As a chicago police officer for the past 13 years i have had the opportunity to work in several units and districts.
Chicago police caps program.
Caps is a unique philosophy that borrows from the experiences of other cities but also breaks important new ground in meeting the needs of the chicago police department and the chicago community.
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More about caps what is caps.
In chicago the chicago alternative policing strategy caps office promotes strong and vital partnerships between the police residents and city agencies to proactively identify and solve neighborhood crime problems.
The partnership between police and community is the foundation of chicago s own philosophy of community policing known as caps the chicago alternative policing strategy.
Beat community meetings are a key part of the caps strategy of partnerships and problem solving.
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What makes caps innovative is that it brings the police the community and other city agencies together to identify and solve neighborhood crime problems rather than simply react to their symptoms after the fact.
Caps started in 1993 as a pilot program in five of the 25 police districts in chicago englewood marquette austin morgan park and rogers park after a realization that the community and police were becoming increasingly isolated from one another throughout chicago since the early.
Shootings and slayings continue to plague chicago even after mayor rahm emanuel and police superintendent garry mccarthy said they would restructure the city s long standing caps program to better.
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Beginning in 1993 the chicago police department has been committed to implementing a comprehensive community policing strategy caps that is designed to make residents an active partner in preventing and reducing crime in all of chicago s neighborhoods.