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SplitSec Gunshot Detection Pilot Off to a Strong Start Thank you to everyone who joined Alderman Reilly and the SplitSec team for the virtual kickoff of our new gunshot detection pilot program. The event was well attended, and residents had the opportunity to see a live demonstration of SplitSec's innovative technology, learn how the application works, and ask questions directly to the development team. As part of this two-month pilot program, eligible 42nd Ward residents with Android smartphones can participate at no cost. The SplitSec application is designed to detect nearby gunshots while protecting user privacy. The app runs quietly in the background without recording audio, tracking users' locations, or storing personal information externally. If a gunshot is detected, users can quickly notify emergency responders with a single tap. There is still time to join the pilot program. If you were unable to attend the virtual kickoff or would like to learn more before signing up, we encourage you to click here to watch the recording of the meeting. The recording includes a demonstration of the technology, an overview of how the pilot works, and instructions on how eligible 42nd Ward residents can enroll and participate in the free trial. We appreciate the strong interest and engagement from residents and look forward to receiving feedback throughout the pilot as we continue exploring innovative tools to enhance public safety in the 42nd Ward.
I took a page from your playbook and for the first time ever, I submitted a FOIA Request to a specfic government entity and the FOIA officer produced something to me I definitely believe she did not intend to. I'll soon make it public.
a picture of the Chicago River wild mile with the text Workshop: Zines abd FOIAs when The FOIA Bakery Project
a picture of a city of chicago sign marking the geographic center of the city at 37th and honore with a nighttime sky and houses in the background
a picture through trees of a zwon tag on bridge infrastructure
a picture is a brown tabby cat that looks like it has extra long ears laying on salmon colored cushion
a picture of a table with a gridded top in a corner with a hot pink stool, basket of paper rolls, various screenprints, a cutting mat and the starts of many projects
a picture of a thistle with bright pink thin filament petals coming out of a spiky green flower base
a colorful plate with cucumber slices, cherry tomatoes, blackberries, a pea pod, basil leaves and sliced mozzarella
an electronic voting of the budget
a picture of the electronic voting
a red, pink, orange and blue sunset with lake michigan in the foreground
a picture of the chicago skyline with the sears tower and various landmarks in the dusk sky
a picture of a book with gray/lilac and white amorphous shadows with the title and author written in large black font
juvenile brown and gray swans swimming with two adult white swans with masked black eyes and bright orange beaks with water in the foreground and tall grass in the background
more than 10 ducks perched on a log in a row with water in the foreground and trees in the background
a picture of a calm lake with a treeline in the background, white clouds and pink/orange light poking through
a picture of a one story brick building with a very colorful zwan tag and a yellow rasek tag next to it, the lot is fenced in and there is a milk crate in the foreground a red now leasing sign is posted on the building
a picture of the railroad tracks leading into downtown Chicago, a tall black skyscraper, the Sears Tower, is visible
an outline of one eyeball outlined in blue with a black pupil, giving the side eye the words read Metadata Google Documents
a picture of a fountain made of many streams with different color lights at the base of the water stream, glass skyscrapers in the background and a blue sky fading into night
a picture of a red brick and limestone building with arches made of red brick, there is a yellow sawhorse that reads 1st Ward Alderman Proco Joe Moreno
April 25 The following maintenance issues were identified: 1. North Ave: Men’s restroom – 1 toilet not flushing 2. Southfield: Men’s restroom – 2 urinals not flushing 3. Oak St.: Men’s restroom – 1 toilet not flushing; graffiti on walls 4. Randolph: Women’s restroom – 1 toilet not flushing 5. Monroe: Women’s restroom – 1 toilet not flushing 6. 12th St.: Women’s restroom – 3 sinks leaking; Men’s restroom – 1 toilet not flushing 7. Museum Campus: 1 stall – graffiti present 8. 31st St.: Women’s restroom – 2 toilets not working 9. 49th St.: Men’s restroom – 1 toilet not working, 1 sink continuously running; Women’s restroom – 1 toilet not working 10. Promontory Point: Women’s restroom – 1 toilet not working 11. 63rd St.: Men’s restroom – 1 toilet not working
a picture of a brown hand holding a plastic cup filled with cantaloupe ice in front of a sidewalk stand called Mario's Italian Lemonade
a picture of garlic bulbs just harvested with exposed roots and dirt
a picture of a carpet loom with stands of thread coming out the back in a range of colors
a picture of a book resting on a black and white striped chair the book cover includes the title and author name and an illustration of an arm protruding from the right hand edge, bent with a hand in a partial fist, the arm illustration is made of other arms and hands, reaching
