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State Rep. La Shawn Ford and the office of Attorney General Lisa Madigan are holding the meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at Austin Town Hall, 5610 W. Lake St.
The Chicago Police Department and Chicago Public Schools are hosting today’s event from 2 to 5 p.m. in the 15th District’s west parking lot, 5701 W. Madison. There will be immunizations, dental exams, food, games, performers and more.
There have been fewer homicides so far this year, a drop Ald. Chris Taliaferro attributes to “hard” police work and community involvement. Some also credit the drop in killings to the community-building work groups like BUILD and the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago.
An Illinois Senate committee held a hearing earlier this month to discuss the gang database. State Sen. Patricia Van Pelt wants the Chicago Police Department to stop adding names to the database until legislation can be passed.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) held a community meeting earlier this week at Hope Community Church; the new city office will be back in Austin Feb. 13 to educate more residents about the work its doing to investigate police misconduct in Chicago.
Ten years after she was last seen, friends and family of 15-year-old Yasmin Acree said they still hold out hope they will discover what happened to the honors student who disappeared on Martin Luther King Day in 2008.
The Chicago Police Department’s 25th District, at 5555 W. Grand Ave., is hosting the event from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31.
A day before the third anniversary of teenager Laquan McDonald being shot to death by a Chicago cop, members of the Central Austin Neighborhood Association and activists from Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) demanded changes of the city’s top law-enforcement officials.
Vision Zero Chicago recently held a meeting at Austin Town Hall to solicit feedback from West Side residents on how to make the roads safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Last weekend’s discussion, hosted by state Rep. Camille Lilly and Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx, addressed public concerns about the criminal justice system and community policing.