Arne Duncan: Can Chicago see fewer than 400 homicides? Here are 4 things the next mayor must make happen. – Chicago Tribune*

"The bigger challenge is that Chicago needs a credible plan for more effective policing — a complex blend of recruiting, training, deployment, supervision, mental health support and accountability. Absent more effective policing, more police will not make Chicago safer. As it is, we have more police per capita than almost every other big city, yet no one feels safe."
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Old Joe
3 years ago

Arne, I suggest you start with a renewed emphasis on fatherhood in the hood.

Also, when the term “unchurched” gonna enter your lexicon?

Old Joe
3 years ago
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Also, I expect to see Chicago see fewer than 400 annual homicides when hardly anybody lives here anymore. Detroit used to set the standard nationally but now only posts about 300 homicides annually.

Poor Taxpayer
3 years ago

Chicago is safe if you do not count the Murders, Robberies, Car Jackings, Drug dealers, and smash and grab thefts. No wonder the mayor has cops stationed outside her house 24 hours a day.

Henry Hatch
3 years ago

Lovely words Arne, but totally a ineffective plan by itself.We need to get George Soro’ handmaiden, Kimmie Foxx, and his Pro Crime Chief judge, Tim Evans out of their positions and replaced with actual prosecutors and judges who follow the law. Once ths police actually catch the bad guys, the justice system must sentence those who are found guilty and then they must be locked up for a long, long time to protect the innocent folks that haven’t left Chiraq yet.

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