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In June 2019, the month after Lori Lightfoot became mayor, 389 cops staffed the Near North District. There were just 291 officers in the district as of last month, according to the Chicago Office of Inspector General. The city has loosened hiring standards, hoping to draw more recruits. And CPD brass frequently claimed that the police academy was churning out newly-minted cops to replenish the ranks. But, according to the OIG, CPD’s force has increased by just ten officers since December, a net gain of two officers per month. At that rate, Chicago’s police force will return to 2019 levels in the year 2087.
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Audio and summary Why the Holdup Using Artificial Intelligence to Cut Illinois Government Costs? – Wirepoints
May 19, 2026
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A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Note to readers from Mark Glennon re: Ukraine
May 6, 2026
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Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer – Chicago’s struggling commercial real estate and more
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Maybe they were too busy arresting shoplifters in other neighborhoods. Not!
This is the bitter fruit of the Progressive defund the police Kim Foxx agenda. Nobody wants to be the Chicago police.. Congrats Dems….
Policing in urban areas is a family business, often with members of the same family, over many generations, going into policing, many times from the same neighborhoods where everyone is a cop, was a cop, or is going to be cop. George Floyd’s drug overdose in 2020, and the nationwide hatred that Democrats unleased on law enforcement, severed the generational bond that cop families have with policing. Many have quit, or have retired, and they’ve discouraged future cops from policing families to become cops. Current cops will leave Mt Greenwood, Edison Park, Beverly etc, and move to the suburbs, or… Read more »