As 2016 comes to a close, Chicago has reportedly witnessed more than 700 murders during the course of the calendar year -- the highest number of homicides on record since the turn of the century.
As violent crime soared, however, police activity did quite the opposite, CBS News reported this week. Data obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests filed on behalf of its "60 Minutes" television program indicates officers across all of Chicago’s 25 police districts reported conducting fewer stops and arrests this year, the network said Thursday.
Specifically, CPD officers have stopped and questioned 80 percent fewer people since 2015 while the number of arrests fell by a third, according to its investigation.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported separately this week that arrests went down 28 percent this year compared to 2015 -- the lowest since 2001, and half of the number reported during all of 2010.