Chicago's recent drop in crime, part of national trend, is attributed in part to new relations between police and residents. But after year of training and community organizing funded by city, new general order has changed structure of program and cut back time beat officers must spend with community members. In church basements and police meeting rooms, some turn into gripe sessions, putting even most-patient police officers on defensive. City pitches in with services to supplement police and community efforts. Trees are trimmed to let streetlights brighten sidewalks.
Building inspections put pressure on landlords harboring illegal activity.
Leroy O'Shield who aggressively worked the pilot project in his Austin district. CAPS had biggest impact in high-crime Austin and Englewood. Optimism and good will toward police rose significantly in four communities. Chicago crime fell between 1994 and 1995, posting a decease in homicides from 928 to 824, according to FBI's Uniform Crime Reports. He can trace origins from 1988 when CANS launched debate over how neighborhoods should be policed, later convincing mayor to begin pilot.