Happy Easter (2013)!

Good morning, everyone, and Happy Easter to everyone! It's 1:30am. It's a partly cloudy with temps in the lower 40s, and today will get into the lower 50s. I plan on doing a special monitoring schedule today in observation of Easter, and then covering 14 tomorrow for the month of April. Here's crime for portions of this Easter, and I hope all of you have a joyous holiday.

1:44am - Gang disturbance. 29XX N Lawndale. Group throwing up gang signs.

1:57am - Loud music disturbance. 27XX N Monticello. Loud party.

2:17am - Loud music disturbance. 30XX N Avers.

3:25am - Traffic accident. North and Pulaski. Two cars, injures.

3:56am - Burglar alarm. 31XX N Lawndale.

4:32am - I'm going to go for the night. I may or may not be back later. If not, I'll see you all tomorrow.

5:10am - I'm back for a little bit. We've got Shots Fired in the area....

5:11am - Shots Fired. Ridgeway and Diversey. Eight shots heard. I called this in, as I heard eight shots.

5:12am - Shots Fired. Diversey and Lawndale. Multiple calls. Two male Hispanics in black were seen running towards Monticello on Diversey, four to five shots have been fired.

5:15am - Beat car 2534Robert is giving a slow down on the "Shots Fired". They don't see or hear anything.

5:18am - 2534R is coding it out as a 19P. They drove around and couldn't find anything. With that, I'm going to go until later or tomorrow. See you all.

Large Brawl On Hamlin Last Night

Hello, everyone. I know some of you were wondering why there were so many CPD sirens and squad cars in the western part of Avondale last night around 8:15pm, and I know why. About that time, a large brawl broke out on the 2900 block of N Hamlin with a large group involved. I have all the details below, so please read and let me know if you have any insight or information on this. If you just want to make a comment on it, a relevant one of course, that is fine, too.....

8:03pm - Burglar alarm. 29XX N Hamlin.

8:13pm - Beat car 2521 needs more cars at the 8:03pm job. There's a large crowd in front. They're all in front of 2947 on Hamlin, not the initial address that was called in, that's a few doors down.

8:14pm - Beat car 2533 and Beat 2520 are on the way to Hamlin.

8:16pm - A slow down is being given at the 8:03pm job per 2533. Everything's okay.

8:18pm - Someone's headed towards Avers from Wellington. They're running from 2533.

8:19pm - The guy went east from the yards at 3023 on Hamlin.

8:20pm - Southbound through the alley. Wanted is a male Black, 5'8, baseball hat, gray hoodie and black sweatpants is the offender.

8:21pm - Apparently this guy fled as soon as CPD arrived on scene.

8:23pm - Beat 2573 is taking a few in from this whole thing.

8:24pm - Beat 2500, 25th District Commander, is on scene on Hamlin.

8:25pm - 2533 had an O.C. discharge from this. Taser was also fired twice.

8:27pm - Dispatch wants to know if this whole incident is related to the burglar alarm. 2520 says yes and no, he'll let her know later.

8:31pm - Beat 2599, the Watch Commander, wants a supervisor to call him. 2520 will.

8:35pm - Okay, they're taking in some people, but it sounds like everything's clearing up. The only cars on the incident now are the ones taking in arrests. With that, I'm done covering this incident.

Males Chasing People On George, Parker On 2523's Bt.

Good morning, everyone, it's 10am. It's a sunny day with temps in the lower 40s, and today will be around 60 with sunny skies. Perfect late March weather if you ask me. I'm glad it's spring now, though. Hopefully it stays warm. Well, I'm monitoring 25 today from now until midnight. I'm monitoring the western part of the 'hood because it's where most of the violence seems to occur on the warmer days. Tomorrow, I'll be on a special schedule in observation of Easter, then I'll be covering 14 on Monday. With that, here's crime for today.

10:25am - Disturbance. 3900 W George. Group of eight guys are drinking and are armed with baseball bats, chasing people. Great, what a start to the day....

10:30am - Beat 2544 is talking to a couple of guys in the alley at 28XX N Springfield from the George job, they don't have baseball bats or nothing, though, and probably aren't the same guys.

10:32am - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

10:35am - I have to go out for a little bit. I'll be back soon.

11:28am - I'm back. Hello, everyone.

11:31am - Battery. Fullerton and Springfield. By the Jimenez store. Caller was hit in the face.

12:33pm - Fire. 23XX N Keystone. Someone's burning wood in the backyard.

12:52pm - Fire. 2500 N Pulaski Rd. Car.

1:43pm - Arson. 2443 N Pulaski. Car was set on fire a little bit ago.

1:51pm - Gang disturbance. 3701 W Diversey. Group of seven in front.

2:07pm - I'm going to go for the day. I have other things I need to do. I'll see you all tomorrow. Have a good day, everyone!

Happy Good Friday, 2013

Good morning, everyone, it's 9:40am. Happy Good Friday to all, especially to my fellow Christian brothers and sisters. For those of you who are of the Catholic and Christian faiths, as you know, this is an important day in the faith. For all of the others, as well as those of you who aren't religious, it's just another Friday. In observation of the holiday, though, I will be doing limited monitoring today. I will be monitoring 14 from now until 9:50, then 25 from 10:40 to 10:50. I will then return in the afternoon with 25 at 5:10, until 5:20, then 14 from 6:10 to 6:20, and finally, 17 from 6:50 to 7. I monitored 17 from 9am to 9:10 already and didn't hear anything. With that, here's crime for a limited portion of today.

9:40am - Burglar alarm. 18XX N Washtenaw.

9:49am - Disturbance. 29XX N Milwaukee Ave. Problem with the neighbor who put dirt on the caller's property.

9:50am - I'm going to go until 10:40. I'll be back then. See you all in a little while.

10:40am - I'm back until 10:50, with 25.

10:50am - I'm going to go until 5:10. I'll be back then. Have a great morning and start to the afternoon, everyone!

5:10pm - I'm back. Good afternoon, everyone. Beautiful day we have here.

5:20pm - I'm going to go until 6:10. I'll be back then with 14. See you all in a little bit.

6:10pm - I'm back, with 14, until 6:20.

6:18pm - 1) Traffic accident. North and Elston. Car VS motorcycle, injures. 2) Traffic accident. Western and Fullerton.

6:20pm - I'm going to go until 6:50. I'll be back then. See you all in a little bit.

6:35pm - I just want to remind those of you who are Catholic or Christian to remember to be thankful today. It might look sad to hear about His story, but remember that He did rise again :).

6:45pm - I know a majority of you are probably not religious, or certainly Christians, but for Easter, I would like to cordially invite everyone to come to Evangel World Outreach Center on Sunday for either our 8:30am or 10:30am service. This is the church I belong to. Services are currently being held at Foreman High School, 3245 N LeClaire. These services promise to bring you an inspiring Easter message, uplifting music, friendly people and a free Easter basket for all children who attend Children's Church. It's going to be a good day. Hope to see everyone there!

6:50pm - I'm back, with 17, until 7.

7:00pm - I'm gone for the night. I'll see you all tomorrow morning. Have a good night, everyone!

Shots Fired At Point/California Overnight

Good evening, everyone. I know this information might be a bit late, and I apologize for that. There were shots fired this morning around 2:15am at Point and California, on CAPS Beat 1431 and Zone E of the crime blog. According to a comment I received on it, a neighbor heard six shots in "quick, regular succession", then saw that Chicago Police had a house on Point taped up afterwards.

Does anyone else know what happened, or heard anything? If you have any information on this incident, or any kind of insight in regards to it, don't hesitate to leave a comment here, on the Facebook page or at my crime blog email address.

Thanks!

