Murders reported final month in Chicago have been down from November 2018, in line with statistics launched by Chicago police.
The 32 murders reported in November have been a 28.9 % lower from the 45 reported in November 2018, in line with an announcement from the Chicago Police Department Sunday. Police stated that drop marked the fewest murders on report for a November in Chicago since 2013.
Seven of Chicago’s 22 police districts – the Central, Wentworth, Harrison, Shakespeare, Albany Park, Near North and Lincoln districts – had no reported murders final month, police stated.
However, the variety of shootings and capturing victims was up barely from this time final yr, with 180 victims throughout 153 shootings reported final month, in comparison with 160 victims in 141 shootings in November 2018, in line with police.
So far in 2019, 458 murders have been recorded in Chicago, police stated. The variety of shootings got here in at 1,984.
The Sun-Times has counted 462 homicides this yr throughout the metropolis limits.
“I am very proud of the men and women of CPD who worked to implement the changes that have proven successful during my time leading this Department,” CPD Supt. Eddie Johnson, who introduced his retirement Nov. 7, stated within the assertion. “The partnerships we have built within the community have also been a vital part of the turnaround that we have experienced in Chicago.”
Former Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck was named the CPD’s interim superintendent the day after Johnson’s announcement.
Meanwhile, greater than 10,000 unlawful weapons have been seized by officers thus far in 2019, with town hitting the milestone on Nov. 22, police stated. The division stated it took 9,800 weapons off the streets in all of 2018 and often averages about 7,000 gun seizures yearly.
Overall violent crime, together with murders, robberies, burglaries, thefts and automobile thefts, was down by 11 % in November 2019 in comparison with the identical month final yr, police stated.
The division additionally touted 62 newly-promoted sergeants and lieutenants deployed on Nov. 24, along with a brand new class of 24 subject coaching officers who will probably be assigned to coach newly-graduated officers in early December. A category of 40 recruits additionally began a six-month coaching session on the Chicago Police Training Academy on Nov. 18.
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