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CITY OF WEST CHICAGO
PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
ITEM TITLE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: @A.
City Museum Management Review and Discussion
FILE NUMBER:
COMMITTEE AGENDA DATE: Aug. 30, 2021
COUNCIL AGENDA DATE:
STAFF REVIEW: Tom Dabareiner, AICP SIGNATURE a
APPROVED BY CITY ADMINISTRATOR: Michael Guttman SIGNATURE
ITEM SUMMARY:
On February 4, 2019, the City Council approved a contract with Phalen Consulting Inc. for City
Museum Management Services (Resolution No. 2019-R-0008). The contract is a two-year agreement
with a third year automatic renewal option unless either party desired to terminate the agreement. A
copy of the contract is included with this memo.
The contract included a conceptual budget within its scope. Of course, in reality, healthy budgets
must change with the times. Museum Staff recently prepared a detailed budget overview to make it
easier to understand the activities at the West Chicago City Museum, their costs and the amount of
staff time required to implements each task. A copy of the current Budget Overview is also included
with this memo for your consideration.
The Museum Manager will be available to answer any questions, as will the Community Development
Director.
ACTION PROPOSED:
Discussion and consideration of next steps.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
Pc: Budget Overview
Current Contract

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WEST CHICAGO CITY MUSEUM
BUDGET OVERVIEW ($88,200)
SUMMARY
Mission: The West Chicago City Museum is a dynamic history and art center that inspires
and involves the community through research, programs and exhibits. The museum vows to
encourage and fulfill the cultural needs for expression, as well as promote acceptance and
understanding of the West Chicago community.
Management: Since 2013 the West Chicago City Museum has been managed
by Phalen Consulting Inc. through a contractual agreement with the
City of West Chicago.
EXHIBITS
Museum Exhibits
First floor 1x a year exhibit
$6,000; 10% staff time
New exhibit opens May of each year, large
overarching local history theme; printing,
design and publicity expenses.
Second floor exhibits
$3,000; 10% staff time
Rotating exhibits on the second floor of the
museum, 3-4 new displays a year on specific
local history topics; printing, design and
publicity expenses.
External Outreach Exhibits
$3,200; 10% staff time
Local history displays in the community-
schools, businesses, library, and events;
printing and publicity.
COLLECTIONS
Collection Database
$800
Archival Housing Supplies
$1,200
30% staff time
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
K-12 Educational Programs
$1,000; 10% staff time
In-class programs, checkout classroom kits
and virtual programs; reproduction objects, kit
supplies, technology, publicity and printing
expenses.
Adult Historical Reading Program
$1,000; 5% staff time
Non-fiction reading group meets 10x a year;
refreshments, book and publicity expenses.
Children/Family Programs
$3,500; 5% staff time
10-12 history themed craft programs; supplies
and publicity expenses.
Tales Tombstones Tell
$1,000; 5% staff time
Annual Cemetery Walk; candles, publicity, printing,
refreshments, costumes and prop expenses.
PARTNERSHIPS & VOLUNTEERS
Community Arts Programming
$1,500
Volunteer Recognition
$500
5% staff time
MUSEUM MANAGEMENT
Staff: Part-time, 5 member staff $60,000
Operations: Visitor Services, Office Supplies, Membership Fees, Professional Development,
Human Resources and Contractual Expenses $5,500, 10% staff time

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RESOLUTION NO. 2019-R-0008
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CERTAIN CONTRACT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST CHICAGO AND
PHALEN CONSULTING INC.
FOR CITY MUSEUM MANAGEMENT SERVICES
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of West Chicago, in regular session
assembled, that the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute and the City Clerk is
authorized to attest a certain Contract between the City of West Chicago and Phalen
Consulting, Inc. for museum management services for a two year period not to exceed $88,400
annually, in substantially the form attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit “A”.
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST CHICAGO AND PHALEN
CONSULTING FOR THE OPERATION OF THE WEST CHICAGO CITY MUSEUM
This Agreement (hereinafter “AGREEMENT”) is entered into this +” day of February,
2019 between the City of West Chicago, an Illinois Municipal Corporation, (hereinafter "CITY")
with offices located at 475 Main Street, West Chicago, Illinois 60185, and Phalen Consulting,
Inc. (hereinafter, “PHALEN”) with offices located at 787 Hickory Lane, West Chicago, Illinois
60185.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the CITY owns and operates the West Chicago City Museum and its ancillary
buildings (hereinafter “MUSEUM”), where a collection of West Chicago historical artifacts and
exhibits are housed and or displayed; and
WHEREAS, Sara Phalen, sole shareholder of PHALEN, has been affiliated with the MUSEUM,
either as an employee or an independent contractor, since 2006, and has worked extensively in all
areas of the institution and is educated and professionally trained in the management, oversight,
operation and direction of museums and non-profit entities; and
WHEREAS, the CITY desires to have PHALEN provide professional consulting services in the
operation of the MUSEUM and employ its expertise in operating educational facilities and
programming to create new and exciting ways to present the history and culture of the CITY and to
preserve and care for the approximately 34,000 item collection which the CITY holds in public
trust; and
WHEREAS, PHALEN desires to provide professional consulting services for the operation of the
MUSEUM; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into this AGREEMENT in order to provide a full statement
of their respective obligations in connection with PHALEN’S exclusive, non-transferable license to
operate, occupy and utilize the MUSEUM.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein, and other
good and valuable consideration acknowledged by the parties, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE L. SPACE, STAFF, EQUIPMENT, AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
1.1. Description of Space and Use: The physical premises to be operated by PHALEN
shall include the four facilities listed in Attachment “A” attached hereto and made a
part hereof, which facilities constitute the physical premises of the MUSEUM.
1.1.1 PHALEN agrees to operate the MUSEUM and its buildings in compliance
with the mission of the MUSEUM, as follows: “The West Chicago City
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community through research, programs and exhibits”.
Staffing: PHALEN shall provide all staff necessary to support the operation of the
MUSEUM in a manner that is consistent with the ethics, standards and professional
practices of the American Alliance of Museums (www.aam-us.org) which are
incorporated herein by reference.
1.2.1 PHALEN shall serve as the Director/Curator of the MUSEUM, and shall
be responsible for fulfilling the goals and responsibilities described in
Attachment B, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
1.2.2 _PHALEN may employ or contract with support staff for educational and
collection management purposes at its sole cost and expense. Support staff
employed or contracted by PHALEN shall not be considered employees of
the CITY. PHALEN shall be responsible for complying with all existing
federal, state and local employment laws.
1.2.3. The CITY shall, at its sole cost and expense, conduct criminal background
checks for any PHALEN personnel and volunteers prior to their starting
their assignment at the MUSEUM and annually thereafter. All PHALEN
personnel must execute a waiver allowing the City to conduct said
background check and must successfully pass their background checks, as
determined by the CITY, in order to be assigned to or perform services at
the MUSEUM.
Hours of Operation: PHALEN agrees that the MUSEUM shall be open to the
public not less than twelve (12) hours per week, except that the MUSEUM will be
closed for all holidays recognized by the CITY. The hours the MUSEUM shall be
open to the public are specified in Attachment B, and they shall be expanded for
special events and to accommodate increased visitation during the summer, to
include at least four (4) hours on Saturdays. MUSEUM hours shall be posted for the
public on the MUSEUM’S entrance and on the MUSEUM portion of the City
website.
Museum Entrance Fees and Donations: PHALEN agrees that no fee will be charged
as an entrance or other user fees to the MUSEUM. Any monetary donations
accepted by PHALEN, as the Director/Curator of the MUSEUM, shall be deposited
into the Museum Trust Account as managed by the Friends of the West Chicago
City Museum (hereinafter “FRIENDS”), a 501(c)(3) organization, whose sole
purpose is to support the MUSEUM and its mission through fundraising.
Furnishings and Equipment: For the purposes of operating the MUSEUM and
otherwise carrying out its responsibilities under this AGREEMENT, PHALEN may
utilize CITY’S existing furniture (e.g., desks, chairs, tables, etc.) and equipment (e.g.
computer hardware, copier, fax, microfilm, scanner, software, telephones, etc.)
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responsible for protecting and presenting said furniture and equipment. CITY shall
be responsible for the maintenance agreements for all equipment (e.g. copier, two
computers, microfilm reader and software). CITY shall be responsible for the
replacement of said furniture and equipment when needed as solely determined by
the CITY. Requests for furniture and equipment replacement, and for any software
additions or upgrades, must be made in writing by PHALEN by October 1* of each
year for purchase in the subsequent fiscal year, notwithstanding an emergency, and
approved by the CITY in writing prior to the purchase.
1.5.1 CITY shall continue to maintain MUSEUM computer files on a server and
provide technical support, to the extent maintenance and support is currently
provided.
1.5.2 PHALEN shall promptly report in writing to the Director of Community
Development and the current City staff member as applicable, any problems
with the condition and/or operation of any furniture or furnishings.
PHALEN shall promptly report in writing to the Director of Community
Development, the Director of Administrative Services and the IT Manager,
any problems with the condition and/or operation of equipment, which
should include all requests for equipment maintenance or repair.
1.5.3. PHALEN shall not add any software products, upgrades, applications or
make any other changes to computer equipment without prior written
authorization of the CITY.
Operating Supplies: PHALEN shall provide, at its own cost and expense, all
necessary office and museum-related supplies needed in order to provide the
required services under the AGREEMENT.
Custodial Services, Facility Maintenance, Security and Utilities: CITY shall
continue to provide custodial services, building maintenance, ordinary utilities,
security services and capital improvements as needed and as determined by the
CITY for all four buildings comprising the MUSEUM.
1.7.1. PHALEN shall notify the CITY of any building maintenance issues that
arise. CITY shall use its best efforts to timely notify PHALEN of any work
that is done to remedy any building maintenance issues.
1.7.2 City, or PHALEN if designated in writing and with at least seven (7) days
notice, shall be responsible for the completion of the monthly maintenance
and safety checks as required by the CITY by the 5" of each month and shall
immediately thereafter transmit the required documentation to the Facilities
Management Superintendent. Any and all issues that arise out of these
checks must be reported to PHALEN within five (5) business days of
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Other City Services: The CITY shall allow PHALEN, for purposes of operating the
MUSEUM and otherwise carrying out its responsibilities under this AGREEMENT,
to have MUSEUM information uploaded to the CITY website; to use the GIS; and
to provide the CITY marketing materials and information to publicize the
MUSEUM. PHALEN may also use certain equipment at City Hall including the
copier, postage meter and folding machine. Any additional requests for CITY
services or to use CITY equipment shall be made in writing to the CITY. PHALEN
shall not use said outlets for any use not approved by the CITY.
Additional Alterations: PHALEN shall not, without the prior written consent of the
CITY, make any alterations, improvements or additions to the MUSEUM buildings.
Such alterations shall be requested by PHALEN in writing. The CITY’S refusal to
give said consent shall be conclusive. The CITY has the sole authority to give
consent to any non-structural changes, including, but not limited to installation of
shelving units and modification existing fixtures. It shall be PHALEN’S
responsibility to provide assurance that all improvements are consistent with the
MUSEUM building’s status on the National Register of Historic Places.
1.9.1 With prior written approval of the CITY, PHALEN may make agreed upon
alterations using volunteer or paid labor of choice. The CITY is not
responsible for any costs associated with PHALEN’s election to do so and
the alterations, improvements or additions done to the MUSEUM buildings.
Right of Access: CITY shall be entitled to access to the MUSEUM twenty-four (24)
hours a day, without prior notice. CITY staff and agents will record all after-hours
building entries by electronic access reporting or on a sign-in tracker at MUSEUM
backdoor.
Right of Use: CITY shall be entitled to use MUSEUM facilities for other CITY uses
provided twenty-four (24) hours’ written notice has been provided to and
acknowledged by PHALEN, except in the case of emergencies. PHALEN shall
retain the right to object to any Right of Use request by CITY solely for conflicts
arising from scheduling or concurrent programming, except in the case of
emergencies. Such objection shall not be unreasonably given. CITY shall retain the
final say in Right of Use.
Fundraising Board: CITY and PHALEN hereby acknowledge that the FRIENDS
was established in 2005 to support the MUSEUM through fundraising efforts. The
FRIENDS is not a third-party beneficiary to this AGREEMENT.
1.12.1 CITY and PHALEN acknowledge that the purpose of the FRIENDS is
fundraising for the MUSEUM. CITY and PHALEN agree that it is neither
the intent of this AGREEMENT to grant the FRIENDS any authority over
PHALEN as it relates to the MUSEUM’S operations and staff, nor any
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which shall be at the sole discretion of PHALEN and consistent with this
AGREEMENT.
1.12.2 CITY and PHALEN acknowledge that the FRJENDS is a 501(c)3 not-for
profit corporation and operates independently through its bylaws.
1.12.3. CITY and PHALEN acknowledge that the FRIENDS holds monies that are
generated through its own activities and that the MUSEUM, CITY and
PHALEN have no control over such monies.
1.12.4 CITY and PHALEN acknowledge that the FRJENDS holds monies that are
raised through MUSEUM activities and are held in trust for the MUSEUM
and its operations in an account separate from the account described in
1.12.3. The MUSEUM, under PHALEN'S direction, shall account to the
FRIENDS and the CITY (the latter only as it relates to monies spent on
facility improvements) how these monies are utilized.
ARTICLE II. OPERATING FEE AND REPORTING
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License Granted: CITY agrees to provide PHALEN an exclusive, non-transferable
license to occupy and utilize the space of the MUSEUM, as set forth in this
AGREEMENT, at no cost.
Operating Fee: For a period of two (2) years beginning January 1, 2019, the CITY
shall compensate PHALEN with an annual Operating Fee of eighty eight thousand
two hundred and 00/1 00 dollars ($88,200.00) for operating the MUSEUM and
otherwise carrying out its responsibilities under this AGREEMENT. CITY agrees
to pay PHALEN in twelve (12) equal monthly installments of seven thousand
three hundred fifty dollars ($7,350.00). For purposes of payment, PHALEN shall
submit to the CITY an invoice that shall be e-mailed to the CITY no later than six
(6) business days prior to the date of the first City Council meeting of each month.
Payment to PHALEN shall be made following approval by the City Council.
PHALEN agrees to timely deposit, within thirty (30) days of check issue date, all
checks issued by the City that are made payable to PHALEN or to People Made
Visible. PHALEN agrees to reimburse the CITY for any and all bank fees that
are associated with the replacement of lost or stale-dated checks as a result of
PHALEN'S failure to timely deposit such checks.
2.2.1 Should one of the parties wish to create a successor agreement, including
altering the amount of the operating fee, written notice must be provided to
the other patty at least ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the then
currentterm.
