Chicago City Wire

Former Chief of Detectives for Chicago Police Eugene Roy said the City of Chicago is failing its citizens due to crime rates.

“A community that doesn't protect itself is bound to fall,” Roy said in an appearance on Chicago’s Morning Answer on AM 560.

Roy said he envisions fewer police in the Chicago Police Department going forward and fewer police in street-policing roles.  

“I think you're going to see a further reduction in the proactive efforts by police officers, which are already on the low end,” he said. “They're going to sink even lower. And instead of having people out there, instead of having guardians who are looking for crime and are looking to prevent crime, and before it happens and keep their communities and the public safe, you're going to see a generation of report takers. And report takers don't prevent crimes. They only document them.”

Roy added that the refusal to charge ex-convicts illegally in possession of weapons is troubling for community policing efforts.

“We have people that are repeat violent offenders, gun offenders that are being caught with more guns,” he said. “And the state's attorney either refuses to prosecute them or they do get arrested and they go in front of a judge. And as long as they didn't shoot anybody, they are given a, you know, a get out of jail free card. Literally. I mean, they either get a signature bond or or no cash bond required and they walk out and they're back doing what they were doing when they got caught with the gun. Now, that's important.”

“You ask any police officer, why is gun enforcement critical to public safety? And it's because any experienced police officer will tell you that a convicted felon carries a gun for only one of two reasons. No. 1, to rob somebody. Or No. 2, to shoot somebody as long as there's no teeth. These people, these offenders know that if they do get caught with a gun, they're going to laugh at the system. And they're going to spend overnight in jail and they're going to be cut loose the next morning. There's no consequences for carrying a weapon on the part of a convicted felon.”

Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey has also spoken out on the subject.

He said that Democratic politicians, particularly Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, are to blame for growing crime rates.

“In the last few months, we have had major businesses like Boeing leave Chicago and one of the reasons these businesses are leaving is rising crime,” Bailey, a state senator from Xenia, said in a statement, South Cook News reported.

“Crime is on the rise because of the inaction and ineptness of JB Pritzker at the state level and also because of the failure of Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to do her job. This is not a result of incompetence. Foxx knows exactly what she is doing. She is deliberately not prosecuting crimes because she is more interested in forcing her Left-wing ideology on Cook County residents than she is in keeping people safe. Kim Foxx needs to go. I am calling for a law to allow Cook County voters to be able to recall terrible leaders like Kim Foxx. Cook County residents should not have to wait two years to throw Kim Foxx out of office. We need a change in leadership in that office and we need it now." 

Under Foxx's direction, crime has increased in frequency for locals in and near Chicago.

Murder rates have risen to new highs not seen since 1994 as a result of recent sharp increases in crime.

Auto thefts rose by 45%, thefts by 6% and burglaries by 3% in 2022 alone, Chicago Sun Times reported.

According to studies, the Democratic Party is losing support as a result of the leadership problem with crime.

According to a Tulchin Research poll from earlier this year, GOP candidates are falling short of Gov. J.B. Pritzker in an unnamed Chicago suburb.

Crime was the major concern voiced by respondents, Chicago City Wire reported.