Tim AKA "Timmy"

Traffic Stop On Central Park, Man Goes Into Vacant Building On Lawndale

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It's a clear overnight with temps in the mid 30s, and today will be sunny with temps in the mid 40s. Should be interesting. I'm monitoring Zones H and R today (between Palmer and North Ave., basically everything east of Kostner). I'm only going to monitor until 12:15am or so, then I plan on going to bed until 6, at which time I'll return with my coverage until 1:20pm. At 1:20, I will take a break until 4, at which time I will blog again until 9:44, and once 9:44 comes around, that will be my conclusion mark for today. I will be flyering the Zone H area this morning between 7:30 and 10:30, if anyone would like to come join me. Tomorrow, I will be on a special schedule for Good Friday, as well as on Easter. Not quite sure what my schedule will be for Saturday just yet. In any event, here's crime for portions of today.

12:27am - Beat car 2535Robert has a traffic stop at 16XX N Central Park.

2:02am - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back at 6. Have a good overnight, everyone!

8:46am - I'm back with Zones H and R. Good morning, everyone. Sorry I'm late.

9:11am - Criminal trespass. 19XX N Lawndale. Male going into the vacant building.

12:21pm - I know a majority of you are probably not religious, or certainly Christians, but for Easter, I would like to cordially invite everyone to come to Evangel World Outreach Center on Sunday for either our 8:30am or 10:30am service. This is the church I belong to. Services are currently being held at Foreman High School, 3245 N LeClaire. These services promise to bring you an inspiring Easter message, uplifting music, friendly people and a free Easter basket for all children who attend Children's Church. It's going to be a good day. Hope to see everyone there!

1:20pm - I'm going to go until 4. I'll see you all then. Have a good afternoon, everyone.

4:00pm - I'm back. Good afternoon, everyone.

5:25pm to 6:42pm - I fell asleep. I'm sorry, guys. I'll monitor this time period on Saturday.

6:42pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

6:55pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

9:44pm - Just FYI to everyone, but there were some calls earlier around 5pm of a group of teens in the Kelvyn Park area throwing rocks and what not. With that, this concludes my coverage of Zones H and R for tonight.

9:58pm - Theft. 29XX N Avers. Someone just stole the caller's dog.

10:25pm - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone!

Man Causing Problems On California, CTA Checks On Blue Line

Good morning, everyone, it's 9:58am. It's a cloudy morning with temps in the mid 30s, and it will remain that way today. I'm monitoring 14 from now until 11:21am, then will switch over to 25 until 1:20pm. At 1:20, I will be limiting my coverage to Zones H and R for the rest of today. These two Zones basically cover 25 from Palmer to North Ave., all points east of Kostner. Zone H is the priority area, but it's a little too small to monitor by itself, at least for now. I will also be flyering the Zone H area tomorrow. Then, I will be doing a special schedule for all three Districts on Good Friday and on Easter, respectively. I will not be monitoring all that much both days because I will be in church and reflecting on my beliefs. With that, here's crime for today.

10:05am - Disturbance. 29XX N California. Man causing a ruckus.

10:32am - Some call in the area.

10:43am - A 14th District unit is doing an "L" check at the Western Blue Line station.

11:00am - Beat 1462Adam asks for two event numbers. One for a CTA check at the Logan Square Blue Line station and the other one for a gang suppression mission on the 10 sector. CTA check is 05059 and the suppression is 05068.

11:08am - Battery. 20XX N Oakley. Caller's husband was hit by the neighbor's son.

11:21am - I'm now switching over to 25 until 1:20. My coverage of 14 is officially concluded for this month.

12:11pm - Narcotics. On the 20 sector in 25.

1:20pm - I'm now only monitoring Zones H and R, until 4. I have a Beat meeting this evening I'm attending then I'm going to my church straight after for a little while.

3:33pm - Parker. On 2535's Beat.

3:54pm - Reckless driver. On 2525's Beat.

3:55pm - Reckless driver. Armitage and Keeler. This is from the 3:54pm parker.

4:00pm - Okay, my coverage for now is done. I plan on being back at 9:30. I'll see you all then. Have a great afternoon, everyone!

9:44pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

10:10pm - Battery in progress. Pulaski and Palmer. Group fighting in a car.

Two Teens Play With Gun On Hamlin, Female Steals From CTA Bus On Kimball

Good morning, everyone, it's 10am. It's a mostly cloudy morning with temps in the mid 30s, and will remain that way. Today, I'm monitoring 17 for all of you good residents North of Belmont. Tomorrow, I will be covering 14 from 9:58am to 11:21, then 25 from 11:21 to 1:20pm. At 1:20, I will be implementing my coverage of Zones H and R (basically, everything between Palmer and North from Kostner to Central Park in 25). Zone H is a priority area, but it's a bit small to cover by itself, at least for now. I will also be monitoring these two areas on Thursday, and will be flyering the Zone H area then as well. Anyway, I'm on Spring Break from class, as you all might tell. I only have a week off, though. I can't wait to get this semester done and over with in May. My mid-term grades are okay, but could be a lot better. Two Cs, a B and an A is what I got. I'm going to try my best to have those as all As by finals. With that, here's crime for today.

11:44am - Person w/ a gun. 32XX N Hamlin. Two male Hispanic teens, one with a white jacket and the other with a blue jacket and both with blue jeans, are passing around a gun in the alley.

1:36pm - Theft in progress. 3407 N Kimball. Female Black in a brown jacket stole some items then jumped on a CTA bus headed north towards Addison on Kimball.

1:37pm - EMS run. 3440 N Elston.

1:38pm - Beat 1762Adam has a bus stopped up by Waveland and Kimball.

1:39pm - 1762A is saying it's not the bus after all.

5:39pm - Wires down. 3000 block of W Addison. Power lines attached to the pole are dangling, they're not on fire or sparkling. ComEd's been notified.

7:08pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:26pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

7:30pm - Parker. On 1732's Beat.

8:00pm - I'm too tired to stay awake, so with that, I'm going to end my coverage of 17 for tonight. I'll pick up from this time period either sometime this week or on Saturday. Have a good night, everyone!

Neighbor Breaking Into Car On Palmer, Landlord-Involved Accident On Diversey

Good morning, everyone, it's 8:04am. It's a cloudy morning with temps in the lower 30s, and it'll get into the upper 30s with clouds, I guess. I'm monitoring 25 from now until 9:58am, then I'm going to monitor 14 from then until 1:14pm. At 1:14, I will conclude my blogging for the day until 8:25, at which time I'll return with 25 until midnight. With that, here's crime for portions of today.

8:09am - Theft in progress. 37XX W Palmer. Male Hispanic neighbor with a white t-shirt and blue jeans is trying to break into the caller's car.

9:02am - I just want to make a public apology regarding yesterday's post. If you didn't read yesterday's post, I wrote down a "disturbance w/ a mental" call involving a teenager suffering from a bi-polar disorder and it happened to be the first call I heard, so I made the title "Bi-polar Teen At Group Home On Sawyer". I already apologized in the comments section in that post, but I want to also make one here. I am sorry if anyone was offended by the post and that will not happen again next time. I did not mean to bring any further stereotype to the bi-polar name.

9:08am - Traffic accident. 3943 W Diversey. Landlord was involved.

11:21am - I totally forgot to cover 14 until now, but here's coverage of 14 now, until 1:14. On Wednesday, I'll cover 14 from 9:58 to 11:21.

11:26am - Disturbance. 2468 W Armitage.

11:32am - Traffic accident. Milwaukee and Talman. Injures.

11:35am - Beat 1495 needs some traffic control over at Milwaukee/Talman. Beat car 1432 is heading over to assist.

11:40am - Beat 1406Boy is on a street stop at 2820 W Armitage. Event number is 05673.

12:19pm - Some call in the area.

12:42pm - Burglar alarm. 23XX W Oakdale.

1:14pm - I'm going to go until 8:25, at which time I'll return with 25. I hope all of you have a great start to your afternoon!