2.2.2 Should the agreement be terminated early, CITY shall not be obligated for
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2.3. | PHALEN shall provide quarterly reports, for each calendar year quarter, to the
CITY or before the last day of January, April, July and October, beginning in
January 2019. The format of said reports shall be as may be mutually agreed upon
by CITY and PHALEN the content shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
2.3.1 PHALEN shall provide reports to CITY regarding the number of visitors to
MUSEUM exhibits, participants in educational programs, and attendance at
events as well as its progress toward achieving the Goals detailed in
Attachment B.
2.3.2 PHALEN shall provide reports to CITY regarding revenues from donations,
educational programs and events.
2.3.3. PHALEN shall provide reports to CITY detailing all expenditures made
from the Operating Fee set forth in Paragraph 2.2, correlating to the
suggested budget set forth in Attachment C, which is incorporated into this
AGREEMENT by reference.
2.4 PHALEN shall annually make a presentation to the applicable Standing Committee
of the City Council during the first calendar quarter of each year, reporting on the
operations from the past year.
2.5 The Director of Community Development will be responsible for AGREEMENT
oversight, receiving the quarterly reports from PHALEN, and serving as the primary
CITY contact for PHALEN.
ARTICLE Ill. COLLECTIONS
3.1 Collection Ownership: CITY shall retain its ownership of the Museum Collection as the
holder of the historic collection in the public trust.
3.2 Collection Use: PHALEN shall be given use of the Museum Collection to fulfill its
obligations under this AGREEMENT. PHALEN shall act within the current policies of
the MUSEUM, as enumerated in the MUSEUM’S Collection Policy set forth in
Attachment D, which is incorporated into this AGREEMENT by reference. PHALEN
shall utilize the Museum Collection to generate revenues through programming,
research fees and other activities that further the mission of the MUSEUM. Fees
generated will be held in the MUSEUM trust account supervised by the FRIENDS.
Revenues collected shall be included in reporting as stated in Paragraph 2.3.2.
3.3 Collection Care: CITY shall have the following responsibilities in connection with the
maintenance of the Museum Collection:
3.3.1. CITY shall continue to insure the Museum Collection against loss or
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insurance requirements.
3.3.2 CITY shall provide adequate space for the storage and care of the Museum
Collection, currently accomplished through the Museum Off-Site Storage
facility located at 126 McConnell Street. CITY shall provide PHALEN with
one-hundred twenty (120) days notice of any changes to be made in off-site
storage of the Museum Collection and a proposed plan for adequate
replacement of Collection storage that is consistent with the policies and
guidelines of the American Alliance of Museums (www.aam-us.org).
ARTICLE IV. LIABILITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
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Indemnification /Hold Harmless Provision: To the fullest extent permitted by law,
PHALEN hereby agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the CITY, its
officials, agents and employees, against all injuries, deaths, loss, damages, claims,
patent claims, suits, liabilities, judgments, costs and expenses (including attorneys
fees), which may in anywise accrue against the CITY, its officials, agents and
employees, arising in whole or in part or in consequence of the performance of this
work by PHALEN, its employees, subcontractors or volunteers, or which may in
anywise result therefore, except that arising out of the sole legal cause of the CITY,
its employees or agents, PHALEN shall at its own expense, appear, defend and pay
all charges of attorneys and all costs and other expenses arising therefore or
incurred in connections therewith, and, if any judgment shall be rendered against
the CITY, its officials, employees and agents, in any such action, PHALEN shall,
at its own expense, satisfy and discharge the same.
Exceptions to Indemnification: CITY shall maintain, hold and be obligated to hold
Comprehensive General Liability Insurance on the MUSEUM, its guests, visitors,
volunteers and program participants. PHALEN shall provide the City with a list of
active volunteers by the fifth day of each month, and PHALEN shall be responsible
for obtaining executed hold harmless waivers for all volunteers that comply with
current CITY policy. Prior to the performance of service by volunteers, PHALEN
shall provide hold harmless waivers to CITY for any and all active volunteers.
Survival of Indemnification: The indemnification described above shall not be
limited by reason of the enumeration of any insurance coverage herein provided, and
it shall survive the termination of this AGREEMENT.
Default: A Party shall be in default if that party breaches a material term of this
Agreement. However, no party shall be in default of its performance of its
obligations under this Agreement unless it shall have been provided thirty (30)
days’ written notice specifically setting forth the alleged default and an opportunity
to cure the same. Defaults shall be cured within seven (7) calendar days of receipt
of said notice. In the event of default, either party may pursue such remedies as a
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4.5 Insurance: PHALEN shall provide the CITY with an original Certificate of
Insurance for the term of this Agreement for General Liability: $1,000,000
combined single limit per occurrence for bodily injury and property damage and
$1,000,000 per occurrence for personal injury. The general aggregate shall be
twice the required occurrence limit. Minimum General Aggregate shall be no less
than $2,000,000, or a project/contract specific aggregate of $1,000,000.
Policy is to contain: the CITY, its officials, employees, agents and volunteers
covered as additional insured’s as respects to liability arising out of PHALEN’S
work including activities performed by or on behalf of PHALEN. The coverage
shall contain no special limitations on the scope of protection afforded to the City,
its officials, employees, agents and volunteers. PHALEN’S coverage shall be
primary and non-contributory as respects the CITY, its officials, agents, employees
and volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by the City, its officials,
employees, agents and volunteers shall be in excess of PHALEN’S insurance and
shall not contribute with it. The Certificate shall also list the CITY as loss payee with
CITY named as cancellation notice recipient.
PHALEN shall furnish the City with an original certificate of insurance naming the
City, its officials, employees, agents and volunteers as additional insureds, and with
original endorsements affecting coverage required by this clause. The certificate and
endorsements for each insurance policy are to be signed by a person authorized by
that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf. If applicable, PHALEN shall include all
subcontractors as insureds under its policies or shall furnish separate certificates and
endorsements for each subcontractor. All coverages for subcontractors shall be
subject to all of the requirements stated herein.
Business Automobile Liability: $1,000,000 combined single limit per accident for
bodily injury and property damage.
PHALEN shall also provide Workers’ Compensation coverage with statutory limits
and Employers’ Liability limits of $500,000 per accident should PHALEN have any
employees. If PHALEN should have any employees, PHALEN shall agree to waive
all rights of subrogation against the City, its officials, employees, agents and
volunteers for losses arising from work performed by PHALEN for the City.
4.6 Reporting Requirements: PHALEN shall follow policies and requirements of the
CITY and IRMA regarding reporting of accidents or other incidents associated with
potential liability at the MUSEUM, and shall report accidents and/or injuries to the
Director of Community Development within twenty-four (24) hours of the incident.
ARTICLE V. TERM AND TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
5.1 Term. This AGREEMENT shall become effective on January 1, 2019 and may be
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prior written notice to the other party.
5.2 Suitable Replacement: If PHALEN elects to terminate this AGREEMENT, PHALEN
shall be responsible for selecting and recommending a suitable replacement candidate.
This recommendation shall not be binding in any way on the CITY.
5.3 Automatic Renewal: Beginning on January 1, 2021 and the annual anniversary
thereafter, unless either party elects to terminate this AGREEMENT as defined in
Paragraph 5.1 or provides notice to renegotiate as defined in Paragraph 2.2.1, this
AGREEMENT shall automatically renew for an additional one (1) year.
5.4 Surrender of Possession: Upon the expiration of the Term or upon the termination of
PHALEN’S right of possession, PHALEN shall forthwith surrender the premises of the
MUSEUM, as described in Article I, to the CITY in good order, repair and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted. Any interest of PHALEN in the alterations,
improvements, and additions to the MUSEUM (including without limitation all
carpeting or floor covering) made or paid for by CITY or PHALEN, excluding any of
the PHALEN’S personal property, shall, without compensation to PHALEN, become
CITY’S property at the termination of this AGREEMENT by lapse of time or otherwise,
and such alterations, improvements and additions if they are to be relinquished shall be
relinquished to CITY in good condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. If PHALEN
holds over after said date, it shall be liable to the CITY in the amount of two hundred
dollars ($200.00) per day for every day or portion thereof that remains.
5.5 Surrender of Funds: If this AGREEMENT is terminated early by either party or at the
end of the AGREEMENT term, PHALEN shall provide an accounting of any monies
provided by the CITY but not yet expended. PHALEN shall remit these funds, less all
encumbrances including PHALEN’S fees, within thirty (30) days of the termination date
of this AGREEMENT. If PHALEN holds over after said date, it shall be liable to the
CITY in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200.00) per day or portion thereof that
remains.
ARTICLE VI. GENERAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Independent Contractors: The provisions of this AGREEMENT are neither intended to
create nor shall any be deemed or to be construed by the parties to create any
relationship between the parties hereto other than that of independent entities contracting
with each other solely for the purpose of effecting the provisions of this AGREEMENT.
6.1.1 PHALEN shall not be entitled to participate in any plans, arrangements, or
distributions by the CITY pertaining to or in connection with any pension,
insurance, or similar benefits for CITY employees. In addition, the CITY
shall have no responsibility for withholding income tax, social security
tax, or unemployment insurance from the compensation paid to PHALEN.
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successor and/or additional forms as may be required from time to time by
the United States Internal Revenue Service.
6.1.2 PHALEN is retained by the CITY only for the purpose and to the extent
set forth in this AGREEMENT, and its relation to the CITY during the
period or periods of this AGREEMENT and services hereunder, shall be
that of an independent contractor, and it shall not be authorized to act as
agent, employee, servant or officer of the CITY. Sara A. Phalen, sole
shareholder of PHALEN, shall be free to dispose of such portion of her
time, energy, and skill during such hours as she is not performing services
for the CITY in such manner as she sees fit and to such persons, firms and
corporations as she sees advisable.
6.1.3 PHALEN shall provide a W-9 form to the City as required for independent
contractors.
Entire Agreement: Modification: _ This AGREEMENT contains the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes
all prior agreements, oral or written, and all other communications between the
parties relating to such subject matter. This AGREEMENT may not be amended or
modified except by mutual written agreement.
Compliance with Applicable Law: Each party agrees to comply with all applicable
local, state and federal law.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction: This AGREEMENT shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois. The parties agree that the exclusive
venue for resolving any disputes arising from or under the terms of this
AGREEMENT shall be in the 18" Judicial Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois.
Partial Invalidity: If any provision of this AGREEMENT is prohibited by any
applicable law or court decree, said prohibition shall not invalidate or affect the
remaining provisions of this Agreement.
Notices: All notices hereunder by either party to the other shall be in writing,
delivered personally, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by
Federal Express or Express Mail, and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
delivered personally as follows:
If to PHALEN:
Phalen Consulting, INC
c/o Sara A. Phalen
787 Hickory Lane
West Chicago, Illinois 60185
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If to the CITY:
City of West Chicago
475 Main Street
West Chicago, Illinois 60185
Attention: Michael Guttman, City Administrator
or to such other persons or places as either party may from time to time designate by
written notice to the other.
6.7 Waiver: A waiver by either party of a breach or failure to perform hereunder shall
not constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach or failure.
6.8 Captions: The captions contained herein are used solely for convenience and shall
not be deemed to define or limit the provisions of this AGREEMENT.
6.9 Assignment; Binding Effect: CITY shall not assign or transfer, in whole or in part,
this AGREEMENT or any of CITY’S rights, duties or obligations under this
AGREEMENT without the prior written consent of PHALEN, and any assignment
or transfer by CITY without such consent shall be null and void. This
AGREEMENT shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto
and their respective heirs, representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
6.9.1 PHALEN shall not assign or transfer, in whole or in part, this
AGREEMENT or any of PHALEN’S rights, duties or obligations under this
AGREEMENT without the prior written consent of the CITY, and any
assignment or transfer by PHALEN without such consent shall be null and
void. This AGREEMENT shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the parties hereto and their respective heirs, representatives, successors and
permitted assigns.
IN WITNESS WHEREOPF, the parties hereto have executed this AGREEMENT as of the day and
year first written above.
For: For:
City ofWest Chicag Phalen Consulting, Inc.
Ruben Pineda, Mayor Jw Oct
Date February 4 2014 Date February 4 2014
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Attachment A
Buildings Comprising the Museum
The following four buildings, collectively described as “MUSEUM,” will be governed under this
AGREEMENT. All of the following addresses are located in West Chicago, Illinois.
1.) West Chicago City Museum, 132 Main Street - utilized as a public gallery space, limited
MUSEUM Collection storage, and offices;
2.) Museum Off-site Storage Facility 126 McConnell Street - utilized as a storage facility for
the MUSEUM Collection;
3.) CB&Q Depot, 134 Tumer Court - building of historic significance being utilized for
educational programming; and
4.) Sesquicentennial Display Building, 424 Main Street - display building showcasing railroad
engine model.
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Attachment B
Responsibilities of Director/Curator and Institutional Goals
Director/Curator will oversee the management of the museum collection, archival materials and
objects, including acquisition, preservation and exhibition of items. Provide leadership,
coordination and supervision for support staff and volunteers. Average 25 hours of work a week.
Education- Responsible for the development, planning, coordination, presentation, and
scheduling of historical education programs which would include:
e Create materials and workshops for teachers to use as learning aids
e Teach lessons to students at schools
e Conduct field trips
e Work with school teachers, scout leaders, and other community resources
to develop, implement, and evaluate existing and new programs which
meet each group’s specific needs
—Annual Goal: 6 in school programs during school year; 4 in museum group
tours
Organize the Summer Passport Program
e Prepare Passport page for museum and additional advertising page for
Depot open days and other events and distribute Passport
e Prepare Passport worksheet for visitors to use in museum
e Collect passports turned in and provide certificates
—Goal: Attract 75 additional visitors to the museum and community through the
program, the majority of which from out of town
Exhibits/Displays
e Present and exhibit variety of collection for the public to readily view in
the museum and in at least two community locations annually
e Research and create new displays
e Enhance current displays
— Annual Goal: Present at least one new large exhibit
— Annual Goal: Enhance the exhibit in the CB&Q Depot which is open to the
public twelve Saturdays during the summer months.
—Annual Goal: During FY2019 and FY2020 design and erect two outdoor sign
boards to attract historic tourism
— Accessibility: Maintain museum open gallery hours 12 hours a week during the
winter- Thursdays, Fridays from 12-4pm January-February; 16 hours a week
during the remainder of the year- Saturdays from 12-4 March — December
Volunteers
e Recruit, train, and schedule
—Monthly goal: utilize volunteers in a variety of areas of the museum for 30
hours a month
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Building Maintenance
Work with the CITY on buildings’ maintenance, upgrades and repairs
—Annual 2019 goal: Work with Public Works Department and
Community Development Department on assessing building repairs,
including but not limited to the roof of the museum.
