By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News
For years, Rahm Emanuel has resisted pressure to add more cops to the police dept budget because it’s so expensive.
Now, in this summer’s terrible cycle of street violence and with some of the city’s pension problems solved with new money, the mayor is sounding like, but not quite confirming he’s ready to spend the money to add more cops to the budget.
“To put additional resources, and we will have the resources for more officers. But it’s not just more officers. It is a complex problem with multi-dimensional facets to it, but fundamentally it’s not just about more police, but it will include that. It’s also about more resources for our children, more resources for our neighborhoods and stiffer laws that reflect the values of our city.”
The question is, will the new resources actually raise the number of cops in the budget? The mayor promised to be more specific in a major address on crime scheduled for Sept 23rd.
@ 2016 WLS-AM News
