Opinion
Shots fired
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There’s yet another shooting in Austin, and one resident says enough is enough.
News
Police take longer to respond to 911 calls on West Side
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A new report by the Chicago Sun-Times shows Districts 11, 15 and 25 lag behind many other areas of the city.
News
Austin residents call for equal emergency services, police in Chicago Tribune opinion article
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Ron and Serethea Reid of the Central Austin Neighborhood Association said they are concerned about what they say is a slow 911 response time from police.
News
Fate of police deployment, 911 responsiveness lawsuit uncertain
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A Cook County judge hear arguments last month in the lawsuit filed by the Illinois ACLU and Central Austin Neighborhood Association seeking the city to change the way it deploys police officers.
Community
City looking for ways to reduce crime
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The increase in homicides has Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Police Department looking for ways to keep residents safe.
News
Police response slow in Austin compared to Near North neighborhoods
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Data showing inequities in the number of police dispatched prompted a lawsuit against the city, but residents have not seen improvements.
Community
Austin group joins ACLU in lawsuit against city
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The suit contends the Chicago Police Department doesn’t properly staff minority neighborhoods.
News
Firefighters, police officers visit West Side school to mark 9/11
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Students, faculty and staff at Al Raby School for Community and Environment commemorated the terrorist attacks by planting a tree, painting a rock and learning what’s changed in the last decade.
News
Chicago’s top cop talks crime
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Austin residents packed a meeting room earlier this week to hear Garry McCarthy’s take on fighting crime.
News
Chicago Police proposal would have shifted more officers to West Side
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Former Superintendent Jody Weis told the Chicago Sun-Times that his plan showed the city had enough officers if properly deployed.