Collection
Maintain records and accession all new artifact donations
Maintain collection database
Properly store or display new artifacts
Continue progress on full museum collection inventory
e Work towards digitization of museum collection
— Annual goal: utilize support staff to reduce backlog of artifact accessioning by
50% each year, with the long-term goal of resolving backlog over the next two
years
— Annual goal: processing at least 75% of the temporary receipts received for
item donations
—Annual goal: digitizing 10% of the collection during inventory process
Collections Policy
e Update Collections Policy (Attachment D) to identify operation of the City
Museum by an independent contractor and not by City employees. This
includes eliminating references to “registrar”, “employees”, “staff” and other
terms referring to City employment in Attachment D, which is a policy
previously approved by the CITY.
e Annual Goal: Update Collections Policy (attachment D) to provide for
collection donations that are “bor digitally” and donated to the City
Museum in digital formats. A plan for proper digital storage shall be drafted
by PHALEN for CITY review.
Research Library
e Maintain the Research Library
e Assist visitors researching topics and supervise researchers using museum
materials
—Monthly goal: Serve 10 researchers a month requesting various local history
and genealogical information
— Annual goal: process new items into research library
Communications
e Assist in preparing annual budget and project cost estimates concerning
the museum and informing CITY as to amounts that should be included in
the upcoming budget.
e Participate in the newsletter advisory group, providing written material on
MUSEUM activities.
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e Send press releases to newspapers, media, etc. to announce new exhibits
and programs
e Establish communications and good public relations within the
community.
e Engage with the community through the Friends of the Museum’s social
media channels and website
Grant Writing for Additional Funding
e Work to secure financial support for preservation efforts and museum
services
e Seek out, apply for, and manage grant funding for educational programs.
Programs
e Create or schedule programs of a historical nature to attract more visitors
e Advertise the programs
— Annual goal: 12 programs open to the public
Conferences and Workshops
e Attend conferences and workshops to stay current on collection
preservation and museum best practices
e Network with other museum personnel
e Attend regional and local meetings
Community Events
e Participate in city-wide event committees
e Participate in city-wide events including, but not limited to, Blooming
Fest, Mexican Independence Day, Downtown Trick or Treat, Frosty Fest
e Have a physical presence at community gatherings
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Attachment C
Working Budget
The Working Budget outlines the funds to be utilized by PHALEN in the fulfillment of the
AGREEMENT. The Working Budget shall not bind expenditures. PHALEN shall have the
discretion to utilize the full budgeted amount for MUSEUM’S purposes with the Working
Budget as a guide.
Category Amount Description
Staff $60,000 Contractual director $34,500, Other contract support staff
(educational coordinator, collections assistant) $25,500
Training and $1,000 Additional education, conferences
tuition
Membership $1,500 Membership and dues in professional associations,
dues/Subscriptions subscription to professional association publications
Printing and $1,100 Printing costs
binding
Advertising $300 Additional advertising
Other contractual | $2,000 Consultant fees.
services
Computer/office $1,000 General day to day supplies
supplies
Tools & $300 Everyday maintenance equipment
equipment
Educational $12,200 — Exhibit costs
exhibitions
Educational $4,800 Programming costs
programming
Miscellaneous $1,000 Miscellaneous costs to recognize superior volunteers, exterior
commodities decorations (open sign, flower, etc.)
Collection $2,000 Archival materials and other collection care items
maintenance
Additional arts $1,000 Continue museum participation and support in artXposium and
programming the West Chicago Artist-in-Residency Program
Total | s8s,200
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Attachment D
Collections Policy
I. Statement of Mission and Purpose
The West Chicago City Museum was established by Ordinance No. 1265 on April 7, 1975 and is
a division of the City of West Chicago under the Community Development Department. Our
Mission: The West Chicago City Museum is a dynamic history and art center that inspires and
involves the community through research, programs and exhibits.
The West Chicago City Museum holds its collection in the public trust and exists for the public’s
informational and educational benefit. The West Chicago City Museum maintains professional
standards as set forth by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and plans for the growth,
development, care and use of its collections. While the collections are accessible to the public,
limitations on use may be made to insure preservation of the collection.
Where in Attachment D reference is made to Museum Director, it shall also mean Museum
employees and volunteers, except where otherwise noted or where the meaning is limited to the role
of the Museum Director.
II. Scope of Collection
The primary focus of the Museum’s collection is the growth and development of the West Chicago
community, from pre-settlement (before 1830) continuing to the present. The predominant ethnic
groups and their patterns of immigration will be actively collected.
Railroad history as it relates to the settlement and growth of West Chicago will be a secondary
collection. The Museum will collect materials relating directly to the past and present network of
railroads passing through West Chicago. Due to storage constraints, railroad equipment will be
collected only if in good or excellent condition.
Materials representative of nineteenth and twentieth century rural and community life in northern
Illinois will be selectively collected.
The Collections Plan, incorporated by reference, will direct which items will be considered for the
permanent collection based on criteria determined through the study of objects already in the
collection and identified collection gaps.
III. Collection Objectives
The Museum will collect materials which support its purpose, and enhance the present collections.
Materials collected will be for use in exhibition, education or research. There are 2 types of
collections as well as reference materials.
A. Permanent Collections: primary collection comprised of original or unique artifacts
or documents of high quality. These are to be accessioned (described, assigned and
marked with a unique number) into the permanent Museum holdings.
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B. Education Collection: Non-accessioned items which may be reproductions or
originals of lower quality, or any expendable material intended for use in educational
programs or used to support exhibits. These items are to be tracked through object
numbering but are not accessioned.
IV. Acquisition
A. Definition: Acquisition is the process of obtaining complete and total ownership
and physical possession of object(s). Each acquisition places demands on the
Museum’s resources.
B. Criteria: Materials must meet the following criteria before being acquired by the
Museum.
1) Items shall be relevant to and consistent with the purpose and activities of the
Museum.
2) The Museum shall be able to care for items according to professionally accepted
museum standards, and make them accessible as preservation considerations permit.
For example, the special storage requirements of items of excessive size must be
considered.
3) Title to all objects acquired shall be free and clear, without restriction to use or
future disposition.
4) Materials must, if possible, have provenance documented.
5) All moral, legal and ethical implications shall be considered.
Any exceptions to the above criteria must have City’s written approval.
C. Procedure for Acquisition: The Museum has the authority to acquire materials for
the collection within the limits of the approved budget. The Museum director has
the authority to accept property for the collections. A bill of sale or similar record
will be kept to document new acquisitions obtained by purchase.
The formal process of accepting materials into the permanent collection is known as
accessioning. A deed of gift must be signed to document the transfer of ownership
of objects acquired by gift or exchange. All donations to the Museum are tax
deductible to the full extent of the law. Gifts to the Museum will be acknowledged
by letter in a prompt manner by the Museum Director.
Permanent records shall be maintained for all Museum acquisitions in accordance
with professional museum standards. All accession records and files will be stored
and handled with proper care. Permanent registration records will be on acid-free
paper and a duplicate set will be maintained off-site.
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In compliance with current federal income tax regulations, the Museum Director is
prohibited from providing the donor with appraisal services. The Museum Director
may, however, recommend qualified appraisers.
The Museum Director may attempt to identify an item brought in by the public and
deposited no longer than 30 days. After notification items left longer than 30 days
will be considered abandoned property, and as such are subject to state law (Public
Act 90-0604, http://www. ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/pubact90/acts/90-
0604. html).
D. Means of Acquisition: Materials shall be acquired by purchase, commission, bequest, gift,
exchange, field collection, abandonment, or any other transaction whereby title to the object passes
to the Museum and the object becomes part of its collections. No materials or objects shall be
acquired which are known to have been illegally collected in the U. S. contrary to state law, federal
law, regulation or treaty.
V. Deaccession
A. Definition: Deaccession is the process of removing accessioned material from the
Museum Collection permanently. The deaccession process will be carried out in a
conscientious manner, with the Museum Director exercising care and thorough
deliberation.
. Criteria: Museum materials considered for deaccession must meet at least one of the
following criteria.
1) The material is not within the scope of the Museum’s acquisition policy.
2) The material is a duplicate.
3) The material lacks physical integrity.
4) The material is in a state of deterioration so as to be useless.
5) The material can no longer be preserved or properly stored by the Museum.
6) The material has failed to retain its identity or authenticity, or has been lost or
stolen, and remains lost for longer than 5 years.
7) The material is no longer useable for Museum purposes, or has inadvertently been
accessioned twice.
. Procedure for Deaccession: The Museum Director may recommend material for
deaccession if one or more criteria for deaccession have been met. All materials
proposed for deaccession will undergo a careful inspection of the provenance of the
material, considering its source, reasons for deaccession, and recommended means of
disposal. The Museum Director will recommend or disapprove the deaccession, and
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VI. Loans
will in writing designate the means of disposal. After presentation of the proposed
deaccession(s) by the Museum Director to the Public Affairs Committee, the
Committee shall either reject the proposed deaccession(s) or recommend the
deaccession(s) to the City Council. The City Council shall, with that advice and
consent, approve or disapprove of the deaccessioned materials.
Means of Disposal:
1) Priority will be given to placing deaccessioned material of a research nature in an
institution where it will be accessible to researchers.
2) Materials may be sold at a public or private auction or directly to a private party.
3) Materials may be exchanged for other materials needed by the Museum for its
collections, if they are within the scope of the Museum’s acquisition policy.
4) Discard
5) Transfer to the Museum’s non-accessioned collection.
. Ethics: There will be no sale, gift or transfer of materials to the Museum Director or
employees, City of West Chicago employees, City Council members or their
immediate family or representatives (unless those materials were available through a
disposal process totally public in nature.)
Proceeds: All proceeds obtained from the deaccession of Museum materials will be
used towards collection acquisitions or collection conservation.
. Public Disclosure: All materials subject to written donor restrictions that have been
agreed upon by the Museum and the donor shall not be deaccessioned until the
Museum Director has made an effort to comply with the restrictions.
A complete record of deaccessions will be maintained.
A. Definition: A loan is the temporary transfer of objects from one institution or
individual to another without transfer of ownership. Loans to the Museum and from the
Museum are made by means of a loan agreement.
B. Period of Loan: Both incoming and outgoing loans will be made for a specified
period, no longer than 12 months. Loans may be renewed for an additional specified
period. No indefinite or long term loans are to be made.
C. Outgoing Loans: Loans are made to other museums, historical societies, libraries or
other organizations, which meet all conditions of the loan agreement by approval of
the Museum Director. Loans are made only for educational, cultural or scholarly
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purposes, not for private profit-making interests. Loans are to be tracked on the
Outgoing Loan Application Form and updated on the City’s shared computer drive.
D. Incoming Loans: Items may be borrowed from any appropriate owner by approval of
the Museum Director. Lenders will be acknowledged with proper credit. Borrowed
items may be photographed or reproduced for exhibit publicity. Loans are to be
tracked on the Incoming Loan Application Form and updated on the City’s shared
computer drive.
E. Unclaimed Loans: Loans to the Museum that are unclaimed sixty days after the
expiration of the loan period and proper notification to lender, shall be considered
abandoned property and as such subject to state law (Public Act 90-0604). The
museum may begin procedures to accession or dispose of the objects.
F. Care: It is expected that the level of care given to objects on loan to the Museum will
be the same or greater than that given to objects within its collections. A condition
report will be made by Museum Director for each item borrowed or loaned and noted
on the applicable Loan Application. This report will be made at the beginning and
end of the loan period.
VII. Ethics
A. Standards: The Museum Director, staff and volunteers shall conduct themselves in a
professional manner in accordance with the standards set forth in the AAM’s Museum
Ethics.
B. Collecting: From the time of employment, Museum staff and volunteers may not
privately collect objects which fall within the Museum collecting scope, thereby
competing with the Museum. Should the employee or volunteer purchase an item of
potential interest to the Museum, the employee or volunteer must bring it to the
attention of the Museum Director. The Museum will have thirty days to purchase the
item at the price paid by the employee or volunteer or shall forfeit the right to
purchase.
C. Deaccession: Objects deaccessioned from the collection shall not be sold, given or
transferred to the Museum Director, employees or volunteers, City staff, City Council
members or their immediate families or representatives unless disposed of in an
entirely public manner.
D. Use of Collection: The Museum collection shall not be used for a non-Museum
related purpose.
E. Personal Gain: The Museum Director shall not use their position with the Museum as
a means of obtaining personal gain, unless in an approved manner, for example,
performing consultant work for a fee.
VIII. Access and Security
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The Museum Director will aim to provide maximum access to the collection for
scholarly and educational uses, while considering the security and conservation of the
materials to be used.
A. Security: Security of the collection will be a priority of the Museum Director. At
least one member of the Museum work force will be present in unsecured exhibit
areas of the Museum when visitors are present.
B. Research Use: Appointments are required to access materials within the collections.
Researchers must utilize collection materials in the presence of Museum Director
during regular hours of work.
Researchers will follow handling instructions and care guidelines given by the
Museum Director, and will complete a Record of Research form.
C. Reproduction: Reproduction of Museum materials for profit-making ventures may
be considered. The Museum Director must obtain written approval from the City in
advance. A licensing agreement must be made with the Museum, and all copyright
restrictions must be followed.
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WEST CHICAGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT
Colin Fleury
The Public Safety Committee tasked Police Department staff with investigating the following
points related to the allowance of video machine gaming in establishments with a liquor license
and serving food within the City of West Chicago: the number of communities in DuPage
County that allow video gaming, the number of machines in each community, the amount of
video gaming specific municipal tax revenue, changes in crime rates related video gaming
machines and the effects on gambling addiction rates.
A mass email was sent to the Chief of every Police Department in DuPage County requesting
information related to the data requested by the Committee. Every community in DuPage
County that has legalized video gaming responded to the request excluding Darien, for a total of
18. Data was also collected related to establishments in unincorporated DuPage County. None of
the responding Department personnel reported any increase in calls for service or notable crime
related to establishments which housed video gaming terminals, though there were a few
incidents of attempts to burglarize these establishment.
