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In Chicago, Wealthy Neighborhoods Hire Their Own Private Police as Crime Rises
Armed patrols by off-duty police officers in marked security cars combat carjackings, robberies
CHICAGO—Alarmed by growing numbers of carjackings and other street crimes, several neighborhoods on Chicago’s affluent North Side have signed up for patrols by armed off-duty police officers to create what some security companies are calling virtual gated communities.
At least five neighborhoods in or adjacent to Chicago’s North Side have added patrols for the first time in the past six months or are planning to sign up for patrols with P4 Security Solutions LLC, said Paul Ohm, executive vice president and principal.
The officers, who ride in marked security cars equipped with overhead lights, cameras and high-tech communications tools, aren’t tasked with making arrests, even though they are allowed to carry guns because they are sworn police officers. They contact 911 in an emergency and act as a deterrent, Mr. Ohm said.
The willingness of neighborhood associations to pay for security in neighborhoods such as Lincoln Park, Bucktown and Lakeview comes amid a surge of crime in Chicago and other cities, where interest in private security is also on the rise…
Both rich and poor pay a price for not investing enough to mitigate the root causes of crime and instead scaring people with law and order crap, "tough on crime" crap that solidifies an entire class of often unaccountable government agents with bloated budgets.From WSJ.com (paywall):
Just a reminder that both rich and poor pay at price for Progressive soft-on-crime policies, one way … or another.
Also this merely reinforces the notion that the police literally aren't there to serve and protect at all.
The most dangerous cities in America are almost exclusively red cities in red states. Chicago never breaks into the top ten.
1. Anchorage, Alaska
2. Memphis, Tennessee Mississippi-Arkansas
3. Lubbock, Texas
4. Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, Michigan
5. Springfield, Missouri
6. San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
7. Corpus Christi, Texas
8. Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
9. Stockton, California
10. Bakersfield, California
10 Most Dangerous Cities in the US | SafeWise
Memphis reported the most crimes per capita to top our list. See crime rates and socioeconomic factors for the biggest cities in the US.www.safewise.com
Depends on how you describe dangerous I suppose.
Chicago is exactly at 10 for murder rate, as of 2019.
But red states don't seem to dominate. Missouri, Louisiana, and Tennessee vs Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey and Illinoi.
Yes.
As a teenager in the 1950s when people did not even talk about "crime," the casual and brazen lawlessness is outrageous.
Though it may be something that young Americans just accept as a feature of American life.
No one in the 1950s even conceived of ordinary people paying for alarm systems in their homes, let alone paying for private patrol cars to circulate 24/7 around the neighborhood looking for troublemakers. And, of course, cops stationed inside schools was unheard of. A teacher's word was enough to maintain order.
Yes, some of the reforms of the 1960s were good.
But, sadly, they also opened up opportunities for those individuals who like to hurt other people.
Sure, and #35 for rape, with New Orleans, Anchorage, and Cleveland at the top of the list (all red states). There's a basically even spread of red and blue states for robbery ( Chicago is in eighth place). Chicago doesn't make the top ten for aggravated assault (6 of the top ten are red state cities). Chicago doesn't make the top ten for arson (7 of the top 10 are red state cities.
So no matter how much you massage the numbers or trove the internet to finally get Chicago into a top ten list, it's still only at #10 for only one of the violent crime metrics (behind 5 red state cities).
I say all this in order to point that there are no numbers that would logically justify the right wing fixation with Chicago as their boogeyman city.
Missouri, Louisiana and Tennessee, and Ohio are red states, so I'm not sure what your point is.
A spiking murder rate is not a dog whistle. It's a disaster.Just a quick reminder: Chicago is a dog whistle.
My issue was not with Chicago per se. I don't disagree with you there. New Orleans (my home) is a far more dangerous city per capita.
I objected to the suggestion that red cities/states dominate crime rates.
I'd sure like to know what the hell is going on in Anchorage. It's freaking Alaska.
No, it's the center of Illinois political corruption and non-political crime.Just a quick reminder: Chicago is a dog whistle.
No, it's the center of Illinois political corruption and non-political crime.
If that's what helps you sleep at night...No. You see, Chicago is not a top 10 most dangerous city. And, you see, private security has long been a thing. It's a Stormfront OP.
If that's what helps you sleep at night...
LMAO.... It was an illusion... Just like most white peoples memories of the 50's is an illusion...Yes.
As a teenager in the 1950s when people did not even talk about "crime," the casual and brazen lawlessness is outrageous.
Though it may be something that young Americans just accept as a feature of American life.
No one in the 1950s even conceived of ordinary people paying for alarm systems in their homes, let alone paying for private patrol cars to circulate 24/7 around the neighborhood looking for troublemakers. And, of course, cops stationed inside schools was unheard of. A teacher's word was enough to maintain order.
Yes, some of the reforms of the 1960s were good.
But, sadly, they also opened up opportunities for those individuals who like to hurt other people.
Yes, let’s pretend the violent crime rate in Chicago as remained unchanged since 2020. After all, it’s not people like you that are making up those statistics, is it?No. You see, Chicago is not a top 10 most dangerous city. And, you see, private security has long been a thing. It's a Stormfront OP.
Interesting. Not sure why Anchorage is on top of the list. Must research. Scary that Memphis is #2. That's like next door.The most dangerous cities in America are almost exclusively red cities in red states. Chicago never breaks into the top ten.
1. Anchorage, Alaska
2. Memphis, Tennessee Mississippi-Arkansas
3. Lubbock, Texas
4. Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, Michigan
5. Springfield, Missouri
6. San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California
7. Corpus Christi, Texas
8. Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
9. Stockton, California
10. Bakersfield, California
10 Most Dangerous Cities in the US | SafeWise
Memphis reported the most crimes per capita to top our list. See crime rates and socioeconomic factors for the biggest cities in the US.www.safewise.com
So, then all of the weekly shooting and mayhem Chicago are mythology?Just a quick reminder: Chicago is a dog whistle.
Do you have proof that the OP is a member of Stormfornt, or are you just talking out of your back end again?Some people call out Stormfront OPs and some people support them. Strange world.
An even quicker reminder: you have no argument.Just a quick reminder: Chicago is a dog whistle.
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