Chicago's Lakeview area gets more police officers but not nearly as many as promise - Black criminals are targeting white victims in this area
While the number of police officers assigned to the Chicago Police Town Hall District didn't grow as quickly as promised, 26 additional officers have joined the force over the past six months, Alds. James Cappleman and Tom Tunney announced Wednesday.
Since October, 26 officers — including eight sergeants — have joined the district, also known as the 19th District. The district covers Lakeview and parts of Uptown. Cappleman (46th) and Tunney (44th) said they secured a promise for more officers in exchange for their votes for a $589 million property tax hike in October.
In addition to eight officers transferred to the district in November, the alderman said Mayor Rahm Emanuel and now-former Supt. Garry McCarthy pledged to add 25 in during the first three months of 2016. That means the district is seven short of the 33 additional officers it was supposed to have by the end March.
Officials also promised 10 more officers would be hired by the end of 2016 — for a total net increase of 43 officers.
On Wednesday, Tunney conceded that "while significant progress has been made, unfortunately, we do not yet have the full complement of new officers promised last October."
The alderman shared a letter from newly appointed interim Supt. Eddie Johnson, who pledged to "work tirelessly to address those matters which may jeopardize the health and well-being of its residents" and shared the staffing level numbers.
Tunney said he met with Johnson Wednesday.
Johnson "fully understands that the need for more officers in the 19th District is real" and re-upped on McCarthy's promise with "plans to fulfill the commitment by continuing to send officers our way," Tunney said in his email newsletter.
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