Thread by @Rianthetem

Hello, this is Rian, and I’ll be live-tweeting today's 11th Police District Council Meeting for #CHIdocumenters
@CHIdocumenters.
The 11th District includes parts of Humboldt Park, West & East Garfield Park, and North Lawndale.

The meeting is held in-person at Chicago Public Library - Legler Regional Branch (115 S Pulaski Road). The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:30pm. There is a reading group that meets starting at 5:30, and often the meeting will start early, right after the reading group.

Here's a link to the District 11 homepage with contact information to the elected leaders. chicago.gov/city/en/depts/…

And here's a direct link to the Agenda for today's meeting. chicago.gov/content/dam/ci…

Only Dr. Bryan Ramson, Jr. – Chair is present so far. There are 16 community members currently present. Since there are so many community members here, but not enough council members to call the meeting to order, Dr. Bryan is starting to present on the status of the district.

Dr. Bryan is presenting on what the purpose of the Commission is. He says, for example, if you don't feel comfortable talking to the police, you can come to him to talk about what is happening.

District 11 Commander Johnny Tate can be reached by phone. Dr. Bryan says that is extremely rare. chicagopolice.org/11th-district-…

Here's a chart of the officers responsible for different beats in this community.

Reports of crime and arrests have dropped in the city in the last 25 years. Community members don't necessarily agree with that data. Dr. Bryan feels there needs to be a deeper analysis.

One officer has joined the meeting--I believe she is Sgt. Danielle Brown, the CAPS Sergeant. Dr. Bryan says she comes often.

Here's a chart of the different Diversion (as in, diverting from jail, in my understanding) programs. Note, the text in black are Dr. Bryan's personal conclusions from the data.

Here is the data on Cook County State Attorney's office Felony intakes.

Here are some QR codes Dr. Bryan shared to connect community members to the Council.

Eileen Burke, the new Cook County State's Attorney after Kim Foxx, stopped putting out the free data in December 2024. There is speculation about why, but Dr. Bryan will be following up and checking for when/if it starts getting shared again.

cookcountystatesattorney.org/about-cook-cou…

It is 6:31, and we still only have one council member.

Dr. Bryan shares/demonstrates this tool created by the Officer of the Inspector General of Chicago. It shows the staffing of police officers across the city. igchicago.org/information-po…

Dr. Bryan is happy so many people have come to this meeting, and he's encouraging continued involvement/collaboration. He's introducing the Block Club Initiative, where groups of community members can push for things they want together.

Dr. Bryan is wanting to establish the police priorities for their community for the upcoming year. This planning will begin in earnest in the Fall, but changes will start happening next year. He says we can use these meetings to set those priorities.

Here's the link in the photo. chicagopolice.org/community-poli…

Note about block clubs: it only takes 3 members to make a block club--a president, a vice president, and a treasurer. It takes a little bit a money and more than a little paperwork, according to Dr. Bryan. "When we all ask, we cannot be denied."

Dr. Bryan lets people know that it seems we won't be able to have our official meeting, and people start to leave. We ended here with about 18 community members present.

A direct link to the (current?) Community Driven Approaches to Crime Reduction--District Strategic Plan for District 11, chicagopolice.org/wp-content/upl…

Officer Brown highlights the upcoming national night out with District 11.

The meeting unofficially ended at 6:45, and the next meeting is scheduled for August 12th, 2025. Unsure if today's meeting will be rescheduled.