Private police in the city of Chicago

By the heading, you might think that this will be about Chicago chokes. No, I have not heard anything about their Choops, but this is a new idea that Chicago Tribune reported on Wednesday.

Briefly and without embellishment about the general situation. Chicago is a heterogeneous city (as is customary in America) in the sense of comfort and security. In some areas, they are worse with this. As is customary in America, these are the southern regions. There are all sorts of Gangs of varying degrees of ominous and organization (lovers to study their names - welcome here ). Previously, everything was civilized: they are in the south, and in Dauntown comfort and safety.

But recently, harmony squinted. It got to the point that the bursts of improper social activity were a couple of times even on Magnify Mile, that is, on the northern part of the main Michigan Avenue in the city, on a magic-loud mile, where there are chic stores and all that other else. In the photo in the headline - its beginning, a mile there right right to the right (last year’s picture, Marilyn - and this is now - now it is no longer worth it, they took it to California).

Problems began with the above -end. Well, in distant suburbs, this is understandable, more often, but cases of an offending mess began to be celebrated already in the very center of Dautowan, on a lupa (The Loop) - on a loop that is a circular (conditionally) overpass along which trains rush (and under it - cars). The police are not enough both on Mile and the Lupa, but why - everyone already knows that these are places of comfort and bliss, where they behave decently.

What to do? The answer is to "strengthen the police" is true in principle, but not constructive. Yes, the Chicago police understands that stability is violated and this is bad, but there is nowhere to take money from. Yes, of course, they are trying to knock them out all the time, but it turns out not always. The last time, six months ago, the mayor promised only to improve financing so that in the southern part there were a little more patrols. No more.

Now, on April 3, the Chicago Tribun was informed ( Alderman Pitches Plan to Pay for Police on Michigan Avenue) that Olderman Brendan Raili believes that all the business there and all others who are renting a magic mile could throw up and hire additional cops. In principle, it is reasonable: if someone is renting there, then he will have money.

But there is a nuance. This idea somehow indirectly refers to the historical past: well, organized defense by citizens of their places of residence from everyone there. Only here is not personally, but - as they say in Russia - through crowdsourcing. Because this means not only to impose a tribute to tenants and owners of real estate on Mag Mile. Railey recalled: " People gave millions of dollars to build a Millennium park . Other people like to place their names on signs in museums of Grant Park. There are just the same people who will be happy to make a donation for it ." With such an addition, the idea no longer looks like a way to pull out money from the tenants of offices on Mile, and Raili is just not necessary.

Further, in principle, technical details, but they are interesting. Raili's proposal was not to say - but how great it would be. It was meant that it is necessary to adopt a local bill, which will allow the police to enter into non -profit relations on this subject. Of course, we are not talking about attracting acting police officers to the supervision, those who are in reserve were meant. Since everything is specifically there, they immediately appreciated the price of the issue - they believe that $ 30 for duty "would be fair."

Of course, such people will be in uniform, but they should work under the control of official police officers, and no one on the street will know which of the cops is full -time and who is the attracted reservist. Apparently, the last punt concerns the difference in their rights, which - of course - are wider among the regular ones. In general, the main function of freelance will simply consist in their presence - this will restrain the informat impulses of individual citizens. They are unlikely that they will not be able to detain someone before the appearance of a cop, which will already arrange the detention officially.

Here, referring to the Russian experience, we can assume that, in no way, in Chicago they decided to create chokes. But again, the nuance: it is not at all that additional cops will guard the entrances to the buildings, they will look after the whole street. Hence the option of using the idea: what, in fact, Russian chopovtsy, that they are sitting there in their shops on, say, Tver? We would go out into the street and, in general, there would be no special need to stick inside, and people are generally calmer. Well, okay, the Moscow police on Tverskaya will always have enough people, well, if in the areas? It is unlikely that this walking is feasible, although it is difficult to understand why.

However, you can understand. Somehow this is due to the openness of the whole and relations between the police and the city in particular. For example, in Chicago there is a WBez radio. What is it for Russian money - not to say, there is another format. At least the subject. And then they have such an option there, approximately " where exactly we have bandules?"). This is an annually updated reference card, which indicates in which quarters of the city the Gangs act. Here, I would have done such a Moscow radio station ... A normal city option. However, the data for the card there is taken from the Chicago police department (CPD), and in Moscow, perhaps, in the Internal Affairs Directorate they would say that there was no need to worry people once again.

Of course, making such a card is still time -consuming and there is still no ideal in the relationship of the press and the police (further for those who are interested in), “The CPD's Online Data Portal, Clearpath, Presents All Manner of Data for the Public and Allings You TO, For Example, Plot Out Homicides OcCurred Whithin a Particular Neighborhood. No Current WebSite Accomplined that Either. The Chicago Crime Commission.

However, the CPD Clearpath website, whose meaning is declared as " partnership between management and the city community " looks very constructive. But here, of course, the Moscow Internal Affairs Directorate should adopt the experience.