CPD Supt. David Brown said the department’s clearance rate reached 50% in 2021 — the highest in a single year in two decades; The uptick in solved murders came as Chicago recorded more than 800 killings last year. Mayor Lori Lightfoot has called on the CPD to bring its murder clearance rate up to 60% in 2022.
Juggling crime stats, blame some dead gangbangers and close an open homicide investigation. No felony approval, no evidence needed, no trial, no defense, no jury. Case closed, solved exceptionally. Boom, just like that clearance rates go up. CPD command staff should all be required to have a magician’s license.
Juggling crime stats, blame some dead gangbangers and close an open homicide investigation. No felony approval, no evidence needed, no trial, no defense, no jury. Case closed, solved exceptionally. Boom, just like that clearance rates go up. CPD command staff should all be required to have a magician’s license.