platform during her mayoral run.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2018
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Pro tip for mayoral hopefuls: Don't govern by press release, do sweat the small stuff
Many Chicagoans never felt that Rahm Emanuel was their mayor.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 18, 2017
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Rauner taps Democrat Paul Vallas to turn around Chicago State University, and other news
Also, Obama's Chicago staff reflect on working in the White House.
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 7, 2016
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People Issue 2016: Pat Hill, the good cop
- News & Politics, Feature Sep 22, 2016
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The rise and fall of community policing in Chicago
Chicago used to be at the vanguard of community policing. But more than two decades after the strategy was launched, CAPS is a shadow of its former self.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 5, 2015
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Fact-checking Rahm's fact check of last night's debate
Some claims by Fioretti, Garcia, and Wilson are questionable, and so are Mayor Emanuel's claims about them.
- News & Politics, Feature Jul 10, 2013
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The cop who wants to fight crime with the community
From a troubled corner on the west side, Chicago police captain Roger Bay sees the promise of preventing violence one storefront and milk crate at a time.
- News & Politics, Feature Mar 20, 2013
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Can a restaurant transform a neighborhood?
West Humboldt’s new war on drugs: Open a business
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2013
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City officials say they're committed to community policing, just not to funding it
A closer look at Mayor Emanuel's plan to "revitalize" the CAPS program
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2012
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What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part two of two
A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment, part two of two
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2012
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What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part one of two
A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2012
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Top cops can't explain what's up with CAPS
CAPS director Ron Holt offers another spin on the future of the police department's community outreach program
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2012
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Superintendent McCarthy dismantles CAPS, will replace it with something at some point
Chicago police chief says we don't need more cops, just a new community policing policy to be determined later
- Blogs, Bleader May 17, 2012
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Spared the knife
As the police ranks shrink in the first year under Rahm Emanuel, mayoral aides get higher pay
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2012
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'The mayor doesn't know who we are'
Is Rahm Emanuel aware that Chicago already has a community policing program?
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2012
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Rahm Emanuel declares another war on drugs
Mayor Emanuel and police superintendent Garry McCarthy vow an assault on drug dealers and users
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 22, 2011
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No statistical link between basketball rims and crime around Uptown park
- Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2011
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Emanuel Lays Out His Many Goals, with Details To Be Provided at a Later Date
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 4, 2010
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Frustrated in Washington Park
Washington Park residents at a community policing meeting Thursday night had more than crime on their minds—they're frustrated at signs that the neighborhood is falling apart.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 25, 2009
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On edge in the precincts
Tension follows another shooting on the south side.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 12, 2007
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Community Policing
When is a public meeting not a public meeting? Evidently, when it's hosted by CAPS.
