Chicago alternative policing strategy caps is a community driven policing strategy designed for the chicago police department that aims to bridge the gap between the police force and the citizens of chicago.
Chicago police caps program.
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.
Community alerts community information help us solve these crimes press releases wanted 19th district area north caps chicago police community alert community policing cpd community alert wanted for leaving the scene fatal traffic crash ja388677 6th dist.
Guidelines for participating businesses.
Child passenger safety program.
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.
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.
As a chicago police officer for the past 13 years i have had the opportunity to work in several units and districts.
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.
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.
That strategy recognizes that police residents and other neighborhood stakeholders and other city agencies have to work together to address all the conditions that can lead to crime.
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.
Beat community meetings are a key part of the caps strategy of partnerships and problem solving.
More about caps what is caps.