In briefings last week, CPD leaders told aldermen high-crime districts would get more manpower as rookies graduate from the academy and complete their probationary periods. It would take about two years to get South and West Side police districts — where shootings and drug dealing are worst — the levels of manpower they need.
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.