Gwendolyn-James Martin, 59, of South Austin, asked Supt. Larry Snelling how he will improve the police clearance rates, and he replied, “Our clearance rates are higher than they’ve been in decades right now.” Snelling said the murder clearance rate for January is about 70 percent, with 19 of the 25 homicides committed this year cleared. But half of murder cases considered “solved” by Chicago police in 2021 didn’t lead to charges.
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.