Police Staffing in America’s 5 Largest Cities
Currently, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) are arguing that Chicago is significantly understaffed compared to other cities. The results of the study we conducted fly in the face of that argument. This is a second in a series of blogs offered to illuminate the public discussion around the staffing levels of the Chicago Police […]
Separating facts from fiction
On Tuesday night I appeared on Politics Tonight on CLTV with Pat Camden, spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), and Tio Hardeman from Ceasefire. The topic of discussion was Superintendent McCarthy’s move to redeploy 500 officers from the Targeted Response Unit (TRU) and the Mobile Strike Force (MSF). This was a real chance […]
Learning from the Reaction to Weis
Superintendent Weis’ tenure with the Chicago Police Department is winding down as the chorus calling for his resignation grows louder. It is critically important that the new mayor learn from the reaction by the old guard within the Chicago Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) leadership. (This opinion editorial was submitted to […]