8:25pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

9:35pm - A unit has a stop at Monticello and Fullerton.

10:20pm - Some call in the area, on the south end, on either 2525's or 2535's Beats.

12:00am - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back with 17 in the morning. Have a good night, everyone!

Bi-Polar Teen At Group Home On Sawyer, Parker In 14

Good morning, everyone, it's 7:58am. It's a cloudy morning with temps in the lower 30s, and it will remain that way today. Anyway, I'll be monitoring Zone G (Armitage to North Ave., Kimball to Humboldt) from now until 9:34, then I'll just be covering 14 from 9:34 until 1:14pm. At 2, I will be switching over to 25 until 8:25, then I'll cover 14 again after 8:25 until midnight. This wraps up my Zone G coverage for the next several weeks, as now I have to target the other "priority" areas with my monitoring, then start monitoring the non-priority areas. Zone H (Palmer to Armitage [Keeler to Pulaski]/Bloomingdale [Pulaski to Hamlin], Keeler [Palmer to Armitage]/Pulaski [Armitage to Bloomingdale] to Hamlin) is next in line for my monitoring sequence, and I will be doing that on Wednesday and Thursday. When I do monitor Zone H, I will also be monitoring Zone R (Palmer to Bloomingdale [Pulaski to Hamlin] to North Ave., Pulaski [North Ave. to Bloomingdale]/Hamlin [Bloomingdale to Palmer] to Central Park), which is a non-priority Zone. At the end of next week, on April 6th, I will start coverage of Zone D (Armitage to North Ave., California to Damen). With that, here's crime for today.

9:24am - Disturbance w/ a mental. 1900 N Sawyer. At the group home. 17 year old having a bi-polar episode.

9:34am - Zone G coverage on my end has officially concluded for the next several weeks. I thank all of you for tuning in and reading. Now, I will be monitoring all of 14 until 1:14.

9:45am - Parker. Somewhere in the area.

9:58am - As it turns out, I have to be at church today and my microphone equipment is not working today :(. I'll be back later. In any case, I will be covering 14 from now until 1:14 at this time tomorrow. I'm so sorry, guys. Have a good morning, everyone!

1:18pm - I'm back, with 25. Good afternoon, everyone.

3:10pm - Traffic accident. 4131 W Belmont. Hit-and-run, non-drivable.

3:15pm - Fire. 25XX N Central Park. Smell of smoke.

5:23pm - Parker. On 2535's Beat.


5:45pm - Parker. 1900 block of N Harding. Permits.

6:26pm - 1) Parker. On 2523's Beat. 2) Disturbance. 24XX N Monticello. Four males hanging out in the alley, drinking.

6:45pm - Beat 2505 is doing a park check at Kelvyn.

6:48pm - Burglar alarm. 3160 N Milwaukee Ave. At the Copernicus Center.

7:09pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:22pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

8:25pm - I'm back with 14.

9:35pm - EMS run. 31XX N Christiana. Man down on the ground complaining of pain on his right side.

10:39pm - Didn't hear a job or anything come out from this location, but Beat car 1411Robert needs another car at 31XX N Richmond. Beat car 1414R is on the way.

10:42pm - A slow down is being given at the 10:39pm thing, per Beat 1462Boy.

11:18pm - Beat 1471R has a traffic stop at Altgeld and California.

12:00am - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back in the morning. Have a good night, everyone!

Skirmish At V-Live Breaks Out, Focus Mission On Bts. 1421 And 1422 (Zone G)

Good morning, everyone, it's 2:45am. It's a clear overnight with temps in the lower 30s, and today will get to around 40 with sunshine. I'm monitoring 14 in general for right now, for a little while, then I plan on coming back at 7:58am with Zone G (Armitage to North Ave., Kimball to Humboldt) until 1:14pm. At 1:14, until 6:21, I'm going to once again cover 14 in general. Then I will cover 14 in general again for one last time from 8:10 to 8:25. After 8:25, until midnight, I will cover Zone G again. Anyway, I'm on Spring Break from class this coming week, so I have some time to myself, and I'll be able to blog just about daily, if not daily. Finally, I will be flyering the Zone G area this morning. Here's crime for today.

2:46am - Beat car 1431Robert has some kind of on-view at the V-Live, 2047 N Milwaukee. Whatever it is, he needs more cars. LOTS of yelling and screaming going on in his background. Beat cars 1432R, 1433R, 1434R are being asked to go. Also, Beat car 1421R is going, along with Beats 1480 and 1481Adam.

2:47am - It's really getting out of hand at V-Live. Units are being asked to step it up going.

2:48am - 1480 is giving a slow down at V-Live. The skirmish is calming down.

3:20am - I'm going back to sleep. Have a good overnight, everyone, and I'll be back in the morning.

9:34am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone. Sorry I'm late. I'm monitoring Zone G from now until 1:14. I'll monitor the Zone G area from 7:58 to 9:34 tomorrow morning. I've pushed back my flyering of the Zone G area until early this afternoon.

10:40am - Beat 1461David is doing a focus mission on 1421's and 1422's Beats. Event number is 05748.

10:53am - 1461D is dispersing three for gang loitering at 32XX W Wabansia. Console time is 10:53 and the event number is 05925.

12:14pm - Disturbance. 1900 N Sawyer. At the group home. Abusive staff member.

1:14pm - My coverage of Zone G is now concluded, until 8:25. I'm now listening to all of 14 until 6:21.

1:16pm - Parker. 17XX N Wolcott. Car with a plate of 585932 is blocking the alley.

1:17pm - Parker. 1800 block of N Wolcott. Black car violating the permit parking.

1:38pm - Burglar alarm. 32XX W Wabansia.

1:41pm - Reckless driver. North and Kedzie. Car headed towards Wabansia on Kedzie is speeding at a high rate.

1:55pm - Traffic accident. 2310 W Logan Blvd.

2:11pm - Disturbance w/ a mental. 3030 W Fullerton. At the Logan Square Library. 48 year old man was feeling suicidal, EMS took her to Norwegian though already.

2:58pm - EMS run. Damen/Milwaukee Ave./North Ave. Man down on the ground, unable to get up.

2:59pm - Beat 1461Charlie has a street stop at 2925 W Armitage.

3:01pm - 1461C is taking two into 14 from their stop.

3:10pm - Beat car 1431 is doing a park check at Haas.

3:20pm - Burglar alarm. 36XX W Wolfram.

3:27pm - Disturbance. 18XX N Campbell. Group of five males sitting on the porch, they don't belong there and they keep passing around a small bag.

3:32pm - Vice complaint. On 1421's Beat.

3:34pm - Beat 1402, 14th District Desk, is pulling an RD number for a type A accident at 2800 N Milwaukee Ave. It's HW203965 with the event number is 09974.

3:58pm - Beat car 1421 has a traffic stop at North and Troy.

4:08pm - Commercial alarm. 3350 W Diversey. At the Bank of America. Walk-up ATM motion.

4:09pm - Commercial alarm. 2211 N Elston.

4:10pm - Burglar alarm. 30XX W Palmer.

4:16pm - Traffic accident. St. Louis and Diversey. Hit-and-run, three cars involved.

4:26pm - Found property. 28XX N Talman. Caller found a wallet.

4:27pm - 1) 1421 has a street stop at 18XX N Drake. They're doing two contact cards. 2) Animal abuse. 19XX N Whipple. They're beating up an animal at this location. Aww :(.

4:33pm - Beat car 1413 has a street stop at Palmer and Lawndale.

4:51pm - Beat car 1411 is at the 4:26pm job, running that victim's name.

4:53pm - 1411's person lives on Davlin in the 3000 block, according to Dispatch.

4:55pm - 1411 is relocating to the Davlin address to give the victim back her stuff.

4:58pm - Panic alarm. 2138 N Milwaukee Ave. At the EZ pawn shop.

