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, Jan 10, 2013
City officials say they're committed to community policing, just not to funding it
A closer look at Mayor Emanuel's plan to "revitalize" the CAPS program
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, Nov 3, 2012
What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part two of two
A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment, part two of two
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What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part one of two
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, Oct 26, 2012
Top cops can't explain what's up with CAPS
CAPS director Ron Holt offers another spin on the future of the police department's community outreach program
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, Oct 26, 2012
Superintendent McCarthy dismantles CAPS, will replace it with something at some point
Chicago police chief says we don't need more cops, just a new community policing policy to be determined later
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, Oct 24, 2012
Gimme back the pure stuff
Transplanted to America, Irvine Welsh's tale doesn't offer the same high
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, Oct 16, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part five of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part five of five
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, Oct 15, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part four of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part four of five
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, Oct 14, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part three of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part three of five
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, Oct 13, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part two of five
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, Jul 12, 2012
Rahm announces another "new initiative" that's decades old
The mayor's plan to raze troubled buildings sounds a lot like the one Mayor Daley "introduced" in 1992
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, Jul 6, 2012
Garry McCarthy makes it to Chatham
A year after his no-show, Chicago's police chief talks with residents of the proud south-side neighborhood
by Mick Dumke
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, Jun 13, 2012
Chicago's crime problem: A matter of "perception"
If Chicago's crime problem is only a matter of "perception," then why are police being asked to work extra patrols on their days off?
by Mick Dumke
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, May 14, 2012
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N.O.R.E. shares new drug slang, continues to be dope
Exotic fruit juice connoisseur releases "Kenny Powers," plays the Shrine 5/30
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, May 4, 2012
Drug arrests on top of drug arrests
Chicago police officials keep announcing more drug busts, but it's not clear what's actually changed on the street
by Mick Dumke
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Bleader
, May 1, 2012
The politics of drug busts
The Emanuel administration gets aggressive about displaying dope on the table
by Mick Dumke
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, Apr 30, 2012
This week on the Bleader: A hard look at drugs
This week's "Variations on a Theme": A hard look at drugs
by Tal Rosenberg
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