a picture of jalapeños, red peppers, tomatoes, blackberries and green peppers
a picture of a cat very close up as he climbed into my lap to gather his dues in pets he is owed, he's not wrong
a picture of sun rays coming across a painting of the sun coming up over green hills in bologna
a calico cat sitting on a pillar made from marble by the Romans with an old brick wall in the background
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a picture of a mosaic on the ground with a red hear made of tiny tiles
a brown woman holding a sheep skin wool sheet vertically with gray cotton paper clinging to it with water
a mural on the outside of an Italian college campus that reads no war but class war
a picture of religious scenes painted by Michelangelo on a ceiling in a church
a basket weave pattern of mosaic tile of blue, pink, white and yellow tile
a picture of a vista from the Vatican of a basketball court and old buildings packed into Rome with orange tiled roofs
Witnesses reflected on various potential motivations to leak the candidates’ names to the press. One theme was currying favor with reporters. As the Board is heading into a new phase where all members will need to run for election, witnesses suggested that every Board member has motivation to ingratiate themselves with the media, to provide the “inside scoop” so that the reporter has incentive to come back to that individual again, or to repay the favor via positive coverage during the upcoming Board elections. This is an incentive that all Board members who are seeking re-election next year share, regardless of whether they are currently an appointed or elected member.
Additionally, SPPP collected documents and emails as part of the investigation. SPPP keyword searched and reviewed over 9000 documents. These included emails from the 21 Board members’ @cps.edu email addresses, as well as emails of additional CPS Board staff members who had access to confidential information related to the Superintendent/CEO search. The email search did not uncover any evidence indicating any individual shared confidential information related to Board business with the media via their @cps.edu email account. In their interviews with SPPP, every Board member acknowledged that they communicated about Board business on their personal cell phone. SPPP asked whether each Board member would submit to a search of their personal cell phone. The following Board members consented to SPPP searching their personal cell phones:
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a picture of a volcano erupting in the sea
an altar to Mary with flowers as an offering, light coming in from the stained glass window
a picture of a book on a light blue geometric pattern, the book has the title and author and a green glass with a pomegranate and purple fruit tossed in free fall
a picture of a red book on a cafe table with a glass of wine in the background overlooking Tuscany
a picture of a book with a white cover and circular cutouts revealing two people sitting at a diner table with the word Stories above them
a book cover in green tones with the profile of a woman's face wearing a hijab and the book title drawn along the edge of the hijab looked at another way, there is another profile of a woman facing toward the book title
a picture of a book with a cream colored cover with the title in handwritten capital letters colored in red and black
a picture of a book spine that is yellow with the book title, The City We Became a drawing of a tentacle and then the author's name, NK Jemisin
a picture of a brown book with the title and cover image in light brown the cover image is a line drawing of nuns, surrounded by books
a picture of the book with a French woman who is covered with a Black person in the foreground with a vase of pink roses
picture of a yellow book cover with white typeface reading Blood in My Eye with a two tone print of George Jackson in black and a two tone print of George Jackson in red right next to it
a picture of a book with a yellow dust jacket with a drawing of a boy running on top of the typeface for the title of the book, GHOST
a picture of a book with a Black woman in the center, wearing a Chicago Teacher's Union Red shirt and her arms raised in the air, standing in front of a microphone the book title is printed above and below her
a picture of a book on a table with fabric underneath in a blue, pink and green bubble pattern the book cover has a drawing of a mountain lion with the title written in black, pink, orange and yellow letters Open Throat Henry Hoke A novel
a picture of a book with a black cover and an abstract drawing in blue with repeated faces included in varying directions with the tile in blue and white Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: on the social and psychic lives of Asian Americans by David L. Eng and Shinhee Han the book is sitting on a piece of fabric that is teal with black dots on it
a picture of a book with the author, a Black woman looking to the horizon, on the cover in a red top the title in white letters in the bottom half of the cover that book is placed on a fabric with broad green leaves and pink flowers
a picture of a red book with a kuffiya pattern in red and white with the title of the book in white and blue