[in person] 24th Police District Council - Rogers Park/West Ridge/Edgewater Glen
Chicago Police District Councils
Sunday, March 10, 2024
3:00 p.m. — 4:30 p.m. CDT
6000 N Broadway, Chicago, Illinois 60660 Chicago, IL 60660 (Directions)
Edgewater Branch Library
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Pre-Research Resources
- City Bureau: “Can the Neighbors We Elect to Police District Councils Redefine Public Safety?”
- City Bureau” “Chicago’s New Police District Councils, 4 Months In”
- Find My Beat and District: Interactive map of police district boundaries
- Chicago Reader/Block Club Chicago: Information about the candidates who ran for this council in the municipal elections
- The TRiiBE: “ECPS coalition wins a wide majority of Chicago’s new Police District Council seats”
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Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team
The community showed concerns about the interactions between Chicago Police officers and migrants asking for help next to neighborhood businesses.
The community also showed concerns about the interactions between Chicago Police officers and migrants asking for help next to neighborhood businesses.
@CHIdocumenters
#CHIDocumenters
03:34 PM Mar 10, 2024 CDT
"What is the 24th district opinion on block clubs?"
This commentor is interested in implementing a block club in their neighborhood and wanted to know what the council views on these community groups.
Council members shared that they are still in the process of getting to know these community groups. They "encourage" block clubs to contact the council, especially if they want to add an agenda item.
This member spoke to the racist history of block clubs. "When they are weaponized, I don't like them".
"Let's make sure they are done in a way that is more neighborly than aggressive"
"Block clubs should be about community building"
"clubs can become exclusive"
They shared unique feedback The Policing Project gathered in response to the question "What makes you feel safe?"
Chicago responses indicated that people felt alone - meaning they didn't have a group to go to for safety.
This community member is asking what the protocol on addressing loitering outside of grocery stores.
"Retail loitering is different from public way. It should be considered more a public assist, than police action"
This is refence to the belief that organized robberies are very common in the area.
When an organized crime group acts, information is shared amongst the council districts. With this info, councils try to provide a more "visible presence".
Agency Information
Chicago Police District Councils
Each of the 22 District Councils is made up of three people elected by residents of the police district in regular municipal elections every four years, though anyone can participate in District Council work, and the more people who participate, the more effective the District Councils can be. The first District Council elections occurred in February 2023. Just as Chicagoans vote for a mayor and a local ward Alderperson, they also vote for up to three people to serve on the District Council.
The District Councils have several key roles:
- Building stronger connections between the police and the community at the district level, where the community is a true partner in making the neighborhood safer. They can work with the police to address problems and set priorities.
- Collaborating in the development and implementation of community policing initiatives.
- Holding monthly public meetings, where residents can work on local initiatives rooted in community concerns and priorities. They can also raise and work to address concerns about policing in the district, and increase accountability.
- Working with the community to get input on police department policies and practices. Working to develop and expand restorative justice and similar programs in the police district.
- Ensuring that the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability gets input from the community, so that the Commission’s work will be based on what people in neighborhoods across the city are concerned about.
- Nominating members of the Community Commission. Anyone who serves on the Community Commission must first have the support of elected District Council members.
(Source: Municipal Code of Chicago, 2-80-070(a) and (e))
For a map of police districts, visit https://www.chicagocityscape.com/maps/index.php#/?places_type=chipolicedistrict.
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