Chicago Way w/John Kass: Why safety on the streets starts in the courtroom

The Chicago Way

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Chicago Way w/John Kass (03/17/25): A newcomer to the podcast, Chicago Police Chief of Detectives (ret.) Gene Roy joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to talk about how wearing a badge in Chicago has changed over the last forty years and look at what he sees as major flaws with the criminal justice & courts […]

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0:00.0	So when was your last checkup?
0:01.8	Oh, no, not you.
0:02.8	Although that's important too, but when was your last vehicle checkup?
0:06.7	When it comes to service, nobody knows your Chevy better than your local Chevy dealer.
0:11.2	Go to Chevy Drive, Chicago.com to schedule an appointment today.
0:15.6	We have a love-hate relationship with Chicago because, well, I hate it and I left, but I can't
0:23.6	leave it because I love it.
0:25.6	I can't stop thinking about it.
0:28.6	I was born there, and even though I'm gone now, in Green Acres, Indiana, I still think
0:36.6	about the city that I love.
0:39.5	But an amazing thing happened.
0:41.5	Brandon Johnson, just days ago, who was asking the major vendors of the city,
0:47.8	people who provide everything from toilet paper to lumber to asphalt, kick back 3% on invoices that are sent to City Hall
1:00.8	to help Chicago get through its so-called budget crisis.
1:06.8	I don't know what's going to happen.
1:08.4	Maybe if you ask the guy who sells toilet paper to the city to give 3%, he might, but see if you can ask the asphalt guys, hey, give me 3% back.
1:21.9	I want that contract.
1:23.9	You think that's going to work?
1:25.1	I don't think so.
1:26.4	The city has fallen apart, but you know who is in the middle of it besides the people? The cops, the firefighters, the people who are not getting paid. And that's why we want to have Gene Roy, former chief of detective of Chicago Police Department, as our guest today on the Chicago
1:47.3	Way.
1:48.7	He knows what happened to the criminal justice system.
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