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The 15th Police District and faith leaders will host several community events throughout the summer in an effort to reduce violence.
The 15th Policer District hosted a Zoom meeting last week, seeking community input on the district’s policing strategy for the upcoming year. Residents expressed a need for more transparency, and they want officers to work to build better relationships with the community.
ROYAL, a group of youths from Oak Park, led a march through Austin, Garfield Park and Oak Park last weekend. They were protesting police brutality and commemorating the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who died while walking home from work last year in Colorado and after police put him in a choke hold.
The Chicago Police Department’s 15th District is encouraging residents and businesses to turn on their porch lights from 7 to 10 p.m. through Memorial Day in support of “heathy awareness and social distancing.”
Ernest Cato III will serve as deputy chief of patrol (North) overseeing nine districts on the North and West sides. Replacing Cato in the 15th District will be Yolanda Talley, who served as a watch operations lieutenant in the 15th District for two years and has 25 years of experience with the Chicago Police Department.
The meeting this week, hosted by Fathers Who Care, aimed to get everyone talking about how to improve the West Side.
15th District Commander Dwayne Betts has been meeting with local businesses and community groups to make Austin safer.
Participants at the annual celebration focused on coming together and healing the community as the protests continue.
In a recent Chicago Sun-Times data analysis, reporters found that more beat cops have retired than the city has replaced.
The 15th District Police CAPS is collecting gently used purses until Oct. 3.