5:01pm - Narcotics. On 1412's Beat. Selling.

5:09pm - Commercial alarm. 18XX W Webster.

5:29pm - 1) Beat car 1422 is on a street stop at 18XX N Fransisco. 2) Narcotics. On 1422's Beat. Selling.

5:40pm - Traffic accident. 19XX N Humboldt. Flash Cab #5992 hit a parked sliver Nissan.

5:46pm - Battery in progress. Kedzie and Diversey. 20 people fighting.

5:48pm - A slow down is being given on the 5:46pm job. 1413 is on scene and doesn't see anyone.

5:55pm - The 5:46pm job is a 19Boy.

5:59pm - 1) Commercial alarm. 3260 W Fullerton. At the Social Security office. SW employee office entry motion. 2) Disturbance. 29XX W Belden. Group of males chasing a second group of males. They're headed towards Fransisco.

6:00pm - Parker. 35XX W Diversey. Red Chevy Impala parked at the CTA bus stop.

6:08pm - An RD number is being pulled from the 5:40pm job. It's HW204147 with the event number of 11998.

6:21pm - I'm going to go until 8:10. I'll be back then. Have a great start to your evening, everyone!

8:10pm - I'm back, with 14, until 8:25. Good evening, everyone.

8:11pm - Beat 4564Boy has an on-view accident at McLean and Western involving a taxi. The driver is hurt. EMS needed.

8:12pm - Dispatch is getting Western and Armitage on that accident, multiple calls are coming in.

8:17pm - Beat car 1432 is assigned to the accident.

8:25pm - I'm still listening to 14, but will now be covering only Zone G again (Armitage to North Ave., Kimball to Humboldt), until midnight.

8:58pm - Beat car 1422 is doing a gang suppression mission on their Beat, per Beat 1420.

9:57pm - Hold the phone on that coverage for a moment. We've got a foot chase over in Zone Q (still in 14), at Dickens and Kimball. Beat 1465Adam is in pursuit of a male who's running west on Dickens towards St. Louis.

9:58pm - He's in between 3402 and 3410 on Dickens.

9:59pm - The offender is a male Hispanic, about 5'8, with a black hat and black jacket.

10:00pm - Beat car 1412 says he's hiding in one of the yards. Not sure what he's wanted for yet.

10:01pm - This might be possibly related to an auto theft call that was called in a little bit ago on the 2100 block of N Spaulding.

10:03pm - Beat car 1422Robert has a possible at 3418 W Dickens.

10:07pm - I'm assuming everything's okay on Dickens, so back to just Zone G coverage.

10:10pm - The got the guy. It's a positive per 1465A. Witnesses say that they saw the guy break the car window of the car that was stolen.

10:21pm - Burglar alarm. 3245 W Armitage. At St. Augustine's College.

11:03pm - Hold the phone, again. Beat car 1413R has a potential traffic pursuit beginning. Kimball and Medill. Red car with a plate of R786909 just blew the red light at Fullerton and Central Park, and is now at Kimball/Medill, headed south on Kimball towards Belden.

11:04pm - West on Palmer from St. Louis. What's with 1413's Beat tonight? Everything's happening there. This is in my Zone Q, again.

11:05pm - 1413R is not in pursuit of the vehicle and has actually lost it. They're advising Dispatch to let 25 know about the car, as it's probably crossed Central Park.

11:06pm - Back to just my Zone G coverage, once again.

11:12pm - Open door. 16XX N Spaulding. Abandoned building.

11:42pm - Not in the Zone G area, but Beat 1402 is giving out a flash for a missing that went missing from the 2600 block of W. Homer, over on my Zone D area (Beat 1434). Missing is a female Hispanic named Carmen Garcia, 75 years old, 5'2, 160 lbs, medium build, gray short hair, brown eyes and she's light complected. She was last seen wearing a brown t-shirt with a light green blouse, pink sweater, pink sweatpants, gray/green-striped tennis shoes. She suffers from Alzheimer, high blood pressure and diabetes. She's from Los Angeles and doesn't know her way around Chicago, flew in from O'Hare Airport yesterday. Officers are advised that if they see her, they need to bring her to 14.

12:00am - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back in the morning at 7:58am with more of Zone G coverage. Have a good night, everyone!

Gang Suppression Mission On Beat 1422, Group Fighting On Spaulding

Good morning, everyone, it's 12:52am. It's a clear overnight with temps in the mid 20s, and it will remain this way throughout the night into the early morning hours. Anyway, I'm monitoring Zone G (Armitage to North Ave., Kimball to Humboldt) in 14 this overnight for a little while, then I have to go back to sleep until 6am so I can go to my Science class in the morning. I will be monitoring this area again from 6:34am to about 7:50 or so, then I have to go to class. I should be returning home from class around 2pm, and will monitor again until 5:56. At 5:56, until 8:10, I'm going to monitor the entire 14th District (well, the area I cover in 14 anyway), then finally, at 8:10, until midnight, I'll go back to monitoring this Zone. I also plan on monitoring it somewhat tomorrow, then that will conclude my coverage of it for a couple of weeks. Zone H is the next area I'm going to be targeting with my monitoring. With that, here's crime for portions of today.

1:00am - Beat 1463Boy is doing a gang suppression mission on 1422's Beat.

1:13am - Battery in progress. 19XX N Spaulding. Group fighting on the 2nd floor.

1:18am - Beat car 1422Robert is asking for a call back on Spaulding.

3:28am - Shots Fired. Armitage and Spaulding. Four to five shots heard.

3:31am - Beat 1430R is giving a slow down at Armitage/Spaulding. Nothing seen or heard yet.

3:37am - 1430R just coded the code. 19P.

4:56am - This concludes of my coverage of Zone G until 6:34, but I'm going to listen to all of 14 for a few minutes.

4:58am - There was a prior call about this at 4:51, but there's a battery in progress at 2841 N Milwaukee Ave. Outside of the club. 30 people are reportedly fighting.

5:01am - Beat car 1414R is on scene at the 4:51/4:58 jobs and reports that no one's fighting. They're about to code it.

5:02am - Robbery. 1829 W Cortland. In front of the Drummond school. Caller was just robbed of $3.

5:05am - Okay, I'm going to go for the next 90 minutes or so. I hope everyone has a great start to their morning!

6:34am - I'm back until around 7:50, with Zone G. Good morning, everyone.

6:36am - FYI to everyone, but they're giving out the description from the 5:02am job. Wanted is a male White, 5'7, Spanish accent, big coat and dark crystal eyes. He took $3.

7:58am - I have to go until around 2pm. I'll see you all then. Have a great morning, everyone!

1:14pm - I'm back. Good afternoon, everyone.

2:43pm - Gang disturbance. On 1421's Beat.

3:12pm - Criminal damage. 33XX W Wabansia. Two guys just tagged the building.

4:45pm - Disturbance. 3142 W North Ave. Guy harassing customers at the car wash.

6:00pm to 6:20pm - I fell asleep. I'm sorry, guys. I'll monitor this time period of 14 tomorrow.

6:23pm - Some call in the area.

7:26pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:40pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

7:59pm - Burglary report. 21XX N Point.

8:01pm - Traffic accident. 29XX W Dickens.

8:09pm - 1) Parker. 27XX N Richmond. 2) Check the well being. 3424 W Diversey.

8:10pm - I'm back to just monitoring Zone G.

8:25pm - Sorry guys, but like last night, I'm really sleepy. I promise I'll do better monitoring of Zone G at this time tomorrow night. With that, have a good night, everyone!

