Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent Eddie Johnson announced that Chicago Lawn on the southwest side is the latest district to deploy the Department’s smart policing strategy, doubling the number of districts utilizing predictive strategies in 2018. In the 8th (Chicago Lawn) police district, a station-based strategic nerve centers, district-wide gunshot detection, crime cameras and mobile phone technology have been deployed to assist in district-level crime strategies and investigations. With this announcement, CPD has doubled the number of districts implementing smart policing strategies. This year, CPD has launched in police districts: 3 (Grand Crossing), 4 (South Chicago), 5 (Calumet), 8 (Chicago Lawn), 12 (Near West) and 25 (Grand Central). The new strategic nerve center continues a series of investments in the crime fight. On Sunday, Mayor Emanuel and CPD announced five new patrol vehicles have been equipped with License Plate Reader technology to stop carjackings, and 108 new police officers have hit the street as part of the plan to grow CPD by nearly 1,000 officers. Earlier this month, Mayor Emanuel, CPD Superintendent Johnson and the University of Chicago Crime Lab joined philanthropist and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin to announce a $10 million grant that will support CPD’s continued efforts to leverage data analysis, community input and technology resources throughout the Department to support a safer Chicago in every neighborhood.