July 3rd Coverage, 2013

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:10pm. This evening, I'm doing pre-Independence Day coverage in our community. I will be monitoring a mixture of 14, 17 and 25 tonight. I started my coverage off at 6:30pm with 17, until 6:40, but heard nothing. I am now doing coverage of 14 until 7:20, then I will be returning with 25 in a little while for 10 minutes. But that's not all. Starting at 9pm, I will be covering each District individually for a half hour, starting with 25. From 9:30 to 10, 17 will be covered, and then from 10 to 10:30, 14 will be covered. I will also monitor all three Districts at one point right before midnight again. Since I'm off from work tomorrow, I will be doing my 4th of July coverage, and on Friday, since I also have Friday off, I'll be covering 17 most of the day. With that, here's crime for today.

7:13pm - EMS run. 35XX W Diversey. Overdose.

7:14pm - Fireworks. 21XX W Dickens. People setting off fireworks.

7:15pm - Narcotics. 24XX W Moffat. Male Hispanic just sold drugs to a male Black in a black SUV with a plate of N135084. It went west on Moffat to Campbell, then south on Campbell to Bloomingdale.

7:17pm - Beat 1462Eddie is doing a CTA check at the California Blue Line station, then they will be doing a Public Violence mission.

7:20pm - I'm gone with 14 until 10. Here's 25 for the next two minutes.

7:22pm - And I'm gone with 25, until 9. I'll be back then. Have a great start to your evening, everyone!

9:00pm - I'm back with 25, until 9:30. Good evening, everyone.

9:01pm - Shots Fired. 3716 W North Ave. Couple of gunshots heard per the gunshot detector (or whatever it's called, I know its a system but I can't figure out how it's spelled).

9:05pm - Beat 2565Adam is giving a slow down at the 9:01pm job. The system's probably picking up the fireworks in the area.

9:33pm - I'm switching over to 17 until 10:03. Standby....

10:03pm - And now I'm switching over to 14 until 10:30. Standby....

10:06pm - Fireworks. 30XX N Elbridge. People in the alley lighting off fireworks.

10:10pm - 1) Disturbance. 23XX W Wabansia. Huge party with loud music. 2) Fireworks. Wabansia and Talman. 3) Narcotics. 16XX N Whipple. People smoking marijuana and playing loud music.

10:13pm - 1) Fireworks. 1730 N Western. 1) Criminal trespass. 31XX W Fullerton. Male is trespassing in the lobby for the third time today.

10:30pm - I'm now switching back over to 25 for one last time tonight, until 10:40. Standby....

10:40pm - I'm gone with 25 for the reminder of the night, and will be back with 14 at 11.

11:00pm - I'm back with 14, until 11:10.

11:01pm - Fireworks. Kedzie and Diversey.

Pre-Independence Day (July 3rd) Coverage, 2012

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 2pm. It's a hot and mostly cloudy afternoon with temps in the 90s. It's supposed to near 100 today. We're in a heat wave, folks. The joys of summer, I guess. Well, today, I will be doing my, what I call, "pre"-Independence Day coverage, which is today, the day before the 4th. It's an unusual schedule of coverage, since I will be blogging on my other blog as well to cover what's going on citywide in terms of crime. I'm starting out my coverage here in our neighborhood with 25, until 3pm, and then I'll switch over to 14 for an hour. At 4, I'm switching to 17, until 5. From 5 to 7:30, I'll be taking a break, and then at 7:30, I'll be here again with 25, until 8, at which time I'll be gone again until 10:30. When I come back at 10:30, I'll be monitoring 14 until 11. At 11, I'll be gone again, until 11:30. When I come back at 11:30, I'll be monitoring 17 until midnight. With this long explanation of my coverage schedule, here's crime for portions of this afternoon and evening.

2:54pm - Open hydrant. 3700 W Palmer.

2:55pm - Open hydrant. Armitage and Monticello.

3:00pm - Here I am with 14.


3:10pm - Criminal damage. 2111 W Fullerton.


3:13pm - Disturbance. Holestin Park. Two males loitering in the locker room, caller is afraid because their locker's been broken into before.


3:14pm - 1) Narcotics. 16XX N Washtenaw. 2) Narcotics. 28XX N Sawyer. Gangbangers smoking drugs in the garage. 3) Gang disturbance. Rockwell and Wabansia. They're loitering on the corner. 4) Parker. 18XX W Webster. 5) Parker. 29XX N Sacramento. Two cars illegally parked.

3:18pm - EMS run. 3205 W Armitage. 55 year old man down on the ground.


3:23pm - Information for the CPD. Bloomingdale and Western. Male Black, 18 years old, afro, blue shirt and dark shorts just tried to steal the caller's backpack. Caller doesn't want CPD, they just wanted to let the officers know. The young man was last seen running towards Artesian.


3:36pm - A unit is doing a CTA check at the Logan Square Blue Line station. Event number is 11479.


3:49pm - 1) Theft report. 3506 W Armitage. Caller had their money taken. 2) Disturbance. 1656 N Western. 3) Disturbance. Kimball and Belmont. Man dancing in the middle of the street and causing a ruckus.


4:00pm - I'm now here with 17.


4:24pm - EMS run. Addison and California. Male passed out on the corner.


4:51pm - Reckless driver. California and Belmont.


5:00pm - Alright, folks, I'm gone until 7:30. I'll see you all then.


7:30pm - I'm back with 25. Good evening, folks.


7:49pm - 1) Theft. 20XX N Avers. 2) Disturbance. 3700 W Palmer. 3) Fireworks. Armitage and Lawndale.

8:00pm - I'm gone until 10:30. I'll see you all then.

10:30pm - I'm back, with 14.

10:31pm - Burglary in progress. 23XX N Leavitt. Male's trying to break into the caller's apartment.


10:33pm - Fireworks. 25XX W Charleston.


10:37pm - Shots Fired. 21XX N Sawyer. Six shots heard.


10:44pm through 10:55pm - Numerous fireworks complaints. There was one on Lyndale.


11:00pm - I'm going to go until 11:30. At that time, I'll be back with 17.

11:30pm - I'm back.


12:00am - I'm going to go until tomorrow. Good night, everyone. I'll be back in the afternoon.