I may have to change the blog name to the Pratt Hell Hole. Today at 5:39 p.m., a wild neighborhood police chase ended with a officer tackling a youth in front of the 7-11 at Pratt and Glenwood.
The chase began at Northshore and Sheridan after three teens allegedly robbed a hapless and unsuspecting victim. The officers were on these three offenders faster that a speeding bullet. Well, not that fast - but fast enough to nab the youth thugs. I'm guessing they were all younger than 16.
A officer was taken to the hospital to be checked out after the catch.
Update: Tonight at 10:15 p.m., two male/blacks, dark hoodies, are being chased by the police in the 1400 block of Birchwood and Fargo. They're running through neighborhood yards. One went north, one went south.
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I don't care what any of the negative folks say. I am thankful for the police officers who work in Rogers Park.
They work hard under conditions few of us could tolerate. On the occasions I've had to call 911, they have responded within minutes. I've seen them respond to situations where the bad guys need to be dealt with, and I've seen them respond to situations where the good guys need some care.
I'm guessing some will disagree with me, but I base my opinion on personal experience.
And before you decide to argue with my point of view, I understand that they are imperfect and that every encounter might not go in the preferred way for everyone.
They are the good guys and I am thankful for their hard work and dedication.
Score another one for the good guys today! And thank you!
This is great news that the offenders were caught!
yeah lots of yelling and tire screeching. I knew something was going down but didn't want to take the chance of getting shot. Cops do a good job of 'reacting' to crime. They need to do a better job of offense. Maybe with Greasy behind Kays ass, things will turn around
I'm thankful for the police officers in Rogers Park as well. They need our help though, they need our eyes and ears, they need our good information...all the bad boys have to do is avoid the "blue and whites" and they can remain in business. That's their only job all day, so if you see someone selling, call 911, give a description of their race, what they look like, what they are wearing, where they are hiding the drugs, who is hiding the money, etc. The police need a good decription in order to stop these thugs, they can't just walk up on people (silly constitutional rights) so help them out.
I wasn't aware of the problems at Glenwood till I read about them here. Things are pretty quiet at this end of the street.
NOW these brats have to break the good record this street was building.
I always support the Police. Whenever I have called the police they have responded. I am complaining about the leadership. We need new tactics to confront these situations. The police are putting it on the line everyday without any help from the Commander. C. A. P. S. is a joke. How much more community policing do we need. These thugs operate out in the open and don't have a care in the world.
Rogersparking and blue – I agree with you. I appreciate the police officers in this area and what they do. I could not do the job they do.
I also agree with prattpangs – maybe a better offense in this area could help us. Especially North of Howard.
If we could get an officer or two out the car and walking the streets regularly on a 24 hours basis, some of these issues would be more visible and could possibly be addressed more aggressively.
Perhaps the alderman or someone from his staff should walk the ward on a regular basis and witness these things first hand.
I walk around the neighborhood daily, and I have seen cars parked illegally at a stop sign and a yellow curb. I have witnessed cars in this situation for up to 48 hours without a ticket.
I see prostitution.
I see drug use and drug transactions.
I see public urination.
I see littering. (When contacting the alderman’s office for additional trash cans, I was told the Streets and Sanitation manager took them off the streets because people were filling them up with trash from their homes!! So now, they just throw it on the streets and I am forced to clean up after them.)
I see trespassing at locations with signs prohibiting it.
I see cars speeding and running stop signs on a regular basis – on a street with a school no less.
I see people performing auto maintenance on the street, including changing oil and antifreeze and allowing it to drain into the city sewer system.
I see dog walkers refusing to pick up dog waste.
I see dice games and gambling.
I see alcohol consumption.
As I type this, I am looking at a car on my street that has been wrecked since the beginning of summer. The back end is wrapped in plastic and duct tape. At least one of the taillights is broken. The car has not been moved for at least 3 weeks.
I have called 911 numerous times for all of the above, and will continue to do so.
It may be wishful thinking on my part, but I believe if we could address these offenses on a consistent basis, the violators would get the message - The neighborhood has had enough. It’s time to clean up your act and be a responsible resident of the area, or move on.
Before anyone tells me we don’t have the manpower to do this, I remind you at the beginning of summer numerous dog owners were ticketed at the lakefront for weeks at a time for not having their dogs properly licensed. (and no, I was not one that was ticketed and fined)
If we can find the manpower to do that, we can find the manpower to address these other quality of life issues. It will help make our neighborhoods cleaner and safer and increase the revenue for the City of Chicago at the same time.
bosworth said:
"I walk around the neighborhood daily, and I have seen cars parked illegally at a stop sign and a yellow curb. I have witnessed cars in this situation for up to 48 hours without a ticket."
Not to get too far off topic, but I have wondered for a long time if you are still not supposed to park at corners that have the old yellow-painted curbs. We have all the no parking signs from here to wherever on the corners now, and I was told from someone at Moore's office once that they started putting up the signs because repainting the curbs was expensive to upkeep. So do you need to adhere to both? Obviously you would by a fire hydrant, but what about a street that just has a painted corner?
I'd also echo the sentiment from others here in appreciating the work the police do, and I'm glad they caught those kids. We would be able to do wonders here with better leadership.
Wow. . .I was walking by there on my way to choir rehearsal not long after that happened.
So much crazy nonsense has always gone on around that 7-11. I'm glad this time, it was stopped.
bosworth says "I see people performing auto maintenance on the street, including changing oil and antifreeze and allowing it to drain into the city sewer system."
Well I just saw a pothole in the alley behind Pratt 5 steps off Glenwood that is filled with some light blue liquid and this AINT natural.....whatever it is, I'm sure it is toxic!
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