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@CWBChicago @CapitolNewsIL It doesn’t cost $120,000 per vehicle That’s not accurate

More than 1,000 Illinois State Police vehicles have passed the threshold for replacement, but current funding levels mean it will take 18 years to replace them, the agency’s director says. Photo and story via @CapitolNewsIL cwbchicago.com/2026/04/1000-i…

@WBBMNewsradio Squad cars do not cost $120,000

State Police vehicle fleet will take 18 years to replace as costs rise, ISP director says spr.ly/6017B6oR89

@SubxNews @drkugler And keep voting for the same Democrats !!!

Chicago Streets Filled with Blood and Lies by @drkugler SubX.News® Crime Report – March 30, 2026 Before the first call hits the radio, before anyone starts running, Chicago is already telling you how it works. Look at this tow truck right here. He sits just off the main drag near Millennium Park, engine idling, driver waiting. Not for a dispatch — for a mistake. Somebody parks a little wrong, steps away to grab food or walk the park, and the hook is already on the way. These are mostly tourist cars. They don’t warn you, they don’t tell you to move. They sit there, they wait, and they grab the car. So that’s a tourist who came to Chicago, went to Millennium Park, and now he’s got his car towed. Instead of buying dinner, he’s got to pay the towing fee. Would you want to go to dinner anymore in Chicago? Absolutely not. You’re like, Fuck Chicago. That’s their Chicago experience before anything even “goes wrong.” That’s the baseline. Then the clock rolls over to five. Before the first shot goes off, that’s the picture: the city lying in wait for visitors’ cars, squeezing money out of people who just came to see the sights. Then look up at the clock. It’s five o’clock in the afternoon. That’s rush hour, right? That’s when everybody’s supposed to be getting off work, filling the sidewalks, jamming the streets. Look at the Berghoff. Look up and down Wacker. Look at Michigan Avenue. You don’t see nothing. Five o’clock in the middle of the Loop and it looks like Sunday morning. Surface lots wide open in the middle of downtown Chicago. Third‑largest city in the United States, and the streets are empty when they should be packed. They keep saying crime is down. Everything’s better. City’s back. Then the radio cracks in. Robbery just occurred, 330 North Wabash. Male Hispanic tackled a female, tried to get her bag. Last seen heading southbound by the Riverwalk. So now spin around: that pretty riverfront they put on all the tourism ads, the Riverwalk, Wacker, the bridges, the water? There’s a paddy wagon and a few dozen cops standing around chit chatting like there was nothing else to do. Downtown Chicago robbery here on Wacker. A female tackled for her purse by a male Hispanic right at the Riverwalk. The guy looks like he’s in custody, they’ve got someone in the wagon, but that doesn’t change what happened. Middle of downtown, middle of “crime is down,” five o’clock, a woman gets driven into the pavement for a bag. That’s still just the afternoon. As the sun starts to drop, the teenagers show up. All over the scanner: teen trends, big groups moving through downtown, in and out of stores, up and down Illinois and McClurg, by the Riverwalk, around the Mag Mile. Calls for batteries in progress, kids running, people getting punched, property getting hit. At the exact same time, there are truckloads of cops and sheriff’s officers stacked up at train stations and corners. Roosevelt Red Line. 55th and Garfield. Hyde Park. Heavy vests, big trucks, whole squads posted up. That’s your money right there. Those are hundred‑thousand‑dollar‑a‑year guys, twenty or thirty of them, highly trained, standing around babysitting teenagers and serving as a backdrop so the city can say, Look, we’ve got it under control. Ignoring the fighting, shooting and jumping on cars. While that’s going on, the calls keep stacking. On the Westside, Francisco and Washington, there’s a report of two people shot inside a residence. First word is domestic. Ex‑boyfriend broke in. Shot the woman. Another person hurt. Later it comes out worse: a 44‑year‑old man hit multiple times and a 38‑year‑old woman shot in the head. Both end up pronounced at Sinai. A 31‑year‑old with a FOID card, gun recovered, in custody. That’s not a podium moment. That’s not a press release. That’s people bleeding out in an apartment while the city is busy running theater downtown. Back by the lake, the night’s main act hits the scanner a little after nine. Shots fired, Rush and Chicago. Just off Michigan Avenue. The kind of place the city uses to sell Chicago as safe, clean, lit up, open for business. Here’s what comes over the air: a 22‑year‑old in a red sedan driving through when a white sedan rolls up. The person in the white car pulls a gun and starts firing. Shoots up the red car. Multiple rounds into the vehicle. By some miracle, the driver doesn’t get hit. But it doesn’t stop with the cars. A 25‑year‑old woman walking outside, just out there on the street, gets hit in the left thigh. She ends up at Northwestern in fair condition. At the scene, it looks like a war zone laid over a shopping postcard. Police tape seals off East Chicago Avenue. A red sedan is shot up and left disabled. Another vehicle is wrecked. Blue and red lights bounce off glass and wet pavement. Luxury storefronts sit right behind the wreckage like nothing happened. So run the tape of the whole day back. In the afternoon, downtown is hollowed out and a woman is tackled for her purse on the Riverwalk. Through early evening, groups move through the core while police presence grows with them, trailing and surrounding, but not getting ahead of anything. At the same time, two people are killed inside an apartment on the Westside, out of the spotlight, off the tourist map. And earlier in the day on the Far Southside, at 122nd and Green, a 26‑year‑old man is shot multiple times in the street and left dead where he fell. Same city, same day, different side of town — the body count moves, but the story doesn’t change. Then at night, gunfire between cars blows open one of the most visible blocks in the city and drops a pedestrian who had nothing to do with the fight. All of it on one warm day in March. From the outside, the city looks covered in police: uniforms on every corner, trucks everywhere, tape, lights, sirens. From the inside, if you’re actually watching the calls and the streets, the truth is simple: There was lots of cops in the streets last night, and none of the violence was stopped. ------ Mag Mile Shooting Scene — March 30, 2026 | 9:27 PM — Police tape seals off E. Chicago Ave after a red sedan is shot up and left disabled, and a pedestrian is hit in the crossfire outside high‑end shops. #ChicagoScanner #CrimeNews #Homicide

