Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Thursday, September 22, 2016.
The most dangerous police district has the youngest and least experienced cops
The 11th police district, which includes Garfield Park on the west side, is the most dangerous in the city, with the highest murder rate. It also has the youngest and most inexperienced police officers in the city, with more than a third of those assigned having served less than five years in CPD. “You’re putting your least-experienced officers in the situations that really call for the most experience and best judgment,” Sam Walker, a police expert and professor at the University of Nebraska, told the Marshall Project. [The Marshall Project and City Bureau]