Information related to the number of video gaming locations, terminals, amount waged,
municipality share and more was located within the Illinois Gaming Board site at:
https://www.igb.illinois.gov/VideoReports.aspx . The following table is a summary of the
information requested by the Committee and collected by the Gaming Board from June 1 of
2020 through May 31* of 2021:
Municipality Location Terminal Net Wager Local Government
Count Count Share
DuPage Co. 13 69 $1,693,908.70 $84,698.09
Addison 24 128 $6,972,658.75 $348,638.34
Bartlett 17 92 $4,396,112.29 $219,807.24
Batavia 8 40 $1,406,487.67 $70,331.63
Bensenville 65 12 $2,886,092.42 $144,308.11
Bloomingdale 8 34 $1,426,886.63 $71,344.43
Carol Stream 15 85 $4,810,641.61 $240,535.78
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Glendale Heights 17 98 $5,132,441.20 $256,654.45
Hanover Park 9 53 $3,189,007.04 $159,450.58
Itasca 5 29 $1,508,460.38 $75,427.35
Lombard 8 41 $903,404.16 $45,170.26
Oak Brook Terrace 16 94 $6,653,332.71 $332,667.08
Roselle 15 83 $4,494,048.78 $224,714.58
St. Charles 18 95 $3,079,408.38 $153,974.61
Villa Park 23 132 $7,551,987.26 $377,603.86
Westmont 19 108 $7,598,893.88 $379,951.29
Willowbrook 4 23 $989,888.85 $49,494.50
Wood Dale 14 75 $2,680,863.68 $134,043.82
Woodridge 8 46 $2,087,811.90 $102,934.89
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, video gaming operations were suspended March 16, 2020 - June
30, 2020 and November 20, 2020 - January 16, 2021. This caused a lack activity for a total of 92
days during this period. Net wager is calculated by subtracting the total amount won from the
total amount played by patrons placing wagers on electronic gaming machines.
In reference to the rate of gambling addiction rising in communities which allow video
gambling, very little information was available. A study into a rise in gambling addiction rates
was recently conducted but the results of this study have not been published. According to 1-800
GAMBLER “It is estimated that between 4 and 6 million Americans can be considered problem
gamblers” and according to a report in the Sun Times “Experts generally estimate that between
2% and 5% of the population deal with gambling disorder, which would project to about 635,000
people across Illinois, including about 136,000 in Chicago” the Sun Times goes on to report that
“Tlinois gambling has changed a lot over that period, especially with a 2019 gambling expansion
law that promises to add thousands of slot machines and a handful of new casinos to a state that
already offers more places to bet than Las Vegas. There’s now action to be had anywhere a
cellphone signal can reach, thanks to the advent of online sports betting, while calls to the state’s
gambling disorder hotline have more than doubled over the past two years.” (Chicago Sun Times Feb 6,
2021 and Mar 10, 2021)
The University of Illinois Department of Economics in partnership with the Universidad de los
Andres School of Government conducted a study in 2017 titled “Can’t stop the One Armed
Bandits — The Effects of Access to Gambling on Crime”. It along with the 2018 Referendum
results are attached for your information.
While employed at the Elgin Police Department for 22 years, I responded to numerous calls for
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“Self-trespass Agreements” which they had violated by entering the riverboat. These
Agreements were signed as part of a treatment program to combat their drug addiction. Other
common calls were related to underage entrance onto the riverboat, use of fraudulent coins, and
alcohol related disturbances. As of August 25, 2021, there are 31 establishments to include
parlors, restaurants, bars and gas stations which operate video gaming machines in Elgin but
there were no notable calls for service at any of these establishments related to gambling or the
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Precincts Registered Voters YES Total Votes NO Total Votes Total Votes Cast % Voting YES % Voting NO
Wayne 007 650 41 54 95 43.2% 56.8%
Wayne 008 611 29 53 82 35.4% 64.6%|
Wayne 009 750 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%|
Wayne 035 521 39 65 104 37.5% 62.5%
Wayne 036 541 47 53 100 47.0% 53.0%
Wayne 037 786 39 190 229 17.0% 83.0%
Wayne 039 903 64 144 208 30.8% 69.2%
Wayne 043 493 4 6 10 40.0% 60.0%
Wayne 047 561 19 53 72 26.4% 73.6%
Wayne 048 856 25 64 89 28.1% 71.9%
Wayne 056 593 6 3 9 66.7% 33.3%
Wayne 067 745 50 87 137 36.5% 63.5%
Winfield 001 895 71 137 208 34.1% 65.9%
Winfield 003 682 41 84 125 32.8% 67.2%
Winfield 005 681 37 148 185 20.0% 80.0%
Winfield 008 578 36 57 93 38.7% 61.3%
Winfield 009 893 37 79 116 31.9% 68.1%
Winfield 011 748 38 36 74 51.4% 48.6%
Winfield 012 858 47 106 153 30.7% 69.3%
Winfield 013 635 26 64 90 28.9% 71.1%
Winfield 017 687 55 142 197 27.9% 72.1%
Winfield 019 683 25 148 173 14.5% 85.5%
Winfield 023 550 3 6 9 33.3% 66.7%
Winfield 032 717 16 33 49 32.7% 67.3%
Winfield 035 807 25 46 71 35.2% 64.8%
Winfield 037 667 5 24 29 17.2% 82.8%
Winfield 039 658 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0%
Total: 18,749 825 1,882 2,707 30.5% 69.5%|

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Can’t Stop the One-Armed Bandits
The Effects of Access to Gambling on Crime*
Nicolas L. Bottan'!, Andrés Ham?, and Ignacio Sarmiento Barbieri*
Department of Economics, University of Illinois
2School of Government, Universidad de los Andes
August 2017
Abstract
We study the effect of a large increase in access to gambling on crime by exploiting
the expansion of video gambling terminals in Illinois since 2012. Even though video
gambling was legalized by the State of Illinois, local municipalities were left with the
decision whether to allow it within their jurisdiction. The City of Chicago does not
allow video gambling, while many adjacent jurisdictions do. We take advantage of
this setting along with detailed incident level data on crime for Chicago to examine
the effect of access to gambling on crime. We use a difference-in-differences strategy
that compares crime in areas that are closer to video gambling establishments with
those that are further away along with the timing of video gambling adoption. We
find that (i) access to gambling increases property and violent crimes; (ii) these are
new crimes rather than displaced incidents; and (iii) the effects seem to be persistent
over time.
Key words: video gambling, crime, Chicago.
JEL Classification: L83, R58.
*We would like to thank David Albouy, Dan Bernhardt, Daria Bottan, Micaela Sviatschi, Ricardo
Truglia, and seminar participants at the University of Illinois for helpful comments. All remaining errors
and omissions are our sole responsibility.
tbottan2Q@illinois.edu, a.ham@uniandes.edu.co, and srmntbr2Qillinois.edu. Mail: 214 David Kinley
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1 Introduction
State governments have been moving towards decentralizing gambling activity away from
casinos to local establishments such as bars and restaurants through video gambling.’ IIli-
nois made this shift in 2012 and quickly surpassed the number of video gambling terminals
in Nevada (Ciciora, 2016). People wagered over $14 billion in 2016, which generated over
$277 million in state tax revenue for Illinois (equivalent to around 1% of total state tax
revenue). Encouraged by the apparent fiscal success of video gambling in Illinois, other
states are considering similar legislation. For example, Pennsylvania’s house of represen-
tatives recently passed a gambling bill that is similar to that in Illinois (Bill No. 271).
Moving towards decentralized gambling changes the nature of access to gambling: instead
of being available at a few scattered locations (i.e., casinos), it becomes widely available
across the state.
However, the potential effects of such a large increase in access to gambling on crime are
not well understood. Most of the existing evidence focuses on the effect of casino expansions
on crime. This research typically uses county-level variation in casino openings across the
US or in Native American tribal areas, finding that casino construction increases crime
in the same county (Gazel et al., 2001, Evans and Topoleski, 2002, Grinols and Mustard,
2006, Reece, 2010) and generates some spillovers into neighboring areas (Barthe and Stitt,
2007, Nichols and Tosun, 2017). However, we must be cautious when extrapolating these
results to the context of decentralized gambling. Casino construction entails changes other
than access to gambling itself. For example, a new casino may generate a positive local
labor market shock that may attenuate the potential negative effects on crime. At the
same time, casinos may attract more people to the area, increasing the likelihood of crimes
occurring.
1This form of gambling is often referred to as “convenience gambling”. Video gambling terminals or video
lottery terminals are machines where a player bets on the outcome of a video game (i.e., slots, poker,
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An ideal setting to study the effects of increasing access to gambling on crime would
involve randomly placing video gambling terminals in some locations and not in others.
In this setting, we could unequivocally examine the effect of access to gambling on crime
by comparing how crime changes in areas that are closer to gambling terminals relative to
those that are further away. This strategy would not be feasible in the context of casino
constructions since their location decisions depend on various factors including local, social,
and economic conditions, which may not always be observed by the econometrician.
We take advantage of a setting that closely resembles the ideal one: the legalization and
expansion of video gambling in Illinois. The Video Gaming Act of Illinois was passed in
2009 and implemented in 2012. The law allows local establishments in possession of a liquor
license (mainly bars and restaurants) to install up to five video gambling terminals. Local
municipalities can decide whether or not to allow video gambling in their territory. Because
of a spat between the Mayor and city Aldermen, Chicago maintains a ban on gambling
since 1993. However, several municipalities directly adjacent to Chicago have adopted
video gambling, thus greatly increasing access to gambling in some areas of Chicago.
In this paper, we study how access to gambling affects crime by taking advantage of
this setting. We combine data on establishments that adopted video gambling in the areas
neighboring Chicago with monthly incident-level data on crime from Chicago. We use a
difference-in-differences strategy that compares crime in census block groups of Chicago
that are closer to video gambling establishments with those that are further away along
with the timing of video gambling adoption. Our identification strategy relies on the
fact that the decision of allowing gambling was independent from these areas in Chicago.
Therefore, in absence of the Video Gaming Act, crime in areas relatively closer to video
gambling establishments should have evolved similarly to areas further away. We test this
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We find that access to video gambling leads to a statistically significant increase in
property and violent crimes in Chicago. On average, being near at least one video gambling
establishment is associated with a 6.7% and 7.5% increase in property and violent crime.
These estimates account for potential confounders, including access to riverboat casinos,
community area specific trends, and demographic controls. These estimates suggest that
since the time video gambling was adopted in September 2012 until the last month in our
data (July 2016), video gambling created around 4,100 and 1,450 additional property and
violent crimes in Chicago.
Our results suggest that video gambling is creating new crimes rather than displacing
existing crimes. The effects of access to video gambling are strongest in the block groups
closest to video gambling establishments. The effects decrease in distance, becoming zero
after moving three block groups away, and remain at zero thereafter. Additionally, we show
that video gambling also increased a type of crime that is independent of displacement:
domestic crimes.
One concern is that video gambling could have increased the availability of bars. There
is evidence suggesting that increasing access to bars can increase crime (Rossow and
Norstrom, 2012, Anderson et al., 2017). If this were happening, our estimates could simply
be capturing the effect of more bars rather than access to gambling. Using data on all
liquor licenses granted in Illinois obtained form the Illinois Liquor Control Committee, we
show that the effects of access to video gambling remain unchanged after accounting for
changes in access to bars over time.
Even though both property and violent crime increase, we find that these effects are
mostly driven by property-type crimes: effects of violent crimes mostly driven by robbery,
a violent form of property crime. These results suggest that our finding are mostly driven
by direct effects of gambling (Grinols and Mustard, 2006) such as problem and pathological
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more cash for gambling or from winnings). Back of the envelope estimates suggest that
in the four years since video gambling was legalized in Illinois, the increase in crime cost
Chicago residents approximately $55.5 million, which is orders of magnitude larger than
the estimated transfers of State gambling tax revenue to the City.
Our paper is related to various strands of literature. It relates to research examining the
relationship between gambling and crime. Most of this literature has focused on examining
the effect of casino expansions on crime, finding mixed results overall (Grinols and Mustard,
2006, Gazel et al., 2001, Wilson, 2001, Reece, 2010, Hyclak, 2011, Nichols and Tosun, 2017,
Falls and Thompson, 2014, Humphreys and Soebbing, 2014). This is partly due to the fact
that casino constructions entail large changes in the affected area. For example, several
studies have documented positive effects on the local labor market (Evans and Topoleski,
2002, Humphreys and Marchand, 2013). We contribute to this literature in two ways.
First, by focusing on a context where factors other than access to gambling remain mostly
unchanged. Second, we study localized effects of access to gambling on crime, rather than
aggregate effects at the county-year level.
We also contribute to a literature examining effects of the expansion of “sin tax” activi-
ties on crime. Recent studies have focused on the effects of legalized prostitution (Ciacci and
Sviatschi, 2016), marijuana dispensaries (Chang and Jacobson, 2017), and bars (Rossow
and Norstrom, 2012). We contribute to this literature by studying the localized effects
of decentralized gambling through the rapid expansion of video gambling terminals — an
activity that looks set to grow in several states over the next years.
The paper proceeds as follows. Section 2 provides background on gambling in Illinois,
showing how access to gambling increased dramatically as a result of the Video Gaming
Act. Section 3 describes our data. Section 4 presents our identification strategy, Section 5
describes our results, and Section 6 examines the robustness of our main results. Section 7
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Section 8 concludes the paper.
2 Video Gambling in Illinois
Gambling is not new to Illinois. Riverboat casinos were legalized in 1990 through the
Riverboat Gambling Act (230 ILCS 10). This made Illinois the second state (after Iowa)
to legalize this form of gambling (Grinols, 2004). Gambling activities have been closely
regulated in Illinois, which has allowed only 10 casinos to open throughout the State. In
2012, riverboat casinos generated about $350 million in tax revenue for the state and $83
million for municipalities (Illinois Gaming Board, 2016).
New spending initiatives have begun to rely on funds from gambling revenue to cover
costs. The 2009 Illinois Jobs Now! project was conceived to foster economic activity,
invest in infrastructure, and create new jobs in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.
This project’s cost was estimated to be $31 billion, of which the state would account for
$13 billion or roughly 40%.? Twenty-year bonds financed by fee and tax increases (e.g.,
increases in vehicle registration fees and alcohol/candy taxes) would mainly cover Illinois’
share. The second largest revenue source would be tax income from video gambling.
In 2009, the State passed the Video Gaming Act (230 ILCS 40) that legalized video
gambling in any retail location with a valid liquor license and not owned by a horse racing
firm or riverboat casino.* Qualifying establishments fill out an online application and must
pay a $100 annual license fee. If their request is approved, state-licensed technicians can
install between one and five video gambling terminals in the establishment.4 Terminals
cannot directly dispense coins, cash, or tokens. Players instead receive vouchers that can
?Remaining funds were to be drawn from state debt and federal and local matching grants.
3Other establishments also qualified for video gambling: licensed fraternal establishments, licensed veteran
organizations, and licensed truck stops.
4Video gambling activities are extensively regulated by the State. Manufacturers, distributors, suppliers,
operators, and handlers must fulfill a number of requirements, pay fees, and are subject to inspections.
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be exchanged for cash at the register. A player can wager $2 at most and terminals cannot
dispense more than $500 per game played. The total revenue generated by video gambling
terminals is divided in three parts: 70% goes to establishments and terminal companies,
25% to the state, and 5% to the municipality.
Once implementation of the Video Gaming Act began in September of 2012, adop-
tion was fast. Figure 1 plots the number of video gambling establishments over time.
