Real "you can't fire me - I quit!" vibes.

The reduction in crime in Chicago is attributed to a combination of expanded community violence intervention (CVI) programs, strategic policing changes, and targeted social investments by the city and its partners. Experts also note the decline is part of a broader national trend, which suggests wider social and institutional factors may be at play. [sauce](Source: City of Chicago (.gov) https://share.google/LhxIrWqeFV2afl6Ih)

Key factors and initiatives cited by city officials, community leaders, and criminologists include:

Community Violence Intervention and Social Services[sauce](Source: Vera Institute https://share.google/jeI8zVxBejY6l9uds)

Violence Prevention Programs: The expansion of CVI programs, which employ community members (often formerly incarcerated individuals) as "peacekeepers" to de-escalate conflicts before they turn violent, has been a major focus. Police beats where these peacekeepers operate have seen significant drops in homicides and violent crime.

Addressing Root Causes: The city has made strategic investments aimed at addressing underlying causes of crime, such as trauma, poverty, and abuse. This includes investments in youth employment programs, mental and behavioral healthcare services, and support for survivors of violence.

Public Health Approach: A public health approach to violence prevention has been leveraged, empowering community organizations with unprecedented investments to support healing and thriving in the most impacted communities. [sauce](Source: City of Chicago (.gov) https://share.google/C3lvSIm2iqVr1beKM)

Policing Strategies and Law Enforcement

Modernized Policing: The Chicago Police Department (CPD) has implemented data-driven and intelligence-driven policing strategies, including the use of Strategic Decision Support Centers to identify crime patterns and anticipate hotspots.

Improved Detectives Bureau: The Mayor's office points to the restructuring and modernization of the detectives bureau, which has led to a higher homicide clearance rate, the best in over a decade.

Gun Removal and Legal Action: CPD successfully removed over 11,000 illegal guns from the streets in 2025. The city's lawsuit against Glock, Inc., which resulted in the company agreeing to discontinue the production of easily convertible pistol models, is also noted as a success.

Building Trust: City leadership emphasizes that building trust between police and communities, particularly communities of color, is a central part of the safety plan, which is considered essential for effective public safety.

Broader Trends and Expert Analysis

National Trends: Criminologists note that Chicago is not alone in its crime decline; many major cities across the U.S. have experienced similar downward trends, suggesting that broad social and institutional factors, rather than specific local initiatives alone, may be driving the change.

Difficulty Pinpointing Cause: Experts from the University of Chicago Crime Lab caution that it is difficult to pinpoint any single cause with certainty, as many factors are changing simultaneously.

Overall, the reduction is seen as the result of a collaborative approach involving law enforcement, community organizations, and city agency partnerships. [sauce](Source: City of Chicago (.gov) https://share.google/2jLaq3yxQgL7AJL0b)

Funny... all that and nothing about militarization or National Guard or hell, even trump had anything to do with crime dropping in Chicago. Closest you get is National Trend. We all know why you want to send military to only blue districts, Pedonald... you're a scared little man with very tiny hands. Your time is coming to a close, you dumb fucking pedophile!

So, he's saying he's getting ready to invade Venezuela.

“We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that CRIME has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities, and ONLY by that fact,”

A) They were never deployed in the first place and 2) They weren't allowed to do law enforcement at all.

Oh right. Yeah like it's his active choice as if the judges didn't tell him he needed to screw off. It's sad to see a grown man who keeps declaring victory after he openly failed in public for everyone to see, and then to repeat that every week of his adult life.

Good riddance. They should have never been there.

I still can't believe it's been only one year

This goes with what I predicted: Trump does not want to be a civil war president. He realized he can not consolidate power in this way.

This is a success for America, but the battle continues.

“While our rule of law remains under threat, our democratic institutions are holding,” Bonta wrote. “My office is not backing down — and we’re ready for whatever fights lie ahead.”

There have been moments when I needed to be reminded of this.

Probably planning on sending the gestapo ICE in force.

Good. Let those kids get back to doing the jobs they signed up for, not policing their own countrymen.

This is not the distraction from the Epstein files he thinks it is.

Also, he needs them to go to war with Venezuela and Iran.

Be gone, fucking losers.

What a pussy ass bitch

Worried about those poll numbers Trumbo?

In The Mood - Ray Stevens with Henhouse Five Plus Two https://app.radiooooo.com/?share=6955a9efb64249250a34bc7e

I never saw the national guard here at all. Did we have like two national guardsmen and they just sat at the Lucky Lab, drinking and playing board games?

Yet the doomers will say that no one is stopping him.