Sound Bit
“I don’t think there’s overwhelming evidence that community policing works,” said Friedman in his four seconds.
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“There was a long campaign by a coalition of community organizations called the Community Policing Task Force that put this on the city’s agenda in the first place,” Friedman told us. “A small number of community people participated in the training of the police officers for the prototype, and I think that’s fairly unique. And there are civilians on the core strategic-planning committee, a Police Department committee to plan the next five years.”
They got to use his time because the person who asked for it, NBC producer Ted Elbert, is an old friend. “This was not comfortable for me or him,” Friedman said.
The Sun-Times just added another woman to its editorial board–former family-issues writer Leslie Baldacci: Chicagoan, mother, rock ‘n’ roll drummer’s wife. Editorial-page editor Mark Hornung had told us he wanted to diversify the board. How diverse is it now? we wondered, and how does it compare to the Tribune’s?
There’s no right or wrong here. But when solons set out to mediate the earth, they care most about the patch they inhabit.
“If we can’t make headway on basic human rights issues, you can imagine where we’re going on economic issues,” said reporter Mike Isaacs, a member of the bargaining team.
