Bailey Challenges Mayor and Chief-of Police, Says CPD and the LAPD are parallel with falsification of data

By Rev. Harold Bailey

Founder & President of Probation Challenge

Chicago: With a critical revelation of more than 4-reported-killings and 30-shootings in the Chicago community, leaves the question … are these authentic figures reported to the public? Chief-of-Police gives ministers a look at new summer assignments.

Recent acknowledgement of crime data indicates that those sitting in past mayoral administration have been rather deceptive as it relates to crime figures.

Recently, Pastors United for Change convened with concerned people from around the city to discuss matters causing the loss of its citizens. Guests were: Minister Victoria Brady, from the More Like Christ Ministries, Delina Bailey, City of Chicago DFSS, Garry McCarthy, Chicago Superintendent of Police and others. Rev. Leon Finney served as commentator.

The heat of the meeting was that the past Chicago crime rate was disputed by the press. Crime rates in question were those extended over a vast period of time as the previous Mayor Richard M. Daley and his administrations proudly stated that crime had decreased in the city.

Garry McCarthy, Superintendent of Police, attended the meeting to bring forth what he said would be constructive change, stating that past deployment did not work but would implement new deployment orders.

McCarthy’s new staggers for the Chicago summer would be to identify, he said, “The best and brightest Commanders” and assign them to the 4th district and 6th districts for about two-years,  that “The best commanders will be sent to the toughest districts.”  Other districts identified were the 7th in Englewood and 11th West Lawndale. He said this is the best he could do.

He said Chicago has the worst gang violence problems in the country but no solutions!  McCarty, said he was going to talk about race, but never got to the meat of the matter.

The biggest challenge to the chief-of-police, came from the Rev. Harold E. Bailey, who once served as Chairman of the Cook County Board of Corrections, who said to the superintendent, “I have history with the past administration as it dealt with figures. The blatancy  is – the former mayor did not tell untruths to the public regarding crime being down – but lied.” The mayor had the data just as I did!

Bailey asked the superintendent, who gives crime data to who? Do you give data to the mayor or does he give them to you. The superintendent responded: “I think you know that answer.”

Bailey, proceeded to tell how his revealing of true facts has affected him and caused great financial damage through the years. The former mayor also caused the lost of Bailey’s successful program that was housed on the Chicago City College Campus, which upon an illegal eviction, the program was forced to close and caused youth to return back into society to cause havoc.

Garry McCarthy, the superintendent of Chicago police, promised to meet with the Rev. Harold E. Bailey.

Rev. Bailey said that matters of crime and its deception is not just happening in Chicago, but in all cities where there is a large black population. He stated that in a documented report by Dr. Sinclair Grey III, some LAPD officers have taken matters into their own hands by removing their antennas from police cars in predominantly black areas. Why? Because they don’t want to be monitored while being on duty.

Bailey said it is reported that when news first broke about this move, members of the Police Commission were alarmed and wanted to know why this was happening. In addition to this, they wanted to know how long this had been going on and who authorized this move.

In a review of what transpired, it was concluded that ‘half of the 80 cars in the Southeast division—which includes Watts and the Jordan Downs and Nickerson Gardens housing projects—were missing the antennas that help capture what officers say in the field. The review discovered at least 10 more cars in nearby divisions also had antennas removed.’

Further, It is stated that Steve Soboroff, President of the commission said that this issue should have been brought to their attention and made available by those officers. The antennas are used for the safety of the officers and the public.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck responded that it was not the intent of the LAPD to hide this information from the commission.

Rev. Harold E. Bailey, founder of the Probation Challenge organization and editor of the Challenge Network, said, “It was not the intent of the Chicago Mayor and the then Superintendent of Police to reveal the truth along with real data – but God willed it so!

The question now is, who do we trust. Do we in-fact trust those who merely say “You can trust me,” as stated by Garry McCarthy, Superintendent of Police.  Bailey concluded by saying that the bible says “The heart is desperately wicked … who can know it -  but God”.

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