CPD is useless [rant]

Sorry for the incoming rant but holy shit it was amazing.

I was in a hit and run this morning riding down Halsted. I was incredibly lucky and walked away with some minor road rash and bruises.

When I went to go file a police report is when I got pissed off. After taking my report, I asked the cop what would happen next and he looked at me confused. He basically told me that because I didn’t have any major injuries or financial loss, as well as no plate info they wouldn’t pursue it. This is ignoring the fact that this was Halsted and Diversey, where there were plenty of cameras and I received witness info.

This was really personal to me. I’m a teacher who was on his was to school, and this happened a few blocks from the school I went to as a kid, that I often walked to. I ended up yelling at the cop about how I don’t care about my financial loss, I want them to do something about this guy driving around my neighborhood.

I’m incredibly lucky. I’ve been riding for 20 years and this is my first crash, and it could have been so much worse. I’m also just so angry and frustrated about how little this city cares about us.

Anyway, if you read this thanks for letting me shout into the void, and stay safe out there.