@CWBChicago Crime is down. Crime is down.

A juvenile was shot inside a Loop hotel overnight, according to witnesses and CPD. So far, the Loop has seen more people shot year to date in 2026 than any year since at least 2019. cwbchicago.com/2026/03/boy-sh…

@CourtSpinelliTV @WGNNews Most are in unincorporated Crete area. It’s still sad

#BREAKING: Investigators with the Will Co. Sheriff’s Office remain on scene at a home in the 27000 block of Stateline Rd. in Crete after an overnight shooting. We’re working to gather details. This small community is still reeling from two tragedies earlier this week @WGNNews

@sullyhome @the_transit_guy Plus don’t forget the Brookfield zoo police, metropolitan water district police, and many more …

@the_transit_guy Not exactly accurate. Add sheriff and forest preserve. Minus Ford Heights. Plus Metra. Then remember university and hospital police. Then factor in any other area expceptions and it’s not that simple.

The 133 municipalities in Cook County collectively have the same population as Chicago; meaning 133 separate police departments serve roughly the same number of residents as the Chicago Police Department alone.

Final: Philadelphia 5, Chicago 1

@Blueliner_8 @scottcwheeler Yes. 2 minor-5 major and game misconduct

@scottcwheeler Did he get a match for that?

AJ Greer with one of the most malicious hits in a long time. This isn’t reckless. You can watch him make a conscious decision in real time. Should warrant a lengthy suspension.

@bmet7 @scottcwheeler He got a two minor-five major - game misconduct. Flames had 7 minute power play.

@scottcwheeler Major + Game Misconduct all day. Match penalty if playing USA Hockey rulebook.

@ridge_line1 @Oceanbreeze473 Happy meals have white or chocolate milk options

@Oceanbreeze473 I think its great it had milk. Can you still get milk at fast food places?

In 1950 the entire McDonald’s menu only had 9 items. Would you like fries, with your fries. 🤣

@Fire_Alerts911 “Muster point”

MABAS 19 Technical Rescue Outbound Task Force now requested to the Munster Point at Manhattan Fire Station 83 - Then staging at Kankakee Fire Station 1

@Joliet_HN Yeah that’s a capital crime. 0k. Fine them and move on. Meanwhile they can’t find anything else wrong in IL?????

