Chicago has a spending problem. The activists running the city love to spend other peoples’ money and they’re running out of money to spend. So they’re cutting services. Finally. Included in this is fire and police.
Yes, not having enough paramedics to staff advanced life support ambulances is… a problem. But only for those having serious medical emergencies, including heart attacks. Or those who have been shot or stabbed. So cutting spending in those areas won’t really impact a lot of people.
What’s more, Mayor Bird Brain is leaving HUNDREDS of Chicago Police positions vacant. With crime up 40% over 2019.
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By: Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
(Wirepoints) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s decision to freeze police hiring as part of an overall citywide hiring freeze is sure to be controversial. Violent crimes have been running at a six-year high for most of this year, and overall crimes are still running 40% higher than in base year 2019. The city is also on track to once again be the nation’s murder capital, the 13th year in a row.
It’s the city’s minorities, especially in Chicago’s south and west sides, that will be the most affected by the freeze. They suffer the overwhelming majority of the crime, as we’ve reported in detail, and any decrease in policing will likely hit them first.
Count on Johnson to face significant criticism for the freeze, particularly from the black community, after he spent hundreds of millions of dollars on illegal immigrants and ran up a budget deficit of more than $200 million this year. Now the mayor’s administration is searching for ways to cut spending and it’s the public’s safety that’s taking the hit.
What’s the current crime situation look like as the police hiring freeze is implemented?
Chicago’s major crimes this year as of September 1 are down 11% vs. 2023, but keep in mind that 2023 was a banner year for crime in the city. 2024 crimes are still running far higher compared to any other year from 2019 and 2022.
Most of the decline this year has been driven by a 24% drop in car thefts – 4,800 fewer. Regular theft is also down by 6% and robbery is down by over 8%. And there have been 37 fewer homicides so far this year, a 9% decline.
It’s good news that the city’s bloodshed has fallen, but as we’ve detailed in our homicide survey of America’s 75 largest cities, Chicago’s decline is far smaller than other cities. Homicides in Philadelphia are down a whopping 40% and New Orleans’ are down 39%. Chicago is still on track to have the nation’s most murders in 2024, which will mark the 13th-straight year the city has held the title of “nation’s murder capital.”
When compared to 2019 though, Chicagoans are still suffering a crime wave. Major crimes are up 40% vs. five years ago, driven largely by a 9,200 spike in car thefts. Murders are still up 20% and robberies 21%…
Read the rest of the story at WirePoints.
keep letting the dindus run free
Bold plan, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off.
Would’ve been funny if CPD had launched a football from the squad at the “goalpost.” No crime – just a sporting event. After all they have midnight basketball. Just community engagement.