Many eligible businesses applied for licenses and typically installed the maximum number
of terminals allowed by the law. Almost 25,000 video gambling terminals in about 5,000
establishments were operational by 2016 (Illinois Gaming Board, 2017). This places IIli-
nois as the largest video gambling jurisdiction in the world, surpassing Nevada. Video
gambling became widespread and convenient to such an extent that revenues and atten-
dance at riverboat casinos in Illinois have been in decline since video gambling was adopted
(Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, 2015).
While the Video Gaming Act legalized video gambling across Illinois, each municipality
could choose whether to allow video gambling within its administrative limits, if it did not
already have an ordinance prohibiting gambling.® Out of 1,475 municipalities, around 12%
either opted-out or already had an ordinance that outlawed gambling. The most notable
municipality that does not allow video gambling is Chicago. The City of Chicago has had
an ordinance prohibiting gambling that dates back to 1993, passed by city Aldermen in
opposition to Mayor Daley’s plans to bring casinos to the city (ordinance Title 8, Chapter
8-12). An amendment to this ordinance was proposed in 2012 to allow video gambling
(02012-2236), it was finally voted down in May 2015.
Even though Chicago has not adopted video gambling, access to gambling has increased
dramatically in the city as a result of the Video Gaming Act, notwithstanding that there
were a number of riverboat casinos and land-based casinos in neighboring Indiana. This
5The regulations for the referendum may be found in Section 70 of the Video Gaming Act. They require
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is driven by many bordering municipalities that do allow video gambling. We plot the
minimum travel time from the centroid of each census block group to the nearest casino
(Figure 2.a) or video gambling establishment (Figure 2.b). On average, access to gambling
increased by over 47% across the city (or 9 minutes). Given existing evidence suggesting
that the relationship between gambling and travel time approximates an exponential func-
tion (Grinols, 2004), we would expect such a large expansion of access to increase gambling
significantly.
In order to identify the causal effect of higher access to gambling on crime, we exploit
the increase in access to video gambling over time and space, taking advantage of detailed
data on crime in Chicago that is unavailable for the rest of Illinois. It is important to
note that there are two main potential sources of attenuation bias. First, we are examine
a context where gambling was already accessible, though it became dramatically more
accessible and widespread with video gambling. Second, the existence of illegal gambling
locations within the city of Chicago may also attenuate any potential effects of access
to video gambling. For these reasons, our estimates in the following sections should be
considered lower bounds of the effects of access to gambling on crime.
3 Data
We combine data from two main sources. First, incident-level data on crime from police
reports between January 2006 and June 2016 available from the City of Chicago Data
Portal. Similar data is not available for cities neighboring Chicago. This information comes
from the Chicago Police Department’s Citizen Law Enforcement Analysis and Reporting
system. The data set provides the date, time, and location of the crime at the block-
level. Each incident is also classified according to the Illinois Uniform Crime Reporting
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Crime Reporting guidelines.® We follow the literature and classify incidents into property
and violent crimes. In the case of multiple offenses, the incident is classified using the
FBI’s UCR Hierarchy Rule.’ This hierarchical classification implies that reports for lower
categories will be downward biased.®
We aggregate the data and construct a monthly panel of census block groups because
it is small enough to provide sufficient geographic variation in access. Recent studies have
highlighted the importance of focusing on small geographic areas to study crime (Di Tella
and Schargrodsky, 2004, Linden and Rockoff, 2008, Draca et al., 2011, Donohue ct al.,
2013, Cui and Walsh, 2015). Additionally, we obtain socio-demographic characteristics at
this level to use as controls from the 2000 Census and the 2011-2015 American Community
Survey. The demographic data include total population, population density, median age,
average household size, percentage of males aged between 15 and 35, percentage of African
Americans, number of housing units, percentage of vacant housing, and percentage of
owners. We extrapolate these measures linearly over time and include them as controls to
account for any changes in socio-demographic characteristics.
Second, monthly data on establishments with video gambling from the Illinois Gaming
Board. The data contains the address of the establishment, as well as information on
the number of video gambling terminals installed, statistics on volume played, and taxes
collected. We geo-coded the location of each establishment and use it to construct our
main measure of access to video gambling. We match establishments at the census block
group level and classify block groups each month inside of Chicago based on proximity to
6Violent crimes include: homicide, sexual assault, robbery and, aggravated assault and battery; while prop-
erty crimes: arson, burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft. See http://gis.chicagopolice.org/clearmap_
crime_sums/crime_types.html for definitions and descriptions (last access August 17, 2017).
7This rule assigns the highest hierarchy to violent crimes followed by property crimes. It requires that in
a multiple offense scenario the incident must be classified with the highest hierarchy.
8The data only contains incidents for which the police responded and completed a case report. The geo-
location is approximate and accurate only at the block level. It also contains some missing geo-coordinates.
If the address of the incident is present but not the geo-coordinates, we geo-code them to the middle of
the block because the last two digits of the address are withheld. We dropped 401 (0.6%) incidents that
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video gambling using geographic adjacency (e.g., within 1 block is directly adjacent, within
2 blocks is adjacent-to-adjacent, and so on).
To maximize power, our main specification will define the main independent variable
as the block group being within 3 blocks of a video gambling establishment. However,
our estimates are robust to using alternative definitions of access to gambling, including
the number of establishments within 3 blocks, and access measures typically used in the
trade literature (Harris, 1954, Hanson, 2005) that employ a weighted average of the linear
distance (or traveling times) from the block group centroid to each establishment.°
4 Identification Strategy
To identify the effects of increasing access to video gambling on crime in Chicago, we exploit
variation in the expansion of video gambling by establishments over time, and the fact
that some census block groups had greater access than others. Our identification strategy
rests on the assumption that closer places have greater access and are more likely to be
affected. Figure 3 illustrates our identification. Using this spatial proximity strategy helps
account for confounding unobserved neighborhood attributes (Diamond and McQuade,
2016, Linden and Rockoff, 2008). For this reason, we restrict the sample to census block
groups that are within 6 blocks at any point in time. This restriction does not play an
important role in our results, since they remain robust when including all census block
groups in the City of Chicago.!°
We employ a difference-in-differences strategy that compares crime in block groups that
have greater access to video gambling establishments with blocks that have lower access,
°For example, if d;,; is the linear distance (or traveling time) between block group centroid 7 and estab-
lishment j, and 1(VG;,z = 1) indicates that establishment j has video gambling in period ¢, then gambling
access (GA) is calculated as GA; = a, exp(—1(VG;4 = 1)-d;,;). Results are available in Appendix
Table A.3.
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before and after establishments near the Chicago border adopted video gambling. Our
baseline specification for a given outcome y; (i-e., number of crimes in block group 7 in
month-year t) is:
Crimei, = a; + B Within 3 blocks;, + f(Riverboats:2) +tir+oXit+O+6i2 (1)
where Within 3 blocks; is an indicator that equals one if the block group is within 3
blocks of a video gambling establishment at time ¢t and zero otherwise. a; are block group
fixed effects, 6; are month-year fixed effects, and ¢;, is the error term. Our parameter
of interest, @, estimates the average difference in crime between blocks that are within 3
blocks of establishments with video gambling relative to those that are further away (4-
6 blocks). Our main identifying assumption is that in absence of video gambling, crime
would have evolved similarly in areas that eventually had high access compared to those
with low access. In Section 6 we provide evidence suggesting that this assumption is likely
to hold.
This strategy accounts for a number of potential threats to identification. First, there
are a number of riverboat casinos in the greater-Chicago area. During our period of analysis
two new riverboat casinos opened, which could potentially bias our results. To account for
these potential confounding effects we include f(Riverboats), a quadratic function of the
linear distance to the nearest riverboat casino. Second, there could have been unobserved
public policies during our period of analysis that could affect crime. For example, if shocks
in crime at the neighborhood-level were correlated with the adoption of video gambling,
our estimates would be biased. We account for this potential threat by including ty,,, com-
munity area-specific time trends. Finally, changes in crime could be driven by underlying
changes in the socio-economic conditions of block groups with higher access to gambling.
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obtained from the Census and American Community Survey: total population, population
density, median age, average household size, percentage males between 15 and 35, per-
centage of African Americans, number of housing units, percentage of vacant housing, and
percentage of home owners.
Given the count nature of the crime data, we estimate Equation (1) by maximum
likelihood using a Poisson regression. Results are similar using other estimators.'! Since
errors are expected to be correlated within block groups and access to gambling varies at
this level, we cluster our standard errors at the census block level in all our regressions.
5 Results
5.1 Main Results
We examine whether greater access to video gambling affects property and violent crime
in Chicago. Table 1.a presents our core results using number of property crimes as the
dependent variable, while Table 1.b does the same for violent crimes. We begin with a
basic specification that does not control for access to riverboat casinos, community area
time trends, nor time-varying demographic characteristics in column (1). Results show a
statistically significant increase in both property and violent crimes. Our estimates indicate
that being within three block groups of at least one video gambling establishment increases
property crime by almost 5% (s.e. 0.019) and violent crime by 9% (s.e. 0.021).!
These estimates are robust to using alternative specifications. Column (2) presents re-
sults after accounting for proximity to Riverboat Casinos. Column (3) includes community
area time trends, and column (4) accounts for time-varying demographic characteristics.
11See Appendix Table A.2 for results using Negative Binomial or OLS.
12Given that we estimate non-linear Poisson regressions, estimated coefficients should have a slightly dif
ferent interpretation than OLS estimates. However, because the coefficient of interest is attached to a
dummy variable and the resulting estimates are small, the coefficient can be interpreted as the percentage
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Column (5) is our preferred specification that incorporates all the previous controls. The
point estimate increases to 6.7% (s.e. 0.018) for property and decreases to 7.5% (s.e. 0.019)
for violent crime, though they are not statistically different from the baseline specification
(p-value=0.520 and p-value=0.609). Estimates are very similar when using police district
or police beat specific time trends, accounting for any heterogeneity in policing strategy.'*
These results suggest that access to gambling adds on average 0.28 and 0.10 property and
violent crimes per block group each month. In other words, legalizing video gambling has
contributed to approximately 4,100 and 1,450 additional property and violent crimes in
Chicago since the Video Gaming Act took effect.
Unlike some of the state or region-specific casino studies in the US (Gazel et al., 2001,
Wilson, 2001, Reece, 2010, Hyclak, 2011, Falls and Thompson, 2014) or the Canadian
gambling literature (Arthur et al., 2014, Humphreys and Soebbing, 2014), we do find
that greater access to gambling increases crime. Compared to research studying casino
openings across the US, our estimates are somewhat lower. Grinols and Mustard (2006)
find average rises of 16% in property crime and 20% in violent crime. Evans and Topoleski
(2002) find smaller increases when accounting for state-specific time trends, about 10% for
both types of crime. However, crime effects due to casino openings are driven by multiple
mechanisms, not just gambling itself. For example, part of the increase in crime could be
driven mechanically due to an increase in the number of people visiting casino counties.
5.2 Further Results
We provide additional evidence that our results are indeed driven by access to video gam-
bling and are not spurious. We exploit three different dimensions of our variation in access
to gambling: its effects over time, and the availability of video gambling establishments.
To explore the effects of access to gambling over time, we conduct an event study
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analysis, where we classify block groups in bins of six months with respect to when it first
had a gambling establishment within three blocks. Point estimates and 95% confidence
intervals are presented in Figure 4. Both property and violent crimes show similar patterns:
before becoming exposed to video gambling we do not observe any significant differences in
crime between blocks that are within three blocks from gambling establishments compared
to those that are further away. This provides suggestive evidence validating our main
identifying assumption, that trends evolved similarly before video gambling was adopted.
The effect of access to video gambling on crime seems to be persistent. It increases
over time and stabilizes after twelve to eighteen months. On average, the medium-run
effect on property crime it is 10.1% (s.e. 0.029), while for violent crime is 10.9% (s.e.
0.036). This pattern, where the effects increase at first and stabilize is consistent with a
number of explanations. On one hand, it is consistent with the timing and expansion of
video gambling establishments described in Figure 1. On the other hand, it could also be
consistent with evidence that it takes around a year for individuals to become compulsive
video gamblers (Grinols and Mustard, 2006).
Finally, we find that effects are also increasing in availability of video gambling es-
tablishments. One measure of availability is by volume played at gambling establishments
within three blocks. On average, the monthly volume played in establishments within three
blocks is $2.8 million. We present results in Figure 5, where we classify block groups within
three blocks of gambling establishments by total volume played at those establishments by
quartile. Indeed, results suggest that the effects are increasing in volume played as would
be expected. At the average volume of playing, property and violent crimes increase by
12.5% (s.e. 0.024) and 10.4% (s.e. 0.030), respectively. We find that results are similar
when using several alternative measures of availability (or access) to video gambling: the
number of establishments,!+ including volume played or number of establishments as a
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regressor, and using access measures typically used in the trade literature.’
6 Robustness
6.1 Testing for Differential Trends
Identification of the effect of access to gambling on crime depends on the assumption that
in absence of video gambling, crimes in high access areas would have evolved similarly to
those further away. Though we cannot test this directly, we provide a number of tests that
lend support to it. One approach is to create placebo indicators that equal one for a period
of time before the unit becomes “treated” (i.e., a lead of the Within three blocks variable).
This variable would capture any differences in trends between groups before being exposed
to video gambling. We thus estimate Equation (1) and add the placebo variable.
Results are presented in Table 2, where in each column we change the time-span of
the placebo variable. Column (1) presents our preferred specification results from Table 1,
column (2) adds a placebo for one year prior, column (3) does it for 2 years prior and column
(4) for 3 years prior. The point estimates on all the placebo coefficients are close to zero and
we can reject the null hypothesis that the magnitude of effects of access to gambling and
the placebo are equal (the largest p-value is 0.0026). Additionally, the event study figures
presented before (Figure 4) tell the same story: there do not seem to be large systematic
differences in trends between groups.!© Taken together, the evidence is reassuring that our
findings are not driven by differences predating video gambling adoption.
15See Appendix Table A.3.
16The findings are unchanged if we perform the same event study analysis using quarters instead of
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6.2 Proximity to Video Gambling and Displacement
Our identification strategy implicitly assumes that access to video gambling increases with
geographic proximity to video gambling establishments. Instead of estimating our model
using a dummy variable indicating that a block group has at least one video gambling
establishment within 3 blocks, we examine effects by block group (i.e., one block away,
two, etc.). If our effects were driven by increased access to gambling, we would expect that
blocks that are closer to gambling establishments experience a larger increase in crime. We
show point estimates and 95% confidence intervals of these estimates by block in Figure 6.
Both property and violent crimes display a similar pattern: the effects are largest for the
blocks with highest access to gambling (within 1 block), and they decrease as we move away.
