Chicago gang members outnumber cops 10 to 1 as crime spike reaches fever pitch Bradford Betz, Andrew Murray 4 hrs ago Amid nationwide calls to defund police departments and a rise in crime in major cities, the number of Chicago cops that have retired this year has already surpassed all of the retirements in 2018 and are on track to be the highest number in the department’s history. The figures come from the police pension board, as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times. It shows that between January and June, some 363 officers called it quits, and another 56 were expected...
