{"id":21506,"date":"2021-09-17T13:05:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T18:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?p=21506"},"modified":"2021-09-17T13:05:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T18:05:48","slug":"community-alert-form-alderman-brian-hopkins-ward-02-large-gatherings-of-vehicles-downtown-traffic-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?p=21506","title":{"rendered":"Community Alert Form Alderman Brian Hopkins &#8211; Ward 02: Large Gatherings of Vehicles &#038;\u00a0Downtown Traffic Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9895\" src=\"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/11bed408-f877-4390-8481-1277aa80e5b5-300x75.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" \/><\/p>\n<p>September 17, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Dear Neighbors,<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the day I have been discussing last night\u2019s surge of car caravans with local\u00a0police commanders and Superintendent David Brown. The 2nd Ward office has received a\u00a0large number of concerns about the lack of police control over the roadways last night.<\/p>\n<p>The danger of roadways being closed by celebratory traffic, and the impact that has for\u00a0emergency vehicles, cannot be overstated. It was very difficult for police and emergency\u00a0resources to move throughout the city last night. Due to major roadways an intersections\u00a0being blocked, many emergency vehicles were not able to travel through neighborhood\u00a0zones. This unplanned and unpermitted activity endangers residents experiencing health\u00a0or safety emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>I ask the greater Chicago community to refrain from joining any large car caravans in the\u00a0downtown area and along major roadways this evening and this weekend. Please\u00a0celebrate responsibly, and with respect for your fellow Chicago neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>I will continue to share concerns, reports, and video submitted by 2nd Ward residents\u00a0with the police command structure as they work to coordinate a city-wide crime and\u00a0safety strategy, and will remain an advocate for consistent and adequate police coverage\u00a0in our 2nd Ward neighborhoods.<br \/>\nSincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Alderman Brian Hopkins<br \/>\n2nd Ward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 17, 2021 Dear Neighbors, Throughout the day I have been discussing last night\u2019s surge of car caravans with local\u00a0police commanders and Superintendent David Brown. The 2nd Ward office has received a\u00a0large number of concerns about the lack of police control over the roadways last night. The danger of roadways being closed by celebratory traffic, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=21506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}