At a distance of three or four blocks the effects are zero and remain constant at greater
distances. For areas within one block of gambling establishments, the average increase in
property and violent crime is 13.1% (s.e. 0.038) and 14.4% (s.e. 0.040), respectively.
One concern with the interpretation of our results is that access to video gambling is
displacing crime within Chicago: shifting criminal activity towards areas closer to gambling
establishments. However, there are various results suggesting that our estimates capture
new crimes in Chicago rather than displacing existing crime. First, if our effects were driven
by displacement, we would expect to find effects decreasing monotonically with distance.
However, as shown in Figure 6, point estimates of effects are zero and remain at zero after
three or more census block groups away from a video gambling establishment. Second,
when including all block groups of Chicago or restricting the sample to block groups ever
within 10 blocks of a video gambling establishment we find that point estimates are slightly
smaller.
Finally, if effects were driven by displacement, then there is a form of crime that should
not be affected by it: domestic incidents.’” We replicate our baseline analysis using the
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number of domestic crimes as dependent variable in Table 4. Access to gambling increased
the number of domestic crimes by around 3.1% (s.e. 0.018). This is consistent with
evidence documenting the effect of emotional cues and family violence. For example, Card
and Dahl (2011) find that upset losses increase domestic violence by 10% during the hour
after a football game. Our estimates on domestic crime are substantially smaller than the
effects on property and violent crime, suggesting that emotional cues may play a smaller
role in the context of gambling.
6.3. Access to Bars
A potential concern is that the increase in crime may be driven by an increase in access
to bars rather than gambling. In 2016, video gambling terminals brought establishments
over $5,100 a month on average in revenues.!® This could have had two effects. First,
it may encourage new bars to open (or extend the life of existing bars). Given that
there is evidence documenting a positive correlation between bars and crime (Rossow and
Norstrom, 2012, Anderson et al., 2017), an increase in the number of bars could drive our
results. Second, bars located inside Chicago may relocate outside the borders to benefit
from video gambling. This could have two opposing effects. On the one hand, the number
of local bars can decrease and this could bias our estimates downwards. On the other hand,
it could shift people towards the border increasing the likelihood of crimes happening in
areas near the border.
Our results remain unchanged when accounting for access to bars. We use data on all
the liquor licenses granted by the Illinois Liquor Control Committee during the period of
ment also notes whether the incident was domestic or not based on the relationship between the victim
and the offender. Specifically we focus on violent crimes complemented with simple assault and battery
classified as domestic plus offenses against family. We do so to get a domestic violence measure that best
fit the definition of the Department of Justice (see https: //www.justice.gov /ovw/domestic-violence)
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July 2009 to March 2016.19 We geo-coded all establishments in the greater Chicago region
and constructed a monthly panel at the census block group level containing the number
of active liquor licenses. From this data we generate two variables: the number of bars in
each block group and the number of bars within three blocks.
Results are presented in Table 3, where the first two column replicates our original
analysis with and without community area trends, restricting the sample to the time pe-
riod for which we have data on liquor licenses. Column (3) adds the number of bars (in
hundreds) in same block as a control, column (4) adds number of bars (in hundreds) within
three blocks as a control, column (5) adds both but exclude video gambling access to show
that access to bars and video gambling are not highly correlated. Column (6) re-introduces
access to video gambling and includes both measures of access to bars. Notably, the co-
efficient of interest remains very stable suggesting that changes in access to bars are not
mediating the effect of access to gambling and crime.
7 Back of the Envelope Cost /Benefit
Taken together, our evidence suggests that access to gambling has increased property and
violent crimes in Chicago. In this section we conduct a back of the envelope cost/benefit
calculation of the Video Gambling Act for the City of Chicago. For this exercise, we first
break down effects by crime type and use cost estimates typically used in the literature
to impute the costs of crime. Because Chicago does not directly collect tax revenue from
gambling, calculating the benefit is not straight forward. Using alternative measures for
benefits, we find that the costs greatly outweigh the benefits.
Effects by type of crime are presented in Table 5. Overall, we find that the effects are
mainly driven by property-type crimes: note that the effects on violent crimes are mostly
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driven by robbery ~ a violent form of property crime. The increase in property crime is
mostly driven by an increase in motor vehicle thefts of 12.3% (s.e. 0.031). Burglary and
larceny also increase by 5.6% and 4.78%, statistically relevant at the 5% level. Most of the
effects on violent crimes are driven by robbery, which increased by 13.1% (s.e. 0.028). We
also find statistically significant increases at the 10% level in aggravated battery (5.99%)
and sexual assault (14.1%). The large increase in robbery (and burglary, larceny, car theft)
is consistent with direct effects of gambling such as problem and pathological gambling where
financial distress may drive individuals to commit crimes that have a monetary return. It
is also consistent with an increase in the payoff to crime, where individuals carry more cash
to gamble (or from their winnings) and become more “profitable” targets.”°
We can obtain the back of the envelope estimates of the cost associated with the increase
in crime in Chicago as a result of video gambling. Following Chalfin and McCrary (2017),
we use estimates produced by Cohen and Piquero (2009) on the costs of crime that take into
account both direct costs to the victim and indirect costs from reductions in the victim’s
quality of life. We present the costs for each type of crime in Table 6. Since the time
video gambling was adopted, we estimate that it contributed an additional: 119.5 sexual
assaults, 322.7 aggravated batteries, 992.7 robberies, 692.2 burglaries, 1,562.3 larcenies,
and 1,123.7 motor vehicle thefts. This amounts to a total cost of almost $55.5 million (in
2016 dollars).
Video gambling does not provide any direct benefits to Chicago because the City does
not directly collect tax revenue from it. However, they do benefit indirectly through taxes
collected and redistributed by the State of Illinois. One shortfall is that we cannot observe
how much of video gambling state revenue was transferred to Chicago. As a proxy for
it, we use the 1.34% share of state income tax revenue distributed to Chicago in 2012.7!
20This has been observed in other contexts. For example, there is evidence that when Food Stamps switched
payments to Electronic Benefits Transfers (EBT) crime decreased (Wright et al., 2014).
21Based on total income tax collections from the Illinois Department of Revenue and State Income Tax
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Since video gambling was adopted, we estimate that Chicago received approximately $8.6
million from the State Government, substantially less than the estimated $55.5 million
cost.2? Alternatively, if all video gambling establishments within three block groups from
the Chicago border were to transfer the municipal portion of taxes to Chicago instead of
their own municipality, that would amount to $9.9 million — still very far from the estimated
cost of the crime it created within Chicago.
8 Conclusion
We estimate the effects of increasing access to gambling on crime taking advantage of the
legalization and expansion of video gambling in Illinois. Using crime data for Chicago,
which does not allow gambling, we compare areas in the city that have relatively higher
access with those that have lower access to gambling. We show that despite there being
numerous casinos in the vicinity of Chicago, the Video Gaming Act drastically increased
access to gambling in the City. In turn, higher access to gambling increases both property
and violent crime. This generated approximately 1,450 and 4,100 additional property and
violent crimes in Chicago, costing the City almost $55.5 million.
There are numerous avenues for future research. More work is necessary to better un-
derstand and disentangle the mechanisms at play. Additionally, given that video gambling
is not only here to stay, but is set to expand in other states, it is necessary to have a bet-
ter understanding of what policies could help minimize these social externalities and their
cost-benefit. There are several non-profits and government organizations providing numer-
ous services targeting gambling addiction. For example, the Illinois Alliance on Problem
Gambling provide a number of services such as phone and text-based counseling, and a free
subscription service to receive motivational messages via text message. This may provide
transfers to Chicago from the 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of Chicago.
22Tn total, the State of Illinois collected $640,463,278.57 in taxes since 2012 (in July 2016 dollars).
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Table 1. The Effect of Access to Video Gambling on Crime
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
(a) Property Crime
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 0.0499*** 0.0556*** 0.0671*** 0.0499*** 0.0667***
(0.0189) (0.0189) (0.0180) (0.0188) (0.0180)
Observations 125,857 125,857 125,857 125,857 125,857
Number of blocks 991 991 991 991 991
(b) Violent Crime
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 0.0900*** 0.0933*** 0.0792*** 0.0873*** 0.0753***
(0.0213) (0.0203) (0.0196) (0.0212) (0.0193)
Observations 125,857 125,857 125,857 125,857 125,857
Number of blocks 991 991 991 991 991
(Distance to Riverboats) No Yes No No Yes
Community Trends No No Yes No Yes
Demographic Controls No No No Yes Yes
Notes: Sample of Chicago census block groups by month ever within six block groups from a video gam-
bling establishment. Dependent variables are number of property or violent crimes. Each coefficient is an
estimate of Equation (1) using Poisson regression. Standard errors clustered at the block group level are
in parentheses. Within 3 blocks equals one if the census block group is within 3 block groups of a video
gambling establishment after the establishment adopted video gambling. All estimates include block group
fixed effects and month-year effects. f(Distance to Riverboats) is a quadratic function of distance, in miles,
from the block group centroid to the closest riverboat casino. Community Trends are community area time
trends. Demographic controls are obtained by extrapolating between the Census and American Community
Survey: total population, population density, median age, average household size, percentage males between
15 and 35, percentage of African Americans, number of housing units, percentage of vacant housing, and
percentage of home owners.
* Significant at 10% level; ** significant at 5% level; *** significant at 1% level.
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Table 2. The Effect of Access to Video Gambling on Crime, with Placebos
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(a) Property Crime
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 0.0667*** 0.0723*** 0.0733*** 0.0606***
(0.0180) (0.0198) (0.0206) (0.0221)
Placebo (1 year prior) 0.0153
(0.0153)
Placebo (2 years prior) 0.0108
(0.0150)
Placebo (3 years prior) -0.00768
(0.0145)
P-Value (Within 3 = Placebo) 0.0026 0.0008 0.0002
Observations 125,857 125,857 125,857 125,857
Number of blocks 991 991 991 991
(b) Violent Crime
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 0.0753*** 0.0683*** 0.0870*** 0.0947***
(0.0193) (0.0209) (0.0218) — (0.0233)
Placebo (1 year prior) -0.0224
(0.0208)
Placebo (2 years prior) 0.0222
(0.0177)
Placebo (3 years prior) 0.0276
(0.0175)
P-Value (Within 3 = Placebo) 0.0001 0.0016 0.0006
Observations 125,857 125,857 125,857 125,857
Number of blocks 991 991 991 991
Notes: Sample of Chicago census block groups by month ever within six block groups from a video
gambling establishment. Dependent variables are number of property or violent crimes. Each
coefficient is an estimate of Equation (1) using Poisson regression. Standard errors clustered at
the block group level are in parentheses. Within 3 blocks equals one if the census block group
is within 3 block groups of a video gambling establishment after the establishment adopted video
gambling. Placebo variables equal one for the indicated period of time (1, 2 or 3 years) before an
establishment within three block groups first adopts video gambling. All estimates include block
group fixed effects, month-year effects, a quadratic function of distance to the closest riverboat
casino, community area-time trends, and demographic controls obtained by extrapolating between
the Census and American Community Survey: total population, population density, median age,
average household size, percentage males between 15 and 35, percentage of African Americans,
number of housing units, percentage of vacant housing, and percentage of home owners.
* Significant at 10% level; ** significant at 5% level; *** significant at 1% level.
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Table 3. The Effect of Access to Video Gambling on Crime, Controlling for Access to Bars
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
(a) Property Crime
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 0.0526*** 0.0650*** 0.0641*** 0.0659*** - 0.0650***
(0.0178) (0.0178) (0.0180) (0.0176) (0.0177)
Number of Bars in:
Same Block (/100) 2.382 3.599** = 3.522**
(1.798) (1.735) (1.729)
Within 3 Blocks (/100) -0.327* -0.449** = -0.457**
(0.178) (0.186) (0.181)
Observations 98,109 98,109 98,109 98,109 98,109 98,109
Number of blocks 991 991 991 991 991 991
(b) Violent Crime
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 0.0717*** 0.0548*** 0.0539*** 0.0545*** - 0.0539***
(0.0200) (0.0204) (0.0204) (0.0205) (0.0205)
Number of Bars in:
Same Block (/100) 1.565 1.716 1.581
(1.542) (1.669) (1.686)
Within 3 Blocks (/100) 0.0590 0.0105 -0.0061
(0.215) (0.229) ~— (0.231)
Observations 98,010 98,010 98,010 98,010 98,010 98,010
Number of blocks 990 990 990 990 990 990
Community Trends No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Notes: Sample of Chicago census block groups by month ever within six block groups from a video gambling estab-
lishment. Dependent variables are number of property or violent crimes. Each coefficient is an estimate of Equation
(1) using Poisson regression. Standard errors clustered at the block group level are in parentheses. Within 3 blocks
equals one if the census block group is within 3 block groups of a video gambling establishment after the establishment
adopted video gambling. Number of bars is the number of active liquor licenses in the same block group or within three
block groups. All estimates include block group fixed effects, month-year effects, a quadratic function of distance to the
closest riverboat casino, community area-time trends, and demographic controls obtained by extrapolating between
the Census and American Community Survey: total population, population density, median age, average household
size, percentage males between 15 and 35, percentage of African Americans, number of housing units, percentage of
vacant housing, and percentage of home owners.
* Significant at 10% level; ** significant at 5% level; *** significant at 1% level.
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Table 4. The Effect of Access to Video Gambling on Domestic Crime
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Domestic Crime
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 0.0424** 0.0402** 0.0415** 0.0311* 0.0313*
(0.0190) (0.0187) (0.0191) (0.0177) (0.0177)
Observations 125,857 = 125,857 =: 125,857 125,857 =: 125,857
Number of blocks 991 991 991 991 991
{(Distance to Riverboats) No Yes No No Yes
Community Trends No No Yes No Yes
Demographic Controls No No No Yes Yes
Notes: Sample of Chicago census block groups by month ever within six block groups from a video
gambling establishment. Dependent variables are number of domestic crimes. Each coefficient is
an estimate of Equation (1) using Poisson regression. Standard errors clustered at the block group
level are in parentheses. Within 3 blocks cquals one if the census block group is within 3 block
groups of a vidco gambling establishment after the establishment adopted video gambling. All
estimates include block group fixed effects and month-year effects. f(Distance to Riverboats) is
a quadratic function of distance, in miles, from the block group centroid to the closest riverboat
casino. Community Trends are community area time trends. Demographic controls are obtained by
extrapolating between the Census and American Community Survey: total population, population
density, median age, average household size, percentage males between 15 and 35, percentage of
African Americans, number of housing units, percentage of vacant housing, and percentage of home
owners.
* Significant at 10% level; ** significant at 5% level; *** significant at 1% level.