Follow-up @ Cortland/Sawyer, Parker In 14

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 5:56pm. It's a sunny afternoon with temps in the mid 30s, and it will remain clear through this evening. Today, as you all know, I've officially implemented my new blogging plan, and I am starting this new plan by monitoring Zone G (Armitage to North Ave., Kimball to Humboldt), which is a Zone in 14. I plan on monitoring this area until 11pm, then I have to go to bed. I'll continue monitoring it tomorrow (I'm also going to monitor 14 in general at this time tomorrow) through at least Saturday, when I go flyer that area. I've explained this a few times, but I will be kind to do so again. I, not the Chicago Police Department, nor OEMC, or CAPS, or etc., have made up the new plan. It was me alone, and it is not boundaries of any Beats, Wards, Districts or hot-spot patrol areas. I made these Zones up based on monitoring and readership demands, and I thought it would be best to break the neighborhood up into Zones so that I have a better idea of areas in the community where I need to focus my monitoring efforts, and this is to give all of you a more localized feel of what's going on in your corner of the communities I serve. Zone G is one of my "priority" Zones, and it's going to be the first area I flyer since it has some of the lowest readership and high crime issues. Zone H (Palmer to Armitage [Keeler to Pulaski]/Bloomingdale [Pulaski to Hamlin], Keeler [Palmer to Armitage]/Pulaski [Armitage to Bloomingdale] to Hamlin) is next in line. With all of that said, here's crime in Zone G for a few hours.

6:13pm - Some unit is doing some kind of follow-up at Cortland and Sawyer.

6:28pm - Parker. On 1495's PDT.

7:06pm - Just a heads up for everyone who lives on Zone L (Belmont to Palmer, Central Park to Sacramento), but there's been a couple of reports of teens fighting at Kedzie and Milwaukee Ave., right in the Square.

7:07pm - Narcotics. On 1422's Beat.

7:17pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:18pm - And just another heads up, this time for the residents who live on Zone K (Belmont to Fullerton [Kilbourn to Keeler]/Palmer [Keeler to Central Park], Kilbourn [Belmont to Fullerton]/Keeler [Fullerton to Palmer] to Central Park), but something occured at Kelvyn Park a little earlier. Not sure what it is, but it sounds kind of serious. Perhaps a shooting, which I'm hoping isn't the case.

7:35pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

8:10pm - I'm too sleepy to continue my monitoring. I'll continue to monitor Zone G tomorrow night from where I'm leaving off. Have a good night, everyone!

Zone Areas For Monitoring

Hello, everyone. Today I am officially implementing the new Zones for the monitoring of crime in our neighborhood that I have been talking about for the last few weeks. I made these Zones according to readership demand, which was the main reason for the poll I had you guys take last month. Zones A, D and F through I will be considered "priority" Zones until mid-June, which means I will be doing most of my monitoring for these areas. ALL Zones will be covered individually at least once every two weeks, and at least two or three Zones at a time will be covered at least once every week. For example, I may monitor Zones A, B and N at the same time on one day, while Zone C might be covered individually on a particular day. However, I do reserve the right to monitor another particular area should a major call/emergency occur (i.e. Shots Fired, a large fight, etc.) when I receive word of it either via the radio or if I see it occur. I hope that by breaking up my monitoring sequence for sections of the neighborhood, I can gain more readers in areas not previously covered all that much, and that it will help current readers to have a more localized insight on crime in their area. I welcome all questions, comments and concerns regarding this new plan. Any petitions/appeals to change boundaries and borders for any one of these Zones will be taken into consideration as long as two or more residents share the same concern, and I will especially take the consideration seriously if I notice high crime trends in a particular area. Once again, I plan on making changes to these Zones by mid-June (between June 17th and 21st-ish), and all new changes should be implemented by July 1st. Another poll and process will occur towards the end of September into October.

Zone A - Armitage to North Ave., Damen to the Chicago River
Zone B - Palmer to Bloomingdale, Leavitt to Wood
Zone C - Palmer to Bloomingdale, Rockwell to Leavitt
Zone D - Armitage to North Ave., California to Damen
Zone E - Palmer to Bloomingdale, Humboldt to Rockwell
Zone F - Wellington to Palmer, Sacramento to Rockwell
Zone G - Armitage to North Ave., Kimball to Humboldt
Zone H - Palmer to Armitage (Keeler to Pulaski)/Bloomingdale (Pulaski to Hamlin), Keeler (Palmer to Armitage)/Pulaski (Armitage to Bloomingdale) to Hamlin
Zone I - Addison to Belmont, Kimball to the Chicago River
Zone J - Addison to Belmont, Pulaski to Kimball
Zone K - Belmont to Fullerton (Kilbourn to Keeler)/Palmer (Keeler to Central Park), Kilbourn (Belmont to Fullerton)/Keeler (Fullerton to Palmer) to Central Park
Zone L - Belmont to Palmer, Central Park to Sacramento
Zone M - Wellington (Rockwell to the Chicago River)/Chicago River to Palmer, Rockwell to the Chicago River (to Leavitt)/Leavitt (the Chicago River to Palmer)
Zone N - The Chicago River to Palmer (Leavitt to Wood)/Armitage (Wood to the Chicago River), Leavitt (the Chicago River to Palmer)/Wood (Palmer to Armitage) to the Chicago River
Zone O - Belmont to Wellington, Sacramento to the Chicago River
Zone P - Bloomingdale to North Ave., Humboldt to California
Zone Q - Palmer to Armitage (Kimball to Sacramento)/North Ave. (Central Park to Kimball), Central Park to Kimball (North Ave. to Armitage)/Sacramento (Armitage to Palmer)
Zone R - Palmer (Hamlin to Central Park)/Bloomingdale (Pulaski to Hamlin) to North Ave., Pulaski (North Ave. to Bloomingdale)/Hamlin (Bloomingdale to Palmer) to Central Park
**Zone S - North to Division, Homan to Western (**will be covered during the Puerto Rican Festival weekend ONLY in mid-June.)

A couple of other things should be noted as well.

1. Zones H, K and R are in the 25th District. Zones I and J are in the 17th District. Zones A through G, L through Q, and S are all in the 14th District.
2. Zone G will be the very first Zone to go online, today, and Zone H will follow on March 26th.
3. The smallest Zones, O and P, WILL be monitored with other surrounding Zones.
4. The most southern Zones, D, G, P, Q and R will be most likely monitored on the warmer days.

Here is the link for the map (on Google Maps) of these Zones, to give all of you a better idea of which Zones are where and which Zone you are in:

I expect this to be a great experiment/project, and I welcome input from everyone.

St. Patrick's Day, 2013

Good morning, everyone, and Happy St. Pat's Day to everyone. It's 8:20am. It's a cloudy morning with temps in the 30s, and it'll remain that way today. I'm monitoring crime from now until about 10am, then again from 2pm to 3pm, and again after my dinner. This week, I really won't be able to monitor much, as this is the actual week of most of my mid-terms, even though I thought they were last week. But it's okay, because I go on Spring Break next week for the entire week. I can't wait to get a few days off from class and some rest, but I really can't wait for May to get here so I can be done with this semester. Lastly, later this week, I'll be implementing my new strategy/plan for monitoring. The official day of implementation will be on Thursday, and I'll try to talk about this before then. If anyone has any questions, comments or concerns about it, please don't hesitate to contact me via here, my email or the Facebook page. Here's crime for portions of today.

8:53am - Parker. On 2525's Beat.

10:04am - I'm going to go until 2pm. I'll see you all then. Have a great morning, everyone!

1:58pm - I'm back. Good afternoon, everyone.

1:59pm - Threatening suicide. 24XX N Tripp. Caller's friend is threatening to kill himself over Facebook.

3:40pm - Some call on the 2800 block of N Harding.

3:47pm - Gang disturbance. Deming and Kilbourn. Group on the corner.

4:20pm - I'm going to go until after my dinner. I'll see you all then. Have a great reminder of the afternoon, everyone!

7:46pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

12:00am - I'm going to go for the night. I'll see you all tomorrow or sometime this week (preferably by Wednesday). Have a good night, everyone!

