Chicago police no longer responding to certain crimes

unsung

Come home to find out that your house has been broken into? Tough. Grab a number.


http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/02/04/ ... 911-calls/

hedonist

To be fair, it's not that they won't respond but will delay doing so if lives aren't in immediate danger, suspect is long-gone, etc.

I'm curious though about how long a delay...a couple hours? Next day? Next week?

chadwick

some cities have so much bullshit going on they cannot simply show up & save the day. to a chicago police officer a intruder/thrief breaking & entering into someone's home & fleeing the scene with stolen items or not really means nothing to them as no one was seriously injured or murdered. even the police have become desensitized.

some cities do not even have cops show up for car accidents unless someone need the jaws of life and whatnot. they let the people involved send info to each others' insurance company. well what if someone has zero insurance? i guess the law gets called in?

its a fucking mess.

pjl44

Something similar happened in Camden, NJ a couple years back.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/1 ... 10560.html

81

in fairness to CPD, they typically have their plates full with shakedowns, corruption, and covering each other's ass.

mikepegg44

81 wrote:

in fairness to CPD, they typically have their plates full with shakedowns, corruption, and covering each other's ass.

josevolution

Easy just arm everyone ...

81

josevolution wrote:

Easy just arm everyone ...

in some hoods they are.

elvistheking44

As a resident of Chicago this is not breaking news........

Unfortunately the list is long on non existing police appearances in my neighborhood, and I'm on the good side!!!

PJ_Soul

Should I be scared to walk around in Chicago? Sometimes people around here make it sounds like a war zone. I'm coming out in July... do I need a fucking escort or what?

peacefrompaul

PJ_Soul wrote:

Should I be scared to walk around in Chicago? Sometimes people around here make it sounds like a war zone. I'm coming out in July... do I need a fucking escort or what?

Depends where you are, probably.

CP218430

You shouldn't be scared. Especially if you're in the tourist areas. That being said, like anywhere just be aware of your surroundings. I commute at strange times and I never take anything for granted - but I never feel scared.

81

CP218430 wrote:

You shouldn't be scared. Especially if you're in the tourist areas. That being said, like anywhere just be aware of your surroundings. I commute at strange times and I never take anything for granted - but I never feel scared.

pretty much this. don't go walking down dark alley's by your self.

stay with groups of people.

don't go the englewood neighbor hood

don't look like a tourist

when on the L, don't sit by the door with your phone in your hand day dreaming.

don't get in red trucks with people you don't know....oh wait....don't listen to that one.

chadwick

do not look like a sucker, a scared sucker, nope do not appear in this manner. do not look like a tourist. carry wallet in front pocket. avoid crack districts. avoid trouble. some say looking some folks in the eye is a good idea, other feel it means you want some of their ass... meaning you wanna throw down. a guy can't frickin win.

when visiting chicago you are a giant sasquatch... still, avoid dark lonely streets. a dude 8 feet tall and 700 pounds can be mowed down with automatic weapons like chicago street thugs operate with.

do not buy marijuana off of anyone who may approach you wanting to hook you up. this i feel is probably a trap 80%-90% of the time. then again i could be wrong. simple fact is... trusting someone in this scenario probably is a bad idea and to be avoided. in the chicago amtrak station i been asked to go up on top of the amtrak roof "where everyone smokes" to partake & purchase marijuana.

NO THANK YOU, SIR. I'M GOOD. BUT THANK YOU.

chadwick

who the fuck would go with some dude in the amtrak chicago train station and get up on their roof, smoke dope & purchase grass from them?

that my friends is a solid fucking trap set up by the chicago task force that works the amtrak station 24x7 365

PJ_Soul

81 wrote:

CP218430 wrote:

You shouldn't be scared. Especially if you're in the tourist areas. That being said, like anywhere just be aware of your surroundings. I commute at strange times and I never take anything for granted - but I never feel scared.

pretty much this. don't go walking down dark alley's by your self.

stay with groups of people.

don't go the englewood neighbor hood

don't look like a tourist

when on the L, don't sit by the door with your phone in your hand day dreaming.

don't get in red trucks with people you don't know....oh wait....don't listen to that one.

So just like any city big city then. It's not like I'm going to climb into a truck with three men I don't know in the middle of a Motel 6 parking lot and let them drive me out of town to an unknown location. That would just be stupid.

PJ_Soul

chadwick wrote:

do not look like a sucker, a scared sucker, nope do not appear in this manner. do not look like a tourist. carry wallet in front pocket. avoid crack districts. avoid trouble. some say looking some folks in the eye is a good idea, other feel it means you want some of their ass... meaning you wanna throw down. a guy can't frickin win.

when visiting chicago you are a giant sasquatch... still, avoid dark lonely streets. a dude 8 feet tall and 700 pounds can be mowed down with automatic weapons like chicago street thugs operate with.

do not buy marijuana off of anyone who may approach you wanting to hook you up. this i feel is probably a trap 80%-90% of the time. then again i could be wrong. simple fact is... trusting someone in this scenario probably is a bad idea and to be avoided. in the chicago amtrak station i been asked to go up on top of the amtrak roof "where everyone smokes" to partake & purchase marijuana.

NO THANK YOU, SIR. I'M GOOD. BUT THANK YOU.

I ain't no sucker!!
No, gotcha. Don't be an idiot. Check.