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Table 5. The Effect of Access to Video Gambling on Crime, by Type
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(a) Property Crime
Motor
Arson Burglary Larceny Vehicle Theft
Within 3 blocks (=1) 0.0277 = 0.0560** + —-0.0478** 0.123***
(0.118) (0.0269) (0.0233) (0.0310)
Observations 127,254 127,508 127,254 127,381
Number of blocks 1,002 1,004 1,002 1,003
(5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
(b) Violent Crime
Sexual Aggravated Aggravated
Homicide Assault Assault Battery Robbery
Within 3 blocks (=1) 0.0103 0.141* -0.0453 0.0599* OAs Fe
(0.115) (0.0764) (0.0365) (0.0316) (0.0280)
Observations 84,074 116,713 125,730 124,968 124,968
Number of blocks 662 919 990 984 984
Notes: Sample of Chicago census block groups by month ever within six block groups from a video
gambling establishment. Dependent variables are number of property or violent crimes. Each coefficient
is an estimate of Equation (1) using Poisson regression. Standard errors clustered at the block group level
are in parentheses. Within 3 blocks equals one if the census block group is within 3 block groups of a
video gambling establishment after the establishment adopted video gambling. All estimates include block
group fixed effects, month-year effects, a quadratic function of distance to the closest riverboat casino,
community area-time trends, and demographic controls obtained by extrapolating between the Census
and American Community Survey: total population, population density, median age, average household
size, percentage males between 15 and 35, percentage of African Americans, number of housing units,
percentage of vacant housing, and percentage of home owners.
* Significant at 10% level; ** significant at 5% level; *** significant at 1% level.
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Table 6. Back of the Envelope Cost Estimates
Crime Estimated Cost Per Incident Total Cost
New Incidents (Cohen Piquero, 2009)
Property: 9,509,120.52
Motor Vehicle Theft 1,123.66 6,326.41 7,108,707.54
Larceny 1,562.32 517.18 807,995.92
Burglary 692.20 2,300.51 1,592,417.06
Violent: 45,987,751.33
Robbery 992.70 13,803.08 13,702,279.34
Aggravated Battery 322.67 42,559.50 13,732,543.18
Sexual Assault 119.48 155,284.67 18,552,928.80
Total 55,496,871.85
Notes: All dollar amounts in 2016 dollars. Estimated number of new incidents is based on coefficients
obtained in Table 5.
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Number of Establishments
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A Online Appendix
A.1 Additional Robustness
This section details a number of additional robustness checks. We explore the sensitivity of
our estimates to sample definitions, the use of alternative estimators, alternative geographic
time trends and using alternative definitions for access to video gambling. Overall, results
are similar across the different checks.
We explore the sensitivity of our results to alternative definitions of the sample. In our
main analysis we restrict our sample to census block groups that are ever within six block
groups from a video gambling establishment. In Table A.1, column (1) we present the
estimate for our preferred specification in the paper (column (5) of Table 1). In column
(2) we do not apply any restrictions in the sample and include all block groups in Chicago
while column (3) restricts to blocks within ten block groups of a gambling establishment.
In columns (4) and (5) we return to our original sample, but drop blocks on the lake shore
or those that are industrial (i.e., have no residences). Regardless of how we specify the
sample, our point estimates are very stable.
The estimates are also very stable when using alternative estimators. In Table A.2
we present estimates for our preferred specification using Poisson regression in the first
column. In column (2) we use Negative Binomial instead. In column (3) we redefine the
dependent variable as the logarithm of the number of crimes plus one and estimate by
OLS. Again, regardless of the estimator employed, results remain the same.
We also account for potential unobserved shocks such as community level policies or
changes in policing by accounting for different geographic trends. In our preferred specifi-
cation, we account for community area time trends. An alternative concern is that policing
strategies could have changed differently in different areas. To account for this potential,
instead of including community area trends, we include police district or beat-level trends
in columns (2) and (3) of Table A.4. Police are designated to a police district. Within
district, officers are equally assigned to different beats for the year. The point estimates
remain very similar to our original estimates. Additionally, column (4) uses census tract
level trends, which reduce our geographic variability substantially. Nevertheless, results
are still robust to accounting for time trends at this level.”
Our results do not depend on how access to video gambling is defined. We present
estimates using our preferred specification for a number of alternative definitions of access
to gambling in Table A.3. Number of VG Within 3 Blocks is the count of number of
gambling establishments within three block groups at time t, log(Volume Played+1 is the
logarithm of total volume played plus one at time t in all video gambling establishments
within three blocks. Access to VG is an access measure typically used in the trade literature
that weights each video gambling establishment by its distance (or travel time) at time t.
?3Chicago has 77 community areas, 23 police districts, 251 police beats, and 797 census tracts.
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For example, if d;,; is the linear distance (or traveling time) between block centroid i and
establishment j, and 1(VG;, = 1) indicates that establishment 7 has video gambling in
period t, then gambling access (G'‘A) is calculated as GAjy = oy 7.4 exp(—1(VGj4 = 1)-d;,;).
We standardize all the measures to have mean zero and standard deviation one for ease
of comparison. Regardless of the definition used, results are very similar. For example,
increasing the number of video gambling establishments within 3 blocks by one standard
deviation is associated with an increase of 3.3% (s.e. 0.006) and 2.85% (s.e. 0.0097) in
property and violent crimes.
When defining intensity of access to video gambling, in the paper we use volume played
at establishments within three blocks to show that effects were increasing in volume played.
Results are similar when using number of establishments within three blocks instead. Re-
sults are presented in Figure A.1.
A.2 Effect on Supply of Bars
In the paper we show that accounting for the availability of bars either in the same block
or in neighboring blocks does not affect our estimates. Nevertheless, it is still valuable to
examine whether the Video Gaming Act affected the supply of bars in the area.
To examine whether the access to video gambling affected the number of bars within
Chicago, we replicate our analysis on crime but using number of bars as dependent variable
instead. We are interested in comparing areas inside Chicago that experienced higher
access to gambling with those that had relatively lower access to evaluate whether the
number of bars changed differentially. We show the evidence as an event-study figure
in Figure A.2.a. Overall, we do not find evidence that access to gambling inside Chicago
affected the number of bars. Even though point estimates are positive after video gambling
becomes accessible, the magnitude is small and in the other direction. Using our baseline
specification instead of the event study, the estimated coefficient is 0.038 (s.e. 0.041).74
This is a small magnitude considering that the average number of bars in the sample of
block groups inside Chicago used for the analysis is 1.42. Even if the effect were orders of
magnitude larger, economically it seems unlikely to be driving the effects on crime.
The larger threat to our interpretation of results is that the Video Gaming Act increased
the number of bars outside Chicago, near the boarder. To test this we employ a similar
analysis as before but now we include block group outside of Chicago that are within 3
blocks of the Chicago boarder. We define a new indicator variable that equals one if the
block has video gambling in that month, as a proxy for when the municipality allowed for
its implementation (blocks inside Chicago are always zero). The event-study estimates are
presented in Figure A.2.b. It seems that after video gambling was allowed, the number of
bars increased near the boarder outside of Chicago. However, notice that this trend was
already happening before the adoption of video gambling. For this reason, we should be
cautious about attributing the increase in number to video gambling. Taken together, the
evidence suggests that the effects of access to gambling on crime are not driven by changes
24 Available in Table A.5.
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in access to bars. Next we explore potential mechanisms driving the relationship between
access to gambling and crime.
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OF
Table A.1. Sample Sensitivity
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
(a) Property Crime
Within 3 blocks (=1) 0.0667*** 0.0410** 0.0398** 0.0679*** 0.0661***
(0.0180) (0.0180) (0.0182) (0.0181) (0.0181)
Observations 125,857 276,479 214,122 123,825, 125,603
Number of blocks 991 2,177 1,686 975 989
(b) Violent Crime
Within 3 blocks (=1) 0.0753*** 0.0674*** 0.0691*** 0.0740*** 0.0746***
(0.0193) (0.0187) (0.0188) (0.0194) (0.0193)
Observations 125,857 276,479 214,122 123,825 125,603
Number of blocks 991 2,177 1,686 975 989
Block Restrictions 1to6 None (All Blocks) 1 to 10 1to6 1to6
Other Restrictions None None None Drop Lake Shore Drop Industrial
Notes: Sample of Chicago census block groups by month. Dependent variables are number of property or violent crimes. Each
coefficient is an estimate of Equation (1) using Poisson regression. Standard errors clustered at the block group level are in
parentheses. Within 3 blocks equals one if the census block group is within 3 block groups of a video gambling establishment
after the establishment adopted video gambling. Column (1) uses baseline sample definition used throughout the paper, column
(2) includes all block groups in Chicago, column (3) excludes blocks that are more than 10 block groups away from a video
gambling establishment. The last two columns use baseline sample but drop Lake Shore block groups in column (4) or industrial
blocks in column (5). All estimates include block group fixed effects, month-year effects, a quadratic function of distance to the
closest riverboat casino, community area-time trends, and demographic controls obtained by extrapolating between the Census
and American Community Survey: total population, population density, median age, average household size, percentage males
between 15 and 35, percentage of African Americans, number of housing units, percentage of vacant housing, and percentage of
home owners.
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Table A.2. Robustness to Estimator Used
(1) (2) (3)
(a) Property Crime
Nr. Property Crime log(Property+1)
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 0.0667*** 0.0558*** 0.0351***
(0.0180) (0.00984) (0.0111)
Observations 125,857 125,857 125,857
Number of blocks 991 991 991
(b) Violent Crime
Nr. Violent Crime log(Violent+1)
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 0.0753*** 0.0791*** 0.0405***
(0.0193) (0.0159) (0.00819)
Observations 125,857 125,857 125,857
Number of blocks 991 991 991
Estimator Poisson Neg. Binomial OLS
Notes: Sample of Chicago census block groups by month ever within six block groups
from a video gambling establishment. Coefficients for estimating Equation (1) using
Poisson regression in column (1) and Negative Binomial in column (2). Column (3)
estimates the model using OLS, where the dependent variable is defined as the logarithm
of the number of crime incidents at time t plus one. Standard errors clustered at the
block group level are in parentheses. Within 3 blocks equals one if the census block
group is within 3 block groups of a video gambling establishment after the establishment
adopted video gambling. All estimates include block group fixed effects, month-year
effects, a quadratic function of distance to the closest riverboat casino, community area-
time trends, and demographic controls obtained by extrapolating between the Census
and American Community Survey: total population, population density, median age,
average household size, percentage males between 15 and 35, percentage of African
Americans, number of housing units, percentage of vacant housing, and percentage of
home owners.
* Significant at 10% level; ** significant at 5% level; *** significant at 1% level.
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Table A.3. Alternative Video Gambling Access Definitions
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(a) Property Crime
Number of VG Within 3 Blocks 0.0330***
(0.00602)
log(Volume Played +1) 0.0254***
(0.00606)
Access to VG (linear distance) 0.0178***
(0.00658)
Access to VG (travel time) 0.0145***
(0.00480)
Observations 125,857 125,857 125,857 125,857
Number of blocks 991 991 991 991
(b) Violent Crime
Number of VG Within 3 Blocks 0.0285***
(0.00966)
log(Volume Played +1) 0.0269***
(0.00639)
Access to VG (linear distance) 0.0279***
(0.00746)
Access to VG (travel time) 0.0216***
(0.00523)
Observations 125,857 125,857 125,857 125,857
Number of blocks 991 991 991 991
Notes: Sample of Chicago census block groups by month ever within six block groups from a video
gambling establishment. Dependent variables are number of property or violent crimes. Each coeffi-
cient is an estimate of Equation (1) using Poisson regression. Standard errors clustered at the block
group level are in parentheses. All measures of access are standardized with mean zero and standard
deviation of one (see Section A.1 for variable definitions). All estimates include block group fixed
effects, month-year effects, a quadratic function of distance to the closest riverboat casino, commu-
nity area-time trends, and demographic controls obtained by extrapolating between the Census and
American Community Survey: total population, population density, median age, average household
size, percentage males between 15 and 35, percentage of African Americans, number of housing units,
percentage of vacant housing, and percentage of home owners.
* Significant at 10% level; ** significant at 5% level; *** significant at 1% level.
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Table A.4. Robustness to alternative trends
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(a) Property Crime
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 0.0667*** 0.0498*** 0.0498*** 0.0491**
(0.0180) (0.0193) (0.0193) (0.0198)
Observations 125,857 125,857 125,857 125,857
Number of blocks 991 991 991 991
(b) Violent Crime
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 0.0753*** 0.0736*** 0.0533*** 0.0509**
(0.0193) (0.0186) (0.0204) (0.0226)
Observations 125,857 125,857 125,857 125,857
Number of blocks 991 991 991 991
Linear Time Trends Community Area Police District Police Beat Census Tract
Notes: Sample of Chicago census block groups by month ever within six block groups from a video gambling
establishment. Dependent variables are number of property or violent crimes. Coefficients for estimating
model 1 using Poisson regression. Within 3 blocks equals one if the census block group is within 3 block
groups of a video gambling establishment after the establishment adopted video gambling. Each column
uses different level-specific linear time trend (e.g., Community, Police District, etc.). All estimates include
block group fixed effects, month-year effects, a quadratic function of distance to the closest riverboat casino,
and demographic controls from the Census and American Community Survey (see Section 3 for full list of
controls). Standard errors clustered at the block group level are in parentheses.
* Significant at 10% level; ** significant at 5% level; *** significant at 1% level.
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Table A.5. Effect of Video Gambling Act on Number of Bars
(1) (2) (3)
Number of Bars
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 0.0379 0.0485
(0.0407) (0.0388)
Block has VG (=1) O1055tS OM 10%F*
(0.0386) (0.0387)
Observations 26,001 44,874 44,874
Number of blocks 312 554 554
Original Sample Yes No No
Expanded Sample No Yes Yes
Notes: Each coefficient is an estimate of Equation (1) using Pois-
son regression. Standard errors clustered at the block group level
are in parentheses. Within 3 blocks cquals one if the census block
group is within 3 block groups of a video gambling establishment af-
ter the establishment adopted video gambling. Column (1) restricts
the sample to block groups in Chicago. Columns (2) and (3) include
Chicago and block groups outside of Chicago that are within three
block groups from the Chicago border. Block has VG equals one if
the block group has at least one establishment with video gambling
at time t. All estimates include block group fixed effects, month-
year effects, a quadratic function of distance to the closest riverboat
casino, community area-time trends, and demographic controls ob-
tained by extrapolating between the Census and American Commu-
nity Survey: total population, population density, median age, aver-
age household size, percentage males between 15 and 35, percentage
of African Americans, number of housing units, percentage of vacant
housing, and percentage of home owners.
* Significant at 10% level; ** significant at 5% level; *** significant
at 1% level.
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Table A.6. Descriptive Statistics
N Mean St. Dev. Min. Max.
