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Opinion

Shots fired

By Terry Redmond | May 30, 2014

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

By AustinTalks | March 31, 2014

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

By AustinTalks | February 4, 2013

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

By Ellyn Fortino | August 7, 2012

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

By AustinTalks | June 27, 2012

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

By Serethea Reid | February 14, 2012

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

By AustinTalks | October 28, 2011

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

By Ellyn Fortino | September 11, 2011

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

By Sarah Ostman | July 21, 2011

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

By AustinTalks | June 15, 2011

Former Superintendent Jody Weis told the Chicago Sun-Times that his plan showed the city had enough officers if properly deployed.

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