![]() ![]() ![]() "What specifically are you looking for from CDOT?" CDOT said. They deferred to the Chicago Police Department. I think it's really important to say the words, 'You're welcome in this city, and you're welcome to celebrate anywhere in this city.'"ĬBS 2's Molina reached the Chicago Department of Transportation about what happened this past weekend and what will change moving forward. "And we want to be cognizant of the city's welcoming message. "We know it's coming every year, but you can't dictate to communities what they can do to celebrate and where they can go - nor do we want to," Brown said. "That's no small thing, so that caused us to shut down access to parts of our downtown."īut Brown also emphasized repeatedly that keeping the celebrations out of the downtown area would not have been appropriate. "But it was a significant public safety challenge getting from point a to point b for emergency vehicles getting to emergency calls," Brown said. He also conceded that there was a public safety crisis. "I just want to highlight it's traffic congestion." "Traffic congestion is always a concern," Brown said. ![]() "I would have to have made the decision before any celebration started to tell certain communities, 'You can't come downtown.' I think that would've been the wrong thing to do, to be quite honest with you."īrown did point out an issue with traffic congestion. But at some point, we prioritized public safety," Brown said. "What went right is that I think we allowed people to celebrate whenever they wanted to and how ever they wanted to. David Brown what went wrong, he responded with what he says went right. In one instance, an officer told a dispatcher, "If it doesn't involve injury, code it." This means 911 calls that did not involve injuries were not responded to at all.īut when we asked Police Supt. In some incidents, there was no response at all. There were 911 calls that had no response two, three, four, or even five hours later. Police scanner traffic from the weekend revealed the delay in police response. But the transition from traffic nightmare to legitimate public safety concern was quick - with long lines of cars blocking first responders and delaying emergency response. ![]()
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