If this trend continues until Labor Day, Chicago might be on its way to a year with 500 or fewer homicides, which is closer to the normative number of murders in recent history, beginning in 2004 and factoring out 2016 and 2017 as aberrations. Arthur Lurigio More Quotes by Arthur Lurigio More Quotes From Arthur Lurigio A new mayor with a plan for police reform and better police-community relations will enhance the quality of life in the city and encourage people -- especially young people who wish to start a family -- to move to the city, the perceptions that a new mayor creates about safety and policing could make the city a more attractive place to live and stop the outflow of residents. Arthur Lurigio top-news Shootings can leave victims with permanent physical and emotional disabilities, including symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, the survivors of homicide never move on completely from their devastating loses. Bullets in the air leave permanent pain in the heart and create ripples of sorrow in families and communities that affect generations to come. Arthur Lurigio top-news