{"id":17995,"date":"2020-08-05T18:34:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T23:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?page_id=17995"},"modified":"2020-08-05T18:34:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T23:34:12","slug":"cpd-launches-community-safety-team-critical-incident-response-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?page_id=17995","title":{"rendered":"CPD Launches Community Safety Team &#038; Critical Incident Response Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11799 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CAPS-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Sudden and rapid increases in the rate of index crimes have occurred citywide in recent weeks, and Chicagoans are understandably concerned about their safety. In response, Chicago Police\u00a0Department Superintendent David Brown has announced the launch of two new citywide teams that focus on combating violent crime, strengthening community relationships, and ensuring the\u00a0safety of residents during large-scale events, marches, and demonstrations.<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The<strong>\u00a0Community Safety Team<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Critical Incident Response Team<\/strong>\u00a0will work to improve public safety throughout Chicago, with the Community Safety Team focusing on strengthening\u00a0community partnerships, and the Critical Incident Response Team concentrating on large, public events. Officers working on the teams come from Area Gang, Gun, Saturation, and Community\u00a0Area Response teams.<\/p>\n<p>The new Community Safety Team is designed to partner with local stakeholders to address violence, neighborhood concerns, and ongoing conflicts. The Community Safety Team consists of\u00a0nearly 300 officers who will be deployed to scenes of shootings and robberies throughout the city, and will also work with community-based organizations, faith leaders, and neighborhood\u00a0leaders to address the inequalities and injustice that seed the bitter fruits of violent crime.<\/p>\n<p>The new Critical Incident Response Team consists of approximately 250 officers and is responsible for ensuring the safety of residents and visitors during times of mass gatherings. This unit\u00a0will undergo specialized training and supervision, and will operate with appropriate field protocols for maintaining a presence at lawful gatherings (e.g., expressions of First Amendment rights), separate and distinct from an\u00a0appropriate response to unlawful criminal activity (e.g., looting, mob actions, multiple offender incidents). As part of the new citywide team, the Department\u2019s bike teams and the detail unit now fall under Critical Incident\u00a0Response Team.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the <strong>Strategic Decision Support Center<\/strong> continues to supplement street resources, and can be quickly realigned as needed, to focus on rapidly developing events. The SDSC has been instrumental in a number of\u00a0recent arrests downtown, and has acted upon information provided by concerned citizens. As always, residents are urged to call 911 to report any illegal activity they may have observed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudden and rapid increases in the rate of index crimes have occurred citywide in recent weeks, and Chicagoans are understandably concerned about their safety. In response, Chicago Police\u00a0Department Superintendent David Brown has announced the launch of two new citywide teams that focus on combating violent crime, strengthening community relationships, and ensuring the\u00a0safety of residents during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17995","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}