With murders and shootings mounting in the new year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Garry McCarthy are trying to breathe new life into Chicago’s once vibrant, but now stagnant, community policing program with an announcement Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

With murders and shootings mounting in the new year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Garry McCarthy tried to breathe new life into Chicago’s once vibrant, but now stagnant, community policing program with an announcement Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Alderman Willie Cochran speaks about the CAPS program at the 3rd district police station 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Chicago Police Officer Percy Palmer adjusts an AR-15 before Mayor Rahm Emanuel would announce that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district police station 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Garry McCarthy look over some assault weapons after Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the CAPS program would be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so district commanders can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Mayor Rahm Emanuel listens as Chief, Bureau of Patrol, Joe Patterson speaks about the CAPS program that will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Aldermen Michelle Harris, Leslie Harriston, Roderick Sawyer and James Balcer joined Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Garry McCarthy look over some assault weapons after Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the CAPS program would be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so district commanders can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Alderman Willie Cochran speaks about the CAPS program at the 3rd district police station 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Chicago Police Officer Percy Palmer adjusts an AR-15 before Mayor Rahm Emanuel would announce that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district police station 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Some assault weapons that were on display as Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the CAPS program would be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so district commanders can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy speaks about the CAPS program that will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

3rd District Commander Glenn Evans listens as Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Garry McCarthy look over some assault weapons after Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the CAPS program would be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so district commanders can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Chief, Bureau of Patrol Joe Patterson speaks about the CAPS program that will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Aldermen Michelle Harris, Leslie Harriston, Roderick Sawyer and James Balcer joined Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Garry McCarthy look over some assault weapons after Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the CAPS program would be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so district commanders can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Chicago Police Officer Percy Palmer adjusts an AR-15 before Mayor Rahm Emanuel would announce that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district police station 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Chief of Patrol Joe Patterson Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CPD Supt. Garry McCarthy, wait to answer questions after announcing that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the police districts. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Some assault weapons that were on display as Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the CAPS program would be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so district commanders can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy speaks about the CAPS program that will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

3rd District Commander Glenn Evans listens as Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Chief, Bureau of Patrol Joe Patterson speaks about the CAPS program that will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Chief of Patrol Joe Patterson Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CPD Supt. Garry McCarthy, wait to answer questions after announcing that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the police districts. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces that the CAPS program will be moving resources and staffing back into the districts, so Commanders in each district can design their community policing efforts to fight crime and gangs in their respective neighborhoods. At the 3rd district 7040 S. Cottage Grove. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. I Brian Jackson~Sun-Times