[Kenmore]

Originally Posted by emathias

I'm not in a position to expertly evaluate the CPD, but just as a liberal citizen who does like and respect police in general I found it disturbing when the CPD was shown to have what can only be described as a torture station, and when they tried to cover up the shooting of an unarmed young male, and I believe that the destruction things like that cause when it comes to community relations is a direct contributor to a homicide clearance rate of less than 1 in 5. I'm not sorry to state unequivocally that only solving 17.5% of murders is completely unacceptable and can't possibly be read as anything except poor police culture. If you want to make excuses, the clearance rate in Los Angeles is over 70% and in Dallas, which is famous for good community relations, it's nearly 60%. So I can't imagine anything close to a reasonable excuse for a clearance rate of 17.5% for homicides in Chicago.

on point^