Not to take on the guise of a doomsday prophet but we have been reporting on the chronic street staffing shortages of the CPD already this summer as the violence in Chicago has started it’s annual summertime uptick .

As the Democratic National Convention looms exactly 2 months from now, one wonders how all of the added law enforcenment responsibilities that come with running a major political event will be handled without sacrificing the safety of the city already in peril....