BEAT 1431 CAPS
Meeting Minutes
August 6th, 2009

The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 at 7:00 pm at Chase School, 2021 N. Point.

Officers Present: SGT Belicki, SGT Giambrone, PO Trempe, PO Komo, PO Gallarza, PO Lopez

Number of Beat 1431 residents present: 15

Go directly to the following sections:
General Announcements
CLEARMap
Court Advocacy
Reported Shots Fired Beat Map
Beat 1431 Section Reports

General Announcements
Cmdr. John J. Escalante, the new 14th District Commander, introduced himself. He returned to the 14th District on June 24. He started his career at the 14th District 23 years ago. He was a CAPS Lieutenant at Grand and Central. And was the Commander of the Bomb and Arson section for the last year and a half. His wife is a street cop and he listens to her. He said he is trying to get to all the beat meeting and will see more of us in the future.

Sgt. Ballicki announced that a gun turn is planned for Aug 15. Also a community forum against gang violence is planned for Aug 11 at the Simons Park Field House, 1640 N. Drake.


CLEARMap (formerly Citizen ICAM)
From July 1st - 31st, according to CLEARMap, Beat 1431 suffered 98 crimes, an increase of 19 from last month (79):
- 10 BURGLARY *
- 1 CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT *
- 8 DRUG ABUSE VIOLATIONS
- 1 FRAUD
- 31 LARCENY THEFT *
- 7 MISCELLANEOUS NON-INDEX OFFENSES
- 8 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT *
- 2 ROBBERY *
- 3 SIMPLE ASSAULT
- 11 SIMPLE BATTERY
- 15 VANDALISM
- 1 WEAPONS VIOLATION

* indicates index crimes (most serious offenses)

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Beat 1431 Court Advocacy Report
1) The next Derek Tate Jr. murder case court hearing is scheduled for Aug 28.

Reported Shots Fired Beat Map

Beat 1431 Section Reports
SECTION 1 (Borders: California, Milwaukee, Armitage)
1) JJ Morgan, a well known criminal and notorious gang member, has been seen hanging around in Section 1 again.
2) Large amounts of graffiti are going up on Stave.
3) There were two arrests in a burglary at 2060 Stave.
4) It was exceptionally quiet in this section. No shots were fired in the past month.
action: Residents are urged to continue calling 911 to report criminal activity.

SECTION 2 (Borders: Rockwell, Lyndale, Western, Milwaukee)
1) On Thursday, July 23rd there was a community meeting with the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection to address issues related to Congress Pizza. At that meeting, Congress Pizzeria agreed to the following
A. Drivers will park only in authorized location: the Congress Pizza parking lot and by meters.
B. The business will do background checks on their employees and share that with the community.
C. The owner or manager will attend the CAPS meetings.
D. Working cameras will be installed to cover the alley and Pizzeria's parking lot.
E. A security guard from reputable company will be hired.
F. An architect will be hired to create space for the drivers/employees to wait indoors and not hang out in the alley.
G. Alley door/scissor door will be locked at all times
H. The side entrance which leads into parking lot will be used by patrons and not alley door.
I. There will be absolutely no loitering in alley.
The Congress Pizza manager and one driver attended this CAPS meeting and said that three outside cameras have been installed and are recording. The driver said that he told the gang bangers to stay away and had been threatened by Aldo Martinez and the Spanish Lords. But according to reports from the community, the door to the alley is still being left open and people are loitering in alley near it. Also parking on parkway is still a problem. Community residents are welcomed and encouraged to attend the next meeting with the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection on Aug 27th, Thur at 10:00 at City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle, Room 805.
2) Club 2047 got hit with lots of gang graffiti on the side by CVS. It was gone the next day.
3) A resident was concerned about speeding cars in the alley by Walgreens. Traffic is going through the alley to avoid a traffic light and is dangerous to pedestrians. He thought the Alderman's office was going to talk with the Walgreen's manager about putting planters near the area or doing something like that to slow the traffic but it has not been done.
4) A resident asked how we should pressure landlords of problem houses like the one at 2435 W. McLean where gang members Jose, Aldo and David Martinez constantly loiter. The landlord there says the brothers don't live there, but their parents do. Sgt. Ballicki said she would bring a list of what's needed to make this an official Problem House.
5) Police reported that registered sex offender Anthony Jones who resides on the 2200 block of Campbell was shot on Aug 1. He claims he was shot on Campbell near his house but he refused to make a police report and wanted no help from them. No calls for shots fired were reported.
6) One person was arrested for armed robbery on the 2000 block of Milwaukee on July 26.
action: Congress Pizza gang activity and Congress Theater event parking remain top issues in this section.

SECTION 3 (Borders: Rockwell, Fullerton, Western, Lyndale)
1) Officers Flores and Lopez arrested three men for burglary on the 2500 block of Belden on July 30. Two of the offenders were already inside when police arrived after being called by a neighbor. The three men had already robbed an apartment on the 2000 block of Hoyne, where neighbors had also called in a description of the men and the car they were driving. The arrested men had items from the first robbery in their car.
2) A resident reported that cars are going through the alley on Medill to avoid traffic on Western and often driving the wrong way on Medill. Police arrested a violator who ran a stop sign while doing this on Aug 6.
3) Graffiti was reported on Rockwell.

SECTION 4 (Borders: California, Fullerton, Rockwell, Milwaukee)
1) A loaded gun was recovered from a juvenile at Goethe School on July 27. Police were responding to a shots fired call.
2) A no trespassing sign was put up at the Dearborn Foods building on Milwaukee near California. Transients have been loitering there and harassing residents.
action: Residents are strongly urged to call 911 to report gang activity and 311 for graffiti.

SECTION 5 (Borders: California, Logan Boulevard, Rockwell, Fullerton)
1) Gang graffiti was reported on garages on the 2400 block of Talman.
2) A resident reported that traffic is going through alleys very fast in this area also, probably because the street is torn up and being repaired.
action: Police officers are encouraging residents to call 911 if they hear or see any suspicious activity.

SECTION 6 (Borders: Rockwell, Logan Boulevard, Western, Fullerton)
1) Graffiti is going up all along Fullerton. Tile Outlet and many other buildings were vandalized.
action: Residents are strongly urged to call 911 to report gang activity and 311 for graffiti

Recurring Problem Areas for BEAT 1431
1) Gang graffiti
2) Gang drug activity
3) Gang weapons violence

DISCLAIMER
Beat 1431 CAPS volunteers prepared these meeting minutes to the best of their ability.