[NBCBAYAREA] A philanthropist or business could sponsor a police beat and put more off-duty cops on the streets under a plan being put forth by a downtown reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
politician on the City Council.
Alderman Brendan Reilly originally pitched the idea last October but is pushing it again following weekend incidents of teen mob activity on the Magnificent Mile, an upscale area of the city.
Under his plan, off-duty officers would work minimum six-hour shifts and make $30 an hour. The money would be paid by businesses, civic groups and churches at a time when city finances are stretched thin. The officers would be in full uniform and under the command of police supervisors.
"This is a way to make use of well-trained coppers who are moonlighting doing other things, bringing them back on the street to do what they do best, which is great police work," Reilly said. |