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Chicago police will no longer be allowed to chase people on foot

npr.org

But Chicago has not taken the lead on the issue, with other major cities such as Baltimore, Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon, already having implemented foot pursuit policies

> The city (Baltimore) recorded 348 homicides in 2019, a number second only to the number recorded in 1993 when the population was nearly 125,000 higher.

In 2021, Baltimore police said there were 337 homicides. There were more than 726 shootings in total.Dec 31, 2021

>Philadelphia The city had a total of 562 homicides in 2021, breaking the previous record of 500 killings reported in 1990. For comparison, New York City, with five times as many people, had 488 homicides for all of last year. As of last weekend, the city reported 67 killings so far in 2022. Mar 11, 2022

> In 2021, Portland recorded 90 homicides amid a surge in gun violence, shattering the city’s previous high of 66 set more than three decades ago.

>Chicago

According to CPD, a total of 797 people were killed in the city, a figure not seen since 798 were slain in 1996.

But that total count does not include people shot and killed in shootings on Chicago expressways, as they are the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Police. When that number is included the city reached at least 800 homicides, according to Tribune reporting in 2021.

The CPD figure also does not include self-defense shootings or fatal shootings by police officers.

Good luck in the race to the bottom. I’m not sure which city would want to be the “leader” of any anti-policing strategies. This just sets up a new politician in 4 years that will be “tough on crime”. And the wheel turns again.

The article says that police are allowed to chase people committing the crimes you described:

> Under the policy, officers may give chase if they believe a person is committing or is about to commit a felony, a Class A misdemeanor such as domestic battery, or a serious traffic offense that could risk injuring others, such as drunken driving or street racing.

> Officers won't be allowed to chase people on foot if they suspect them of minor offenses such as parking violations, driving on suspended licenses or drinking alcohol in public. But they will still have discretion to chase people who they've determined are committing or about to commit crimes that post "an obvious threat to any person."

This policy is written with plenty of room for officer discretion and seems perfectly sane once you get beyond the headline (an embarrassingly bad headline for a source like NPR).

I used to believe that the dysfunctional crime ridden mega corporation controlled future societies portrayed in SciFi was not going to happen. However I am starting to believe that it will happen in the US and not in Western Europe. The glorification of guns and violence, the stress and fear in everyday life, and the “f** everybody else as long as I get mine” attitude is a uniquely strong undercurrent in US culture. I have lived, worked, and paid taxes in the US, Europe, and Australia. So I have seen the differences in culture up close, giving me a perspective that most haven’t. I hope I am wrong. I fear I am not.

Under the policy, officers may give chase if they believe a person is committing or is about to commit a felony, a Class A misdemeanor such as domestic battery, or a serious traffic offense that could risk injuring others, such as drunken driving or street racing.

The title is kinda misleading.

Yes, it's out of context. The rest of the title is in the first sentence:

> [...] simply because they run away or they've committed minor offenses, the department said Tuesday, more than a year after two foot pursuits ended with officers fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy and 22-year-old man.

Taken together with the exemption above is a TL;DR.

Genetically engineered policeman on hoofs will solve the problem.

Red colored.

With horns and equipped with trident

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