Lack Of Posts This Week/Crime For March 16, 2013

Hello, everyone. I just wanted to once again apologize for my clear lacking of posting this past week and yesterday, but I've been really busy with mid-terms in school (and I'm not doing too good anyway in school right now) and when I did monitor at times, I didn't hear really anything.

I monitored pretty much the whole morning and afternoon yesterday (on Saturday), and only heard the following:

1. Around 10:45am, some 4500 unit told Dispatch that they were doing a combined mission with the 14th District from Armitage to Fullerton, Central Park to Pulaski.
2. I didn't monitor between 2pm and 3:15pm.
3. Around 3:30pm, Beat car 2535 was on a disturbance at the Copernicus Center, 3160 N. Milwaukee Ave., and requested the Wagon, Beat 2573, to assist them with a drunk who refused to get up off the ground and leave.
4. Between 5:30pm and 7:30pm, there were two jobs in the area. One was a burglar alarm on 2524's Beat, and another one was a parker on 2525's Beat.
5. Shots were allegedly fired around 8:15pm on the 2400 block of N Springfield. Not sure what happened with this.

Once again, I do apologize for my lack of posts this week, and this month in general. School is killing me right now. After this coming Thursday, I'll be able to post regularly (daily, pretty much) for the rest of the month going into April. I hope everyone has been well and is having a fantastic weekend!

P.S. My new blog plan will be implemented this Thursday, so be on the lookout for that!

Employees Allowed Back In Unique Thrift Store On Diversey, Belongings Needed On Barry

Good morning, everyone, it's 11:03am. It's a cloudy morning with temps in the upper 30s, and it will remain this way today. I'm monitoring 25 from now until about 1:30pm or so, then I'm going to head up to my school to work on a couple of papers and study for my classes. I may or may not come back this evening. In any case, here's crime for portions of today.

11:04am - 1) Beat 2510 is saying that the employees from the Unique thrift store at 4441 W Diversey can go back in. I'm not sure what happened there, but there must've been some sort of situation. 2) Assist the citizen. 39XX W Barry. Caller needs help retrieving some belongings.

11:38am - Beat 2552 is following a hot sliver Jeep Cherokee at Armitage and Killdare. Headed west towards Lowell.

11:39am - Passing Kilbourn on Armitage, still headed west.

11:40am - Okay, it's a traffic pursuit now. I repeat, traffic pursuit. Cicero and Grand. 2552 says that the Jeep just took off from him.

11:41am - West on Grand from Cicero. Two male Hispanic occupants and one might have a gun, so that's what they're chasing for.

11:42am - North on Lamon from Armitage.

11:43am - Approaching Fullerton on Cicero, still headed north. Beat 2530 is monitoring.

11:44am - North on Cicero approaching Belmont.

11:45am - 2530 is ordering 2552 to terminate. 11:45 hours on the clock. Belmont and Kenneth is where the chase is terminated. The car's headed towards Kostner on Belmont. Beat car 2533 was also involved.

11:46am - Beat 2570 has the car in sight, approaching Addison on Pulaski.

12:17pm - Parker. On 2525's Beat.

12:18pm - I need to go for a little bit. I'll be back.

12:42pm - I'm back. Good afternoon, everyone.

1:34pm - Panic alarm. 3900 W North Ave. At the Magnum Insurance.

1:39pm - EMS run. 2121 N Keeler. At the Nixon school. Kid passed out.

1:46pm - Missing person report. 27XX N Kostner.

1:47pm - I'm going to go until later. I'm heading

3:23pm - I'm back. I was trying to go to school but the Narragansett bus never came, so I'm back home.

3:27pm - Beat 2575 has a big fight breaking out at Kelvyn Park High School, 4343 W Wrightwood. Outside of the school. He needs more cars.

3:28pm - Again, 2575 is calling for back-up ASAP. It's getting out of hand. Beat 2505 is on the way along with Beat car 2531. The wagon's also being requested to go, so they're going.

3:29pm - A large group of kids just ran down Kostner to Deming, per 2575. They're still fighting. Multiple units are on the way.

3:30pm - Sounds like everything's calming down at the high school, but there's A LOT of kids still near the school who want to fight. 2575 has a couple on the ground in front of the school.

3:31pm - Multiple slow downs are being given at Deming and Kostner. The fight itself is over, but there's still kids all over the place. Also, one officer was just told by someone that a kid had a gun.

3:32pm - Okay, they've got a runner. 4400 block of W Deming. Male Hispanic with a red shirt and black hoodie is running towards Kilbourn on Deming. He's holding his side. This is probably the one who might have the gun.

3:33pm - He's running through the yards between Deming and Altgeld on the 4400 block. He's one of the kids involved in the fight.

3:36pm - Four people got out of a green car with tinted windows on Deming, and some kids just went across the train tracks west of Kilbourn on Deming.

3:37pm - Beat car 2511 says that a lot of people are telling them that these kids went over the tracks.

3:38pm - Beat 5343 has someone in custody at Killpatrick and Deming.

3:39pm - Beat 2582 is taking one into 25 from the fight. Also, 2575 wants a kid named Oscar Carvera locked up if any officers grab him. 5343 has him.

3:43pm - 2570 is asking 2575 if he knows for sure if there was a kid with a gun. He says no, there wasn't any guns involved. But there was a kid who did have a knife though.

3:48pm - Backlog in 25 at 15:48 hours. A majority of the units are handling this situation at KHPS.

3:59pm - Person w/ a gun. Wrightwood and Kostner. Four males on one side of the street and five on the other are walking towards Kilbourn on Wrightwood, and the male Hispanic with a short afro, black shirt and black jeans is the one with the gun. That area's gonna be a problem area all night I'm taking it....

4:03pm - Battery. 3651 W Schubert. At the Monroe school. 13 year old son was beaten up in the alley by the school.

4:06pm - Beat 2544 is giving a slow down at Wrightwood/Kostner.

4:59pm - Beat car 2521 has an on-view accident at Central Park and Wrightwood. Everyone's okay. They're going to send the accident into 25.

5:13pm - Barking dog. 18XX N Harding.

6:19pm - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back either tomorrow, sometime this week or this weekend. Either way, I wish all of you a great night, and be safe!

Permit Parking On Ridgeway, Loud Party @ Armitage/Hamlin

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It's a cloudy overnight with temps in the mid 40s, and today will be cloudy and rainy with temps around 50 or so. Warmer than it has been, but it's going to get colder again. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 today from now until 1:22am, then again from 8:20 until 10:02, then again from 2:10pm until 3, and finally after my dinner until midnight. Next Thursday, I will implementing my new blogging strategy, that is a project or experiment, or whatever you see fit to call it, until about July. I'll talk more about it later in this post, but here's crime for portions of today.
  
12:31am - Parker. 28XX N Ridgeway. Permits.

12:33am - Loud music disturbance. Armitage and Hamlin. Loud party.

12:56am - Parker. 19XX N Ridgeway. Pick-up truck without a permit.

1:16am - Beat 2593Robert has a 501 traffic stop at 3750 W Armitage. Beat car 2535R is assisting him.

1:22am - I'm going to go until 8:20am. I'll see you all then. Have a good night, everyone, and don't forget to turn your clocks one hour ahead!

8:20am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

9:15am - Suspicious vehicle. 18XX N Pulaski.

9:18am - Disturbance. 18XX N Harding. Couple of males loitering.

10:02am - I'm going to go until 2:10pm. I'll see you all then Have a great morning, everyone!

2:10pm - I'm back. Good afternoon, everyone.

2:36pm - Assault. 4100 W Fullerton. At the U-Haul Facility. Customer threatening employees.

2:42pm - Gang disturbance. Kildare and Diversey.

3:00pm - I'm going to go until after my dinner. I'll see you all later.

