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WhiskeyGrinder

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12. No, I'd say abolish it all. Reform is what got us to this place. Reform is what got us George Floyd
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 10:26 AM
Apr 2021

and Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo.

Here's what the Chicago Police Department has to say about its latest efforts of reform:

The consent decree builds upon a series of proactive reforms introduced in 2017, and serves as our roadmap to build and restore trust with our communities; strengthen our commitments to supervision, accountability and transparency; and provide the best training, equipment and resources our officers need and deserve.

The input from our community partners, and our officers, is vitally important in helping shape, reform and implement policies that will make CPD a better Department for officers and the communities we serve.
We are already seeing real change throughout our Department as a result of the reforms we have implemented.

Annual in-service training, has increased to 32 mandatory hours for each of our 13,400 officers. We’ve tripled the number of clinicians providing mental health support for our officers.

We have a clear written agreement with Chicago public schools on the roles of officers in schools.

We also overhauled our organizational structure to prioritize consent decree compliance under the newly created Office of Constitutional Policing and Reform.


So even with more training, community outreach and partnering and psychological support for cops, Adam Toledo is dead. And calls for reform will lead to more money for the CPD and very little change.
Well they successfully arrest around a million people a month EX500rider Apr 2021 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author EX500rider Apr 2021 #2
I was 13 years old in 1962. If I'd been running around in the dark with a gun I would abqtommy Apr 2021 #3
Yes. Any child running around with a gun at night should expect to be shot StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #6
Oh dear! You're getting very close to a nerve. rgbecker Apr 2021 #9
Not if you're white and you have an AR-15, come on America let's get past this uponit7771 Apr 2021 #10
Exactly! StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #4
The system cannot be reformed. It's working as designed. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #5
So we should just give up and let things continue as is? Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #11
No, I'd say abolish it all. Reform is what got us to this place. Reform is what got us George Floyd WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #12
Abolition will never happen, at least not in our lifetimes. Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #13
Maybe. I'll keep working and advocating for it, regardless. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #14
And that's fine. Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #15
32 hours of inservice training Claire Oh Nette Apr 2021 #18
this is the part people still didn't understand Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #16
Either the cop was not thinking very far ahead or he intended to use his gun from the start. rgbecker Apr 2021 #7
" shoot if fearful " - wrong Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #17
Someone's been asking that very question people don't like answering it straight up uponit7771 Apr 2021 #8
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