Illinois’ chief law enforcement official has filed a lawsuit claiming the operator of a Lockport McDonald’s violated child labor laws by employing teens to work excessive hours without a work permit. shawlocal.com/the-herald-new…

@GeriPerna @WellsFargo I always MSU. “Make Sh*t Up” It’s for vacation. It’s for a new car. It’s for me to go gamble. Whatever I feel like saying

I have to VENT! Yesterday, my guy went to @WellsFargo in Florida to withdraw 7k, in cash. The teller called the manager over, and he asked what he was using the money for. My guy said, how is this any of your business? The manager said, we are required to ask. Then he told him he would have to come back tomorrow. My friend went to @TDBank_US in NJ today to withdraw 3k, and the teller asked her what she was using it for. My friend was furious and refused to tell her. WHAT IS GOING ON? THIS IS OUR MONEY! We earned it, paid taxes on it, and it we want to take it home and burn it, we can do that! Has anyone else experienced this?

@ILStatePoliceT3 Learn to spell the city correctly

HODGEKINS - Troopers are handling a crash on I-55 northbound at US-45/LaGrange Road. Multiple lanes are blocked.

@CourtSpinelliTV Happens to all of us I guess. My windshield has a nice chip from a pice of concrete flying thru the air. Glad you weren’t injured

Muted for profanity purposes 😅

Please enjoy this play-by-play of what looks like a baseball-sized rock that just slammed into my windshield a few minutes ago. 😱😳 How my glass isn’t cracked is beyond me. That gave me a good scare!

@Hunter_Eagleman Had to get a new birth certificate when i applied for my passport a few years ago. My original was about 55 years old. Not good in today’s world. No seal on it Ordered it online from the county and the new certified original was received in a week. $8 charge I believe.

If you’re too lazy to go to the county courthouse or use the internet to request your birth certificate… You shouldn’t be voting!

@CalebJHull New owners running things to make more $$$$. The new way makes more than the old way.

Southwest Arlines' downfall needs to be studied. They identified all of their competitive advantages and then eliminated them. There's literally no reason to fly Southwest anymore.

@it_unprofession Working from “the field “ or visiting a “potential vendor” or “doing some research” were my excuses to anyone who asked on days I disappeared for a few hours. Had my phone on and would send a few emails or reply to a few possibly also to appear available Usually no one noticed

Guys I left work at noon today, on a Wednesday afternoon. Didn't ask permission or make up an excuse. Just left. Three hours later my phone hasn't buzzed once. This is how I know most of my job is completely unnecessary. If the building was actually going to burn down without me, someone would have noticed by now. Instead everyone's just assuming I'm somewhere important doing important things. The system runs itself. The team handles issues. Nothing requires my immediate attention. I could probably not show up for a week and just send a few emails and nobody would notice. That's either a sign that I've built great systems and hired great people, or a sign that middle management is mostly decorative. Probably both.

@TrooperBenKs Issued a retirement badge and I kept my daily worn one. 16 years retired. Don’t carry them anymore, no one really cares if you are retired. Nor do I want strangers to know that. I carry the retired ID for LEOSA purposes. Nice to have just a regular wallet actually…..

I reached into my wallet to pay for lunch and paused when I saw this wallet badge. I’ve carried it for more than 20 years. I bought it back when the Troopers Association partnered with the Kansas Highway Patrol and gave troopers the option to purchase their own. Since then, it’s lived quietly in my wallet. Tucked away. Almost forgotten. In all those years, I can only remember two moments where I ever felt the need to display it. Not for authority. Not for recognition. Just clarity in a moment that needed it. Now I’m retired, and carrying it feels different… It’s still mine. I paid for it. But it doesn’t say retired, and that has me thinking. I see many agencies issue a retired law enforcement wallet badge. Others allow officers to keep what they carried during their career. Some handle it in their own way. So I’m genuinely curious and I’d love to hear from you. If you served, how did your agency handle this moment? Did you keep your badge? Were you issued a retired badge? What did that transition look like for you? 🤔 If you haven’t served, I’d still love to hear your thoughts. This little badge has lived in my wallet for decades. Today it made me pause. #LESM

@SBarrettBar HP Officer jet pro 8020. Inkjet with scan and copy. Purchased at Costco back in 2018 for $150 Treat it like a princess and still doing fine. HP App is excellent for it and using Mac system so easy to setup. No complaints at all

It's staggering, but in 30 years of using computers No one has managed to manufacture a reliable printer.