7:18pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

8:08pm - Explosion. Diversey and Kilbourn. Loud "BOOM!" heard in the area.

8:10pm - Beat car 2521 has been at Diversey/Kilbourn for the last five or so minutes, on a traffic stop, and hasn't heard anything at all.

10:14pm - Beat car 2523Robert is following a hot car with a plate of  X661900 in the east alley of Pulaski, headed south from Wellington. Potential traffic pursuit beginning. Beat 2510R is notified.

10:15pm - Turning onto Davlin from Wellington, headed towards Milwaukee.

10:16pm - The driver just bailed out of the car. Davlin and Barry. Running down Barry, towards Springfield. Offender is wearing a gray hoodie and gray shorts.

10:17pm - Okay, offender's in custody. 2926 N Springfield. The officers are fine.

10:31pm - Parker. 19XX N Monticello.

10:49pm - Beat 1563Adam just had a black Toyota 4-Runner with a plate of 2415009 take off from them at Jackson and Cicero. Headed north on Cicero towards Quincy. Car's going at a high rate of speed. Might turn into a traffic pursuit.

10:50pm - 1563A lost the car, for now. Until I hear something else regarding this, back to our neighborhood.

10:53pm - Okay, the car's been spotted. Officially a traffic pursuit. Headed west on Madison from Waller. Beat car 1522R is in pursuit. Beats 1510R and 1530R are notified.

10:54pm - Chase has been terminated, at 22:54 hours on the clock. Chase was terminated per a supervisor. Car was last seen getting on the Eisenhower Expressway from Austin, headed west in the eastbound lane.

12:00am - I'm going to go for the night. I may or may not be back tomorrow. If I'm not, I'll be back sometime this week or next weekend. Either way, good night, everyone!

Gangbanging Males Attempt To Fight @ Diversey/Ridgeway,

Good morning, everyone, it's 3am. It's a mostly cloudy overnight with temps in the mid 30s, and today will be a warmer day with temps in the mid 40s. It's March-like weather finally. Today, I'm monitoring 25 from now until my dinner, but I might take a break or something during the day for a nap. Also, today is the last day of the Daylight Standard Time, and we change our clocks back at 2am tomorrow. Spring ahead, fall back. It won't be getting dark until about 7pm now, but it won't be getting light until about a quarter to 7am now :(. With that, here's crime for today.

4:35am - Assault in progress. Diversey and Ridgeway. Couple of calls. One call says five of them are arguing on the corner, and the second call, which I called in, says there was a large group of males about to fight (I did see a large group at least 20).

4:36am - We've got the group heading down Ridgeway towards George. Looks like they're gangbangers and are really probably going to fight. Great....

4:37am - Beat car 2523Robert is giving a slow down. They don't see anyone yet. They're headed down the block now.

4:39am - Gang disturbance. Diversey/Ridgeway. Group walking north on Ridgeway is causing a loud "disturbance".

4:40am - 2523R has a group stopped, in the middle of the block on Ridgeway.

4:43am - Looks like the group's dispersing now. Good. Hope they stay gone.

4:48am - Beat car 2524R is on an auto theft mission on their Beat.

5:16am - Battery. 27XX N Monticello. Caller was beaten up at a bar.

5:25am - Gang disturbance. Lawndale and Diversey.

5:27am - Beat 1406Adam just shagged the guys at Lawndale/Diversey. Coded 5Frank.

5:32am - Battery. 25XX N Central Park. Caller was just hit in the head.

5:33am - Disturbance. North and Pulaski. Problem in a cab.

5:45am - Beat 2520R is coding out the 5:32am job as a 5Boy.

5:52am - Battery in progress. Ridgeway and Armitage. Caller and their friend are being beaten up.

6:26am - Burglary in progress. 3039 N Milwaukee Ave. Window to the jewelry store has been broken with people possibly breaking in.

6:30am - 1406A is on scene at the 6:26am job, saying there IS a broken window. Beat cars 2521 and 2523 are on the way.

6:31am - Person w/ a gun. 25XX N Lowell. Two males sitting in a purple van in front have guns.

6:40am - 2523 is asking Dispatch to get a listing on the 6:26am job. Beat 2502, 25th District Desk, is looking now.

6:43am - 1) Beat 2573, the unit assigned to the 6:31am job, needs a female for a search. Beat car 2535 is coming over. 2) 2502 says they have no listing on 2523's thing.

8:20am - I'm going to go for a little while. I'll be back .I'll cover this time period tomorrow.

10:02am - I'm back. Hi, everyone.

10:10am - Disturbance. 29XX N Ridgeway. Problem with some homeless people sitting on the porch.

12:19pm - Beat 2520 is checking out a couple of cars at Belden and Hamlin that look like they're stolen.

1:35pm - Beat 2582 asks for a foot patrol event number on Fullerton from Kilbourn to Central Park. Event number is 08066.

1:50pm - Traffic accident. Hamlin and Schubert.

2:10pm - I'm going to go for a little bit. I'll be back soon.

3:00pm - I'm back. Good afternoon, everyone.

3:42pm - Gang disturbance. Lawndale/Diversey. Several males throwing up gang signs.

4:35pm - Disturbance. Armitage and Keystone.

5:27pm - Burglar alarm. 31XX N Central Park.

6:12pm - Commercial alarm. 4030 W Wrightwood. At the Aldi. Backroom motion.

6:23pm - Beat car 2523 is coding out the 6:12pm job. 5B. It was accident.

6:43pm - 1) Parker. On 2523's Beat. 2) Disturbance. 28XX N Kildare.

7:12pm - Beat 2502, 25th District Desk, is talking with Dispatch regarding a 73 year old woman who went missing from 37XX W Belden. Apparently, she's from Puerto Rico and is only visiting family at this location. She doesn't know the area.

7:18pm - I have to go eat, and with that, I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back in the morning at 8:20. See you all then, and have a good night, everyone!

Traffic Stop @ Palmer/Keystone, Man Causing Problems At Bristol Lounge

Good morning, everyone, it's 1:22am. It's a clear overnight with temps in the 20s, and today will be sunny with temps around 40 or so. I'm monitoring 25 today. I don't know for how long as of now, but I do plan on being done by 2am or so because I need to go to bed to be up for Physical Science class in the morning. I plan on coming back this afternoon around 2pm. I'm getting a new pair of glasses after waiting for months to get a new pair :). Well, with that, here's crime for portions of today.

1:43am - Beat car 2525Robert has a traffic stop at Palmer and Keystone.

2:18am - Disturbance. 3086 N Milwaukee Ave. At the Bristol Lounge. Something about a guy bothering and fighting customers.

4:25am - Battery in progress. Kostner and Fullerton. People fighting on the corner.

4:28am - Beat car 2523R is giving a slow down at Kostner/Fullerton.

5:25am - I'm going to go until this afternoon. I hope everyone has a great start to their morning. See you all later!

2:11pm - I'm back. Good afternoon, everyone.

2:45pm - I'm going to take a nap, but I may or may not come back today. We'll see. If I don't, I hope everyone has a fantastic afternoon and evening, and I'll see you all tomorrow!

Taggers @ Diversey/Lawndale, Accident @ Pulaski/Belmont

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 5:20pm. Sorry I've been gone for the last few days, but as I've said before, I'm busy with my college life and I have a lot going on in my personal life. Actually, my personal life has somewhat gotten in the way of my college life, too, but I'm working on that. Anyway, it's a mostly cloudy afternoon with temps in the upper 30s, and tonight will go into the 20s with partly cloudy skies. It seems like it's a little warmer out then it has been lately, but that's a good thing. It'll melt all this snow we've gotten sooner. It's supposed to get warmer this week, to about 50 on Sunday actually. Speaking of Sunday, we change our clocks an hour ahead on Saturday night. Spring ahead, fall back. It'll be getting lighter later in the morning now, unfortunately for me, but it won't be getting dark in the evening until 7pm. Summer's definitely not far :). Lastly, I'm blogging 25 this evening, from now until I guess my bedtime. We'll see, though. Well, with that, here's crime for this late afternoon and evening.

