Beneath The Doublespeak Do We Need More Police In Chicago Or Not

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• Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police chief Garry McCarthy are sticking to their script on police staffing: we’re all good.

After Governor Pat Quinn announced this week that he was sending 40 state troopers to help Chicago police round up fugitives, city officials labored to let the public know that they welcomed the help even though they don’t really need it.

This is what’s called doublespeak.

“Our strategy is working,” McCarthy told reporters Thursday.

Mayors and police chiefs prefer to stick to the narrative that they’ve got things under control.

“If Superintendent McCarthy’s police tactics are working, that’s fantastic,” Fritchey adds. “But I find it hard to believe that even he wouldn’t like more manpower.”