Why aren’t more Chicago cops deployed when most shootings occur?
A new analysis of Chicago Police Department data suggests that officers could be better deployed to respond when shootings take place.
By Daniel Tucker, Marie Mendoza
Why aren’t more Chicago cops deployed when most shootings occur?
A new analysis of Chicago Police Department data suggests that officers could be better deployed to respond when shootings take place.
By Daniel Tucker, Marie Mendoza
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The analysis by the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab crunches GPS information from police vehicles and crime data to paint a picture of where cops were and when during a 9-month period from June 2020 through February 2021.
Reset talks to a reporter who got access to the analysis through an open records request.
GUEST: Annie Sweeney, reporter at the Chicago Tribune