5:35pm - Vandalism in progress. Diversey and Lawndale. Four males, two male Blacks and two male Hispanics, are tagging in the alley. One's wearing a red shirt.

6:11pm - Traffic accident. Pulaski and Belmont. Two cars, no injuries.

6:28pm - Battery in progress. 4343 W Wrightwood. At the Kelvyn Park High School. Large fight in front of the school, golf and pipes were involved.

6:29pm - Multiple calls coming in for a big fight at KHPS. Upwards of 50 kids fighting.

6:30pm - Shots Fired. 4343 W Wrightwood. Two shots heard with a big crowd fighting in front of the KHPS.

6:31pm - SVIP (formerly what I used to call FBI tip). 4343 W Wrightwood. Shots fired on school grounds with kids on scene. Oh my God....

6:32pm - Beat 4314Adam is giving a slow down at KHPS. Fight's breaking up.

6:33pm - 4314A sees three offenders in the south alley of Wrightwood just west of Kostner. Beat 2510 is there, too.

6:34pm - Beat car 2533 just had the Principal come up to them and say 20 kids are still fighting in the school.

6:35pm - Beat 4314David has a woman complaining of heart pains at KHPS. EMS is needed.

6:36pm - 2533 just grabbed some offenders. Officers are talking about this situation. There's a victim, too.

6:39pm - 2510 is advising that they're going to let all of the kids out from night school now, he wants officers to keep a special attention to the school.

6:42pm - Holding the offender. 4441 W Diversey. Male shoplifter.

6:43pm - Beat 2561 is asking if there's any victims. Dispatch was going to answer, but gets cut off by 2533, who says that their victim just walked away.

6:44pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

6:56pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

Fight @ North Ave./Harding, Masturbating Man @ Taco Bell On Milwaukee Ave.

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:20pm. It's a clear evening with temps in the upper 20s, and tonight will fall into the mid 20s with clear conditions. I'm monitoring 25 this evening, from now until midnight or so. I'll try to monitor tomorrow, and if I do, I'll be covering 25. I have several important homework assignments that I need to do for school, so we'll see. Although most of my classes are actually not having mid-term tests or anything like that, I still need to maintain my dedication to school so I can get good mid-term grades. My monitoring will be pretty limited for the next few weeks, but I will be making a temporary comeback in posting everyday at the end of the month for a couple of weeks, then I'll have to dedicate myself to school again until May. After that, we'll see what happens for the summer. I may or may not be working, depending on if I take any classes or not. But enough of me. Here's crime for tonight.

8:19pm - Battery in progress. North and Harding. Fight.

8:36pm - Sex offense. 3143 N Milwaukee Ave. Man masturbating in the Taco Bell.

9:12pm - Beat car 2524 has a traffic stop at Ridgeway and Schubert.

10:21pm - Some call at 29XX N Hamlin.

10:28pm - A unit has a traffic stop at Diversey and Kostner.

Guy Has Too Much To Drink @ Oakdale/Central Park, Neighbor Problem On Wellington

Good morning, everyone, it's 7:15am. It's a cloudy morning with temps in the mid 20s, and today will be about 30 with mostly cloudy conditions. Well, as we all know now, it's March, and that means a lot of things for us. Winter is just about over, technically, and the weather should start turning a least a little nicer and warmer this month. We also turn our clocks an hour ahead next weekend, and St. Patrick's Day is later in the month. I also go on spring break from college for a week in a few weeks. Unfortunately, though, crime will probably also start to pick up a lot more throughout this month, and with that reality soon to be excepted, I'm going to be changing a couple of things about my monitoring. Beginning in the third week of March, I'm going to be implementing "Zones" of specific areas to cover in the neighborhood. For example, Zone A is going to be 14 from Armitage to North, Damen to the Chicago River. I already have the areas mapped out on Google Maps, and I will be making the map public on March 21st. I will also put what Zones cover which areas on the main page. This was one of the reasons why I had you guys take that poll, to determine what areas I need to be covering more. For the areas that had 0 readers, I will be flyering those areas in attempt to gain readership. Most of those areas are in 14, east of Sacramento and south of Palmer, although I do have a pocket in 17 and one in 25. 14 is broken up into about 12 or 13 of these Zones, while 17 is broken up into two and 25 into three. I welcome any questions, comments or concerns about this new plan on here, at my crime blog email address or on the Facebook page. Lastly, I will be having you guys take another readership poll sometime in June and I will be remapping these Zones according to readership demands by July. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 today from now until my dinner, and here's crime for today.

7:41am - Beat car 2524 needs EMS at Oakdale and Central Park for a drunk guy who's had too much to drink.

11:15am - Disturbance. 40XX W Wellington. Problem with the neighbor.

11:22am - Beat car 2524 has a traffic stop somewhere in the area.

12:14pm - Disturbance. 3636 W Wolfram. Intoxicated woman causing problems by St. Hyacinth's.

12:41pm - Recover the stolen vehicle. 16XX N Avers.

2:16pm - Burglar alarm. 25XX N Harding.

2:38pm - Suspicious person. 3633 W Fullerton. Male White, 30s, with a green coat is walking down the street. What??

2:52pm - Disturbance. Pulaski and North Ave. Homeless man causing a problem.

2:57pm - Disturbance. 2978 N Milwaukee. Two drunk guys passed out in front.

3:18pm - Gang disturbance. Milwaukee and Monticello.

4:07pm - Beat 2582 is doing foot patrol on Fullerton this afternoon from Kilbourn to Central Park. Event number is 10049.

4:22pm - I think there was a job in the area, but I'm not sure.

4:27pm - They're drinking this time at 3633 on Fullerton.

5:31pm - Beat 2505 is doing a park check at Kelvyn.

5:32pm - They're calling back at St. Hyacinth's. Drunk guy causing a problem this time.

5:53pm - Disturbance. Armitage and Keystone. Males loitering by the barber shop.

6:47pm - Traffic accident. 2400 N Central Park.

7:14pm - Parker. On 2524's Beat.

7:17pm - Assault in progress. 2550 N Pulaski. At the Marathon. Male White with a gray hoodie, white t-shirt and blue jeans threatened to kill the caller if he doesn't get the money that the caller owes to them.

7:20pm - I have to go eat, and with that, I'm gone for the night. I'll see you all tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone!

CAPS Beat Meetings For March 2013

1411/1412 - NO MARCH MEETING.
1413/1414 - Thursday, March 14th @ 7:00pm, Logan Sq. Boys and Girls Club (3228 W. Palmer)
1421 - Wednesday, March 13th @ 7:00pm, Salem Bible Church (2038 N. California)
1422 - NO MARCH MEETING.
1431 - Thursday, March 21st @ 7:00pm, Haas Park (2402 N. Washtenaw)
1432/1433 - NO MARCH MEETING.
1434 - NO MARCH MEETING.

1732 - Wednesday, March 13th @ 7:00pm, Athletic Park (3546 W. Addison)
1733 - NO MARCH MEETING.

2523 - Wednesday, March 27th @ 7:00pm, Copernicus Center (3160 N. Milwaukee Ave.)
2524 - Thursday, March 21st @ 7:00pm, Our Lady of Grace (2446 N. Ridgeway)
2525 - Tuesday, March 19th @ 6:30pm, Mozart Park (2036 N. Avers)
2535 - Tuesday, March 5th @ 6:30pm, Maternity BVM (3647 W. North Ave.)

* The CAPS meetings I will be attending this year, in addition to 2523's meeting, will be Beats 1411/1412, 1421, 1732, 2524 and 2525.