As Americans grapple with the role of policing and impacts of police violence, some Chicagoans are are revitalizing block club networks and watch groups to oversee their neighborhoods, modeling how community safety can work without typical police intervention. “We don’t need police. We’re capable of policing ourselves, and this is how.".
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.