(a) Crime counts
Property 125,857 3.728 3.772 0 75
Violent 125,857 1.194 1.662 0 17
Domestic 125,857 2.037 2.342 0 22
Arson 125,857 0.024 0.162 0 5
Burglary 125,857 0.845 1.225 0 17
Larceny 125,857 2.235 2.881 0 71
Motor Vehicle Theft 125,857 0.625 0.972 0 15
Robbery 125,857 0.518 0.941 0 14
Homicide 125,857 0.022 0.156 0 6
Sexual Assault 125,857 0.058 0.248 0 4
Aggravated Assault 125,857 0.228 0.532 0 7
Aggravated Battery 125,857 0.368 0.751 0 10
(b) Access to video gambling
Within 3 Blocks (=1) 125,857 0.116 0.320 0 1
(c) Access to bars
Same Block (/100) 98,109 0.005 0.010 0 0.13
Within 3 Blocks (/100) 98,109 0.134 0.248 0 2.35
(d) 2011-2015 ACS characteristics
Population 991 1248.299 569.105 0 8572
Pop. Density 991 14756.800 9171.606 0 55074.66
Median Age 991 36.119 8.474 0 76.4
Avg. HH Size 991 3.087 0.647 0 5.72
Nr. Housing Units 991 461.134 178.503 0 1487
% Male between 15-35 991 0.137 0.059 0 0.52
% Black 991 0.395 0.429 0 1
% Vacant 991 0.128 0.104 0 0.77
% Owner inhabited 991 0.505 0.253 0 1
Notes: Data in panels (a) to (c) at the census block group by month level for the sample
of block groups in Chicago ever within six block groups of a video gambling establishment,
used for our main analysis. Panel (d) from the 2011-2015 American Community Survey at
the block group level for the same sample.
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Figure A.1. Number of Establishments
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Dependent variables are number of property or violent crimes. Point estimates and 95% confidence intervals for estimating
Equation (1) using dummy variables by number of video gambling establishments within three blocks. Classified into four
groups by quartile of number of establishments. The omitted category is zero establishments.
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Figure A.2. Effect of Video Gambling on Number of Bars
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adding within three blocks of Chicago border, outside of Chicago. Dependent variables are number of bars. Point estimates
and 95% confidence intervals for estimating Equation (1) using dummy variables indicating timing with respect to first
video gambling establishment operating within three blocks. The omitted category is 6 to 1 months before video gambling
establishment operates within three blocks (-6/-1).
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Trem # 5. A.
WEST CHICAGO
POLICE DEPARTMENT
MONTHLY REPORT
JULY 2021
Colin Fleury, Chief of Police

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Organizational Chart 3
Department Overview 4
Personnel 5
Criminal Activities 6
Monthly Totals 9
Officer Activities 10

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Organizational Chart
West Chicago Police Department
June 2021
Chiefof Police
(1)
Administrative
Management Analyst
Assistant
(1)
(a)
DeputyChief
(1)
Operations Commander
(1)
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Training Officer
(1)
Officer
(1)
CommunityRelations
AM ShiftSergeant
(2)
PMShiftSergeant
(2)
| Investigations
Sergeant
(1)
PatrolOfficers
(12)
CommunityService
Officer
(1)
PatrolOfficers
(11)
Administrative
Sergeant
(1)
Detectives SocialWorker
(6) (1)
SchoolResource RecordsPersonnel
Officer Contractual
(2) (3)
EvidenceCustodian
(cso)
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Department Overview
The Mission of the West Chicago Police Department is to Protect Life and Liberty, Provide Quality
Police Services, and Forge Community Partnerships with Integrity and Professionalism.
There are three divisions in the Police Department: the Office ofthe Chief of Police, the
Operations Division and the Support Services Division.
The primary responsibility of the Officeof the Chief of Police is to provide general management
direction and control for the Department. The Office of the Chief of Police consists of the Chief
of Police, the Management Analyst and the Administrative Assistant.
The Operations Division consists of Uniformed Patrol Officers, Community Service Officers,
Detectives, School Resource Officers, Evidence/Property, the Training Officer and the Community
Relations Officer.
The Support Services Division consists of Vehicle and Building Maintenance, Records and Social
Services.

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Personnel
On July 13", the Police Explorers gathered for training. Topics covered included the phonetic
alphabet, traffic stops and dispatching. Chief Fleury introduced himself to the Explorers. Sergeant
Samuel and Officer Rigler were on hand to assist Officer Nielsen with the training review.
On July 29", Officer Nielsen visited with the children at Little Prince Day Care. Topics covered
included bullying, stranger danger and what it is like to be a police officer.

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Criminal Activities
Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm:
Person(s) unknown fired five to six shots outside of the West Chicago Social Club located at 900 E.
Roosevelt Rd. Witnesses observed a vehicle proceeding westbound on Roosevelt Rd. occupied by
three subjects. The vehicle slowed down in front of the Social Club and several shots were then
heard. The vehicle then continued westbound. Two subjects had suffered gunshot wounds to their
legs. The victims were tended to by police and West Chicago Fire Protection District personnel
before being transported to Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. Investigation is
ongoing.
Criminal Damage to Property:
A known person attended a party at a residence in the 100 block of Hill Ct., drank a large amount
of alcohol and began to argue with his ex-girlfriend. The suspect was asked to leave the residence.
Shortly afterward a loud noise was heard and the victim’s rear driver’s side window was noted to
be broken. The suspect was located by officers in the area of Neltnor Blvd. and Waynewood Dr.
The suspect’s left hand was bleeding but denied breaking the window. The suspect was issued a
local ordinance citation for Criminal Damage to Property.
Person(s) unknown damaged a vehicle parked in the 700 block of Lincoln Ave. The rear passenger
side window of the SUV had been damaged by unknown means.
Person(s) unknown damaged a vehicle parked in the 600 block of Parkside Ave. The driver’s side
rear window had been shattered by unknown means.
Person(s) unknown damaged a vehicle parked I the 300 block of E. Stimmel St. The rear window
to the victim’s SUV has been shattered by unknown means.
Person(s) unknown through a glass bottle at the victim’s vehicle while at the Thornton’s gas station
located at 1330 S. Neltnor Blvd. The suspect entered the station lot in a vehicle, threw the bottle at
the victim’s truck and then fled the area southbound on Neltnor Blvd. The victim was able to obtain
registration information for the suspect vehicle. The bottle damaged the driver’s side of the
victim’s truck. Investigation is ongoing.
Criminal Defacement:
Person(s) unknown spray painted non-gang related graffiti on the fence of a residence in the 200
block of E. Washington St.
Person(s) unknown spray painted non-gang related graffiti on the dumpster, a fence surrounding
the dumpster and the rear door to the food pantry located at 123 Fremont St.
Person(s) unknown used a marker to write non-gang related graffiti on a bench at Pioneer Park
located at 479 W. Forest Ave. A Park District employee saw a possible suspect on the bench, and
then ride a bicycle to a residence in the 700 block of Lyman St. Attempts to contact someone at the
residence were unsuccessful. Investigation is ongoing.
Person(s) unknown spray painted gang-related graffiti on the porta potty and trash receptacle at
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Person(s) spray painted graffiti on a fence surrounding a dumpster in the 300 block of Wilson Ave.
The suspects observed that a witness was recording their actions and began to flee the area. One
suspect fell from his skateboard and was detained by the witness. Police arrived and questioned the
suspect. Information was obtained on a second subject who was stated to have spray painted the
fence. This first suspect was issued a local ordinance citation for Defacement of Private Property
and released to his sister. Officers located the second offender’s residence and issued a local
ordinance citation for Defacement of Private Property.
Criminal Trespass to Property:
On two separate occasions, persons(s) unknown entered the Turtle Splash Water Park, located at
129 W. National St., after it has closed. The suspect(s) poured dishwashing liquid into the pool.
Fraud:
Person(s) unknown emailed a business located in the 100 block of Atlantic Dr. The emailer placed
an order for $14,3750.00 in packing tape. The suspect provided a company name, a billing address
in California and a ship to address in Georgia. The victim completed the shipment and did not
receive payment. The suspect has stopped answering emails and cannot be reached at the given
phone number. Initial investigation determined the actual company in the email does not have an
employee by that name and does not have facilities at either address listed in the initial email.
Person(s) unknown altered the check of a business in the 3N700 block of Powis Rd. The check
number had previously been issued and cashed as a payroll check. The same number check had
later been altered to the amount of $9,050.00 and the recipient’s name was changed. The check had
been deposited into an account in North Platte, Nebraska. Investigation is ongoing.
Motor Vehicle Theft:
Person(s) unknown removed a vehicle from in front of a church located in the 900 block of Main
St. The owner had left the keys, his cell phone and miscellaneous tools in the unsecured truck and
went into the church to do some work. When he returned, the vehicle was missing. The pickup was
later recovered in Chicago and towed to the Police Station where it was processed for evidence. A
number of tools were noted to be missing from the tool box(es).
Person(s) unknown removed the victim’s vehicle from the 900 block of Windsor Ct. The vehicle
was left unsecured with the key inside of the car. Officers responded to a crash in the 200 block of
Ingalton Ave. where two individuals exited one of the vehicles and fled the scene on foot. While
investigating the crash the owner of the vehicle returned, noticed the car was missing and called
DUCOMM to report the vehicle as stolen. Investigation is ongoing.
Burglary:
Person(s) unknown entered the Shell gas station located at 1307 S. Neltnor Blvd. and removed
$150.00 from a cash register. Entry had been made during overnight hours by burning a hole
through the overhead plastic garage door. Investigation is ongoing.

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Person(s) unknown entered the gas station located at 60 W. Roosevelt Rd. An unknown pry had
been used to force open the back door to the business as well as the door to a garage/shed behind
the business. Removed from inside the gas station was a cash register containing $1,500.00. Taken
from the garage/shed was a box containing $2,500.00 in cigars and glass pipes. Investigation is
ongoing.
Burglary from Motor Vehicle:
Person(s) unknown entered an unsecured vehicle parked in the 400 block of Ridgeland Ave.
Removed from the SUV were a wallet containing $300.00 U.S.C., $200.00 in Mexican currency,
Fifth Third credit and debit cards and Chase credit and debit cards. An unsuccessful attempt was
made by an unknown person to use the stolen Chase debit card.
Theft Under $500.00:
Person(s) unknown removed a package from the entranceway to an apartment building in the 500
block of Carriage Dr. The victim received notification that the box had been placed on the steps.
When the victim went to retrieve the package, it was missing. The delivery consisted of a $250.00
pair of Nike shoes.
Person(s) unknown used the victim’s rebate to make a purchase for $139.69 at the Menards located
at 220 W. North Ave. Investigation is ongoing.
Theft of Lost/Mislaid Property:
Person(s) unknown removed the victim’s wallet from Aldi located at 978 N. Neltnor Blvd. The
victim dropped his wallet in the store and when he returned to find it, the wallet was missing.
Surveillance video showed a suspect pick up the wallet and leave the store with it. The wallet
contained a driver’s license, identification and an unknown number of debit/credit cards.
Investigation is ongoing.
Person(s) unknown removed the victim’s lost wallet from the BP gas station located at 219 S.
Neltnor Blvd. The victim’s wallet contained a debit card that was used at the same BP gas station
for a $49.10 purchase and at the Speedway located at 1501 W. Roosevelt Rd. for a $96.03
purchase. Investigation is ongoing.
Theft by Deception:
Person(s) unknown telephoned the victim at his/her residence in the 300 block of Clayton St. The
caller then threatened the victim with an arrest warrant. The victim became nervous and sent
$400.00 via Western Union to a subject in Peru. Over the course of 13 days, the victim received a
number of other similar phone calls and wired an additional $1,800.00 to various people in Peru.
Deceptive Practice:
Person(s) unknown cashed the victim’s check at an unknown Chase bank location. The check, in
the amount of $382.81, was to be mailed by a former employer to the victim’s residence in the 200
block of Joliet St. The check never arrived, and when the victim inquired, was told that the check
had been already been cashed. Investigation is ongoing.

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Monthly Totals
Activities
Jun
Jul
YTD
Total
Apr
May
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2020
2020
Traffic
497
519
503
506
3,503
2,076
4,646
Stops
Traffic
128
151
175
275
1,103
834
1,849
Citations
Traffic
247
251
194
155
1,455
1,226
2,516
Wamngs
Parking
437
424
373
230
2,445
722
1,293
Citations
Traffic
46
79
81
54
450
377
700
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Officer Activities
On July 2"4, Officers Kowalik and Moos were dispatched to the Train Depot, located at 508 Main St.,
for a possible fight. Upon arrival, two subjects were found on the middle platform with one of the
person(s) lying on the ground. Officers noted that the subject on the ground was unresponsive and had
no pulse. CPR was begun and a pulse was soon detected. A dose of Narcan was administered. West
Chicago Fire Protection personnel arrived, took over care of the individual and administered a second
dose of Narcan. The subject became responsive and was then transported to Northwestern Medicine
Central DuPage Hospital.
On June 7", the Department was contacted by School District 33 administrators. Video from one of
the bus routes appeared to show a school bus aide strike a student in the head with a back pack. School
Resource Officer Fuller interviewed the bus driver and learned that the bus aide had been yelling at the
victim and that the aide also threw the backpack. When interviewed by Detective Peterson and SRO
Fuller, the suspect admitted to yelling at the victim, pushing him down to pick up paper and throwing
the backpack. On July 7", the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office approved a charge of
Aggravated Battery in a Public Place against the offender, an arrest warrant was obtained for the
suspect and he was arrested, fingerprinted, photographed and released from custody after posting
bond.
On July 25", Officer Moore conducted a traffic stop on an SUV for expired registration. The driver
stated he had no driver’s license and could not provide proof of insurance. While speaking with the
driver, a strong odor of cannabis was emanating from the vehicle. Asked if there was cannabis in the
car, the driver provided a bag containing seven grams of cannabis and could not provide proof it was
legally purchased or was being properly transported. Officers Winton, Mielke, Richards and
Schoonhoven arrived to assist. As a result of the cannabis in the car, a search of the vehicle was
conducted that resulted in the recovery of a loaded 9mm handgun and a second loaded magazine. The
driver was placed under arrest, transported to the Police Station, interviewed and admitted the firearm
was his and it was carried for protection. The firearm was run through the Law Enforcement Agency
Data System (LEADS) and was reported as stolen. A consent search was conducted at the suspect’s
apartment that resulted in the recovery of more cannabis and a shotgun. The DuPage County State’s
Attorney’s Office approved charges of Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Possession of a
Firearm with No FOID Card, Possession of More Than 100 but Less Than 500 Grams of Cannabis,
and traffic charges. The arrestee was fingerprinted, photographed and transported to the DuPage
County Jail.
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