Bernard Garbo  05-21-2013
07:47 AM ET (US)
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2013 -- Crime Incidents -- Flat in April; Down 5% Year-to-Date
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Crime Stats in posts below
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2013 Trends in Crime Incidents -- Remain Proactive!!!
Crime incidents in April were flat compared to the same period in the prior year. This follows a sharp plunge in March. While crime stats for the year are down, we are still above 2011 levels.
In 2012, crime incidents spiked in the first 4 months of the year but then began dropping. The drop can be attributed to neighbors informing police of problems by attending CAPS meetings and more actively called 911. Crime continued to drop until the late Fall, when we saw small increases. Being PROACTIVE (calling 911 aggressively, keeping police informed, and calling city services about problem landlords and buildings) remains the number one way to continue to push down crime.
PARTNERSHIP with POLICE -- What is helping drive down crime incidents is a continued strong arrest rate. Our annual rate of 1 arrests for each 3 crime incident is amazingly high. In most areas, 1 arrest for every 5 crimes is considered great. Following the spike in crime incidents, arrest rates also started to increase .. helping push crime incidents down. CPD appears to be maintaining these rates, which hopefully will bring 2013 crime levels down to 2011 levels. In order to keep the rates up, neighbors need to keep calling 911 aggressively.
MAJOR CONCERNS
Domestic Battery sadly remains high at 35 incidents YTD. Fortunately, April was the first month that we've seen a decline (compared to the prior year).
Other Battery and Assaults remain of concern: combined total is also 48 incident YTD, ranging from simple assault (a threat basically, at 17 incidents;down compared to prior year) to Aggravated Battery (weapon involved, fortunately only 5 incident, up by 2). Most of these assaults and batteries took place on private property and not in public.
Theft -- both from stores and individuals, is basically flat compared to the prior year following a slight decline in March. It remain one of the higher YTD reported crimes. Please be careful with belongings, especially smart phones when in public.
Vandalism in April, as compared to a year ago, continued decline; this was the third consecutive monthly decline. However, as with theft and battery/assaults, vandalism remains of concern. YTD there have been 38 incidents. Please report all vandalism, especially graffiti to police via http://www.caps24.org .
If you want continued declines in crime incidents, watch your block! ... and Call 911 Aggressively!.
It takes persistence attention to your block to bring down crime incidents. The police can't reduce crime without our help .. improving neighborhoods is more than calling 911, you also need to call 311 and the alderman's office about problem buildings, graffiti, street light bulbs that need changing, trees that need trimming, etc.
Be a positive presence on your block (set up a block e-mail and phone/text tree ... stay connected with your neighbors, it's the No. 1 best crime deterrent). You and your neighbors working together are the "secret crime fighting weapon."
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Next CAPS meeting is Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the CMSA, 7212 N. Clark -- this is a joint meeting with beats 2422 and 2423. 7pm to 8 pm ... starts on time; end on time
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Bernard Garbo 05-21-2013
06:18 AM ET (US)
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Crime Incidents & Arrests, 2013 to 2012 (YTD--year to date; thru April) in Beat 2424. Source: CPD Clearmap. (Click to see image.)
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Bernard Garbo 05-21-2013
06:17 AM ET (US)
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Crime Incidents & Arrests, M2M (April 2013 compared to April 2012). Beat 2424. Source: CPD Clearmap. (Click to see image.) Reposting.
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Bernard Garbo 05-21-2013
06:07 AM ET (US)
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2013 Crime Incidents and Arrests in Beat 2424 (thru April). Source: CPD Clearmap (Click to see image.)
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Bernard Garbo 04-25-2013
04:56 PM ET (US)
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2013 -- Crime Incidents -- DOWN 25% in March; Down 7% Year to Date
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Crime Stats in posts below
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2013 Trends in Crime Incidents -- Remain Proactive!!!
Crime incidents in March plunged drastically following a spike in February. In March, crime stats dropped 25% (yes, 25%) following a 10% in February).
Crime incidents Year-to-Date, as a result, are now down 7%.
In 2012, crime incidents spiked in the first 4 months of the year but then began dropping. The drop can be attributed to neighbors informing police of problems by attending CAPS meetings and more actively called 911. Crime continued to drop until the late Fall, when we saw small increases. Being PROACTIVE (calling 911 aggressively, keeping police informed, and calling city services about problem landlords and buildings) remains the number one way to continue to push down crime.
PARTNERSHIP with POLICE -- What is helping drive down crime incidents is a continued strong arrest rate. In March, there was nearly 1 arrest for every 2 crimes. This brings our annual rate to 1 arrests for each 3 crime incident. These are amazingly high rate. In most areas, 1 arrest for every 5 crimes is considered a great rate.
MAJOR CONCERNS
Domestic Battery sadly remains high at 29 incidents YTD. There were 9 additional incidents YTD, compared to the first three months of 2012.
Other Battery and Assaults remain of concern: combined total is also 31 incident YTD, ranging from simple assault (a threat basically, at 14 incidents) to Aggravated Battery (weapon involved, fortunately only 1 incident). Most of these assaults and batteries took place on private property and not in public.
Theft -- both from stores and individuals, declined slightly in March but remain one of the higher YTD reported crimes. Please be careful with belongings, especially smart phones when in public.
