Chicago Police Commissioner Wants To Stop Police From Responding To ‘Nonessential’ Calls

Chicago Police Commissioner Garry McCarthy

Chicago Police Commissioner Garry McCarthy

Chicago Police Commissioner Garry McCarthy wants to increase police response to violent crime and gang activity by eliminating police response to ‘nonessential’ 911 calls.  He has yet to decide what calls will be classified as ‘nonessential’, but he plans to reduce the number of calls police respond to by mid summer.  For up-to-date news accounts of this story, photos and to post a comment, please access the links below:

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