In Chicago, relationships between the police and residents, particularly in black and Latino communities, have long been tense. That tension has been fueled, in part, by a long history of high-profile abuses of power.
Curious Citizen Rian Watt wanted to know more about efforts to improve community-police relations, so he wrote to Curious City with a question:
What is community policing, how does it differ from “regular” policing, and who does it help?