Vandalism also declined in March as compared to a year ago; this was the second consecutive monthly decline. However, as with theft and battery/assaults, vandalism remains of concern. YTD there have been 25 incidents. Please report all vandalism, especially graffiti to police via http://www.caps24.org .
If you want continued declines in crime incidents, watch your block! ... and Call 911 Aggressively!.
It takes persistence attention to your block to bring down crime incidents. The police can't reduce crime without our help .. improving neighborhoods is more than calling 911, you also need to call 311 and the alderman's office about problem buildings, graffiti, street light bulbs that need changing, trees that need trimming, etc.
Be a positive presence on your block (set up a block e-mail and phone/text tree ... stay connected with your neighbors, it's the No. 1 best crime deterrent). You and your neighbors working together are the "secret crime fighting weapon."
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Next CAPS meeting is Thursday, April 25, 2013, at the CMSA, 7212 N. Clark -- this is a joint meeting with beats 2422 and 2423. 7pm to 8 pm ... starts on time; end on time
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Bernard Garbo 04-25-2013
04:28 PM ET (US)
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Crime Incidents & Arrests, 2013 to 2012 (YTD--year to date; thru March) in Beat 2424. Source: CPD Clearmap. (Click to see image.)
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Bernard Garbo 04-25-2013
04:27 PM ET (US)
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Crime Incidents & Arrests, M2M (March 2013 compared to March 2012). Beat 2424. Source: CPD Clearmap. (Click to see image.)
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Bernard Garbo 04-25-2013
04:26 PM ET (US)
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2013 Crime Incidents and Arrests in Beat 2424 (thru March). Source: CPD Clearmap (Click to see image.)
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Bernard Garbo 03-26-2013
12:02 AM ET (US)
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2013 -- Crime Incidents -- UP 10% in February
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Crime Stats in posts below
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2013 Trends in Crime Incidents -- Remain Proactive!!!
Crime incidents in February 2013 were UP 10% compared to Feb. 2012; this follows a decline in January, but spike in the late Fall.
Crime incidents Year-to-Date are up 4%.
In 2012, crime incidents spiked in the first 4 months of the year but then began dropping. The drop can be attributed to neighbors informing police of problems by attending CAPS meetings and more actively called 911. While 10% or even 4% is cause for concern, in actual number of incidents, they are up 5 YTD and 6 month-to-month. The increase may be a reporting anomaly resulting from neighbors more actively calling 911. Nevertheless, being PROACTIVE remains important if we want to eventually push overall numbers down.
PARTNERSHIP with POLICE -- What is helping drive down crime incidents is a continued strong arrest rate. There is approximately 1 arrest for each 4.3 crime incidents.
MAJOR CONCERNS
Theft -- both from stores and individuals, saw an increase in February and remains one of the higher YTD reported crimes. Please be careful with belongings, especially smart phones when in public.
Vandalism remains of concern but declined in February. Still, YTD there have been 20 incidents.
Domestic Battery sadly remains high at 18 incidents YTD.
Other Battery and Assaults remain of concern: combined total is also 18 incident YTD, ranging from simple assault (a threat basically, at 10 incidents) to Aggravated Battery (weapon involved, fortunately only 1 incident). Most of these assaults and batteries took place on private property and not in public.
If you want continued declines in crime incidents, watch your block!
My mantra is, as always, Call 911 Aggressively!.
It takes persistence attention to your block to bring down crime incidents. The police can't reduce crime without our help .. improving neighborhoods is more than calling 911, you also need to call 311 and the alderman's office about problem buildings, graffiti, street light bulbs that need changing, trees that need trimming, etc.
Be a positive presence on your block (set up a block e-mail and phone/text tree ... stay connected with your neighbors, it's the No. 1 best crime deterrent). You and your neighbors working together are the "secret crime fighting weapon."
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Next CAPS meeting is Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at the CMSA, 7212 N. Clark -- this is a joint meeting with beats 2422 and 2423. 7pm to 8 pm ... starts on time; end on time
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Bernard Garbo 03-25-2013
11:30 PM ET (US)
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Crime Incidents & Arrests, 2013 to 2012 (YTD--year to date; thru Feb.) in Beat 2424. Source: CPD Clearmap. (Click to see image.)
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Bernard Garbo 03-25-2013
11:26 PM ET (US)
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Crime Incidents & Arrests, M2M (Feb. 2013 compared to Feb. 2012). Beat 2424. Source: CPD Clearmap. (Click to see image.)
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Bernard Garbo 03-25-2013
11:25 PM ET (US)
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2013 Crime Incidents and Arrests in Beat 2424 (thru Feb.). Source: CPD Clearmap (Click to see image.)
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Bernard Garbo 03-12-2013
10:14 AM ET (US)
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LATIN KING GRAFFITI ALERT -- near Hoyne/Ridge and Fargo/Jarvis (7401-11 W Fargo)
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Bernard Garbo 03-12-2013
10:13 AM ET (US)
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LATIN KING GRAFFITI ALERT -- near Hoyne/Ridge and Fargo/Jarvis (7408 N Hoyne) (this a vacant boarded building that has been broken into in the past)
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Bernard Garbo 03-12-2013
10:10 AM ET (US)
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LATIN KING GRAFFITI ALERT -- near Hoyne/Ridge and Fargo/Jarvis (7405 N. Ridge)
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