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“Compared to many other programs, participation in CAPS [community policing] has been sustained in many of the places needing it most,” according to a recent report published by Northwestern University. “Beat meeting attendance rates are highest in predominately African-American areas, while rates of participation in largely white areas are lower….In general, attendance rates are higher in lower-income areas where people do not have much education. Attendance is also somewhat higher in areas where test scores for the city’s public school students are low and truancy rates are high, and more frequent where residents have health problems. Finally, participation is highest in high-crime areas….Interestingly, attendance rates were only slightly related to voter turnout rates for beats.”
Or on themselves. Keep your dog leashed in Lincoln Park, warns the May issue of “LPAC Insights,” newsletter of the Lincoln Park Advisory Council. Police are ticketing violators, and “if the owner mouths off at the policeman, they are often cited with the City ordinance for not having a muzzle on the dog.”
