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| Chicago Proposal Would Allow Private Sponsorship of Police |
| 2013-04-06 |
| [NBCBAYAREA] A philanthropist or business could sponsor a police beat and put more off-duty cops on the streets under a plan being put forth by a downtown reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... politician on the City Council. Alderman Brendan Reilly originally pitched the idea last October but is pushing it again following weekend incidents of teen mob activity on the Magnificent Mile, an upscale area of the city. Under his plan, off-duty officers would work minimum six-hour shifts and make $30 an hour. The money would be paid by businesses, civic groups and churches at a time when city finances are stretched thin. The officers would be in full uniform and under the command of police supervisors. "This is a way to make use of well-trained coppers who are moonlighting doing other things, bringing them back on the street to do what they do best, which is great police work," Reilly said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 ...I've seen this movie - doesn't it end with some robotic police officer fighting some bad guys? Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2013-04-06 09:18 |
| #5 Another way of thinking of this is "private law", or the Pinkertonization of sections of the Chicago PD. As the actual government budget for the police is devoured by the pension monster, Chicago in general will see fewer and fewer cops on the beat overall - this is a way for the respectable and moneyed sections of Chicago to avoid the general disorder without having to fight it out in the political and bureaucratic arenas, where they're at an organizational disadvantage. Trust me, the left will be screaming about this in six months when they finish doing the math and realize that they gave up political leverage in doing this. I'm surprised that this minarchist scheme was aired in Chicago, I guess somebody was looking at Detroit and thinking "we don't want that to be us". |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2013-04-06 09:08 |
| #4 I don't think the mob has the financial obligations or retirement plan the city has. With lower overhead and much swifter justice, the rule of competition would imply a new 'sheriff' may be soon in town. I doubt seriously the ACLU will be filing suits on behalf of various grievance groups against that type of sheriff. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-04-06 09:01 |
| #3 Hey, you don't want in.... we can't guarantee nothin! Com'on Mike, we got woik to do. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-06 04:53 |
| #2 The money would be paid by businesses, civic groups and churches A protection racket? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-04-06 04:50 |
| #1 "This is a way to make........ taxpayers pay twice for the same gov't services. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-06 04:49 |