If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. ·_~, '. -I • ' . .... Community Policing in Chicago, Year 1\vo: An Interim Report June 1995 Prepared by the Chicago Community Policing Evaluation Consortium Evaluation funded by Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority u.s. Department of Justice , National Institute of Justice Chicago Community Foundation John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Jim Edgar, Governor Bob Kustra, Lieutenant Governor Peter B. Bensinger, Chairman Thomas F. Baker, Executive Director I ... '. ~ ~ ...; •. r- ... ~ .,-. oJ ill ~ w u l~'·.--rr. .~ .• :.". ~ Community Policing in Chicago, Year Two: An Interim Report Prepared by The Chicago Community Policing Evaluation Consortium Wesley G. Skogan Susan F. Bennett Susan M. Hartnett Paul J. Lavrakas Justine H. Lovig Arthur J. Lurigio Jill DuBois Richard L. Block Sheila Hournes Dennis P. Rosenbaum Sirgulina Davidsdottir Scott Althaus Robert VanStedum Dominique Whelan Marianne Kaiser Tabatha R. Johnson Dana Cole Lynn Higgins Noelle Gonzalez .l\CQUISITiON§ The Chicago Community Policing Evaluation Consortium is coordinated by the Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University. It also includes faculty and students from Loyola University of Chicago, DePaul University and the University of Illinois-Chicago, and staff members from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. It is supported by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Chicago Community Foundation, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice. 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Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Managing Organizational Change ................................................................................................................................ 11 Downtown Planning Activities ............................................................................................................................. 11 Training ................................................................................................................................................................ 13 District Administrative Managers ......................................................................................................................... 22 City Hall and CAPS Implementation .................................................................................................................... 24 The Program in the Community ................................................................................................................................... 26 Beat Meetings ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 Partnerships in Action ........................................................................................................................................... 38 Community Organization Involvement ................................................................................................................ 50 District Advisory Committees ............................................................................................................................... 63 Court Advocacy In Action .................................................................................................................................... 74 Building Partnerships: Community And Police Joint Training ............................................................................ 76 Program Impact ............................................................................................................................................................ 79 Visibility of the Program ....................................................................................................................................... 80 Assessments of the Quality of Police Service ........................................................................................................ 80 Impact on Neighborhood Problems .......................................................................................... : ........................... 83 Looking Toward Year Three ........................................................................................................................................ 99 Project Papers .............................................................................................................. ,...................... Inside Back Cover Figures Figure 1 ......... Citywide Personal and Property Crime Trends .................................................................................... 10 Figure 2 ......... Optimism about CAPS Impact .............................................................................................................. 19 Figure 3 ......... Top Problems at Beat Meetings ............................................................................................................ 33 Figure 4 ......... District Progress Toward the CAPS Model .......................................................................................... 39 Figure 5 ......... Trend in Policing Last Year .................................................................................................................. 82 Figure 6 ......... Changes in Police Responsiveness by District ..................................................................................... 84 Figure 7 ......... Changes in Police Responsiveness by Group ....................................................................................... 85 Figure 8 ......... Neighborhood Problems in Englewood ................................................................................................ 90 Figure 9 ......... Neighborhood Problems in Marquette .................................................................................................. 91 Figure 10 ....... Neighborhood Problems in Austin ....................................................................................................... 92 Figure 11 ....... Neighbol'hood Problems in Morgan Park ............................................................................................. 93 Figure 12 ....... Neighborhood Problems in Rogers Park ............................................................................................... 94 Figure 13 ....... Changes in Crime Problems by District ................................................................................................ 95 Figure 14 ....... Changes in Gang and Drug Problems by District ................................................................................. 96 Figure 15 ....... Changes in Physical Decay by District ................................................................................................. 97 Tables Table 1 .......... Problems Discussed in Beat Meetings .................................................................................................. 34 Table 2 .......... PercentofOrganizations Involved in CAPS ..................................................................... ,.. ,.............. ,54 Table 3 ,......... Percentage of Organizations Involved in CAPS Activity Factors ........................................................ 57 Table 4 .......... Distribution of Organization Types by District ...........................................................................