More than a half-dozen local and state officials gathered on the Southwest Side Thursday to call for the Chicago Police Department’s Chicago Lawn District (8th) to be split in.
More than a half-dozen local and state officials gathered on the Southwest Side Thursday to call for the Chicago Police Department’s Chicago Lawn District (8th) to be split in two to better serve the quarter-million residents of the area. “To say we are overdue for more police support is an understatement,” Ald. Marty Quinn, 13th, told reporters and more than 50 area residents during a .
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Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel balanced his first budget in part by closing three district police stations. Now, Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) and six City Council colleagues want to build a new one at a cost of $30 million or more.
A coalition of alderpersons and community leaders are demanding that the Chicago Police Department create a new Southwest Side police district to speed response times in a Chicago Lawn District.