Elgin's new police chief was sworn in yesterday. The Elgin police and the city in general have done a good job keeping crime down. They're pretty efficient. For example, I was driving by the library one day last year and noticed some graffiti had been sprayed on an outside wall. By the time I returned the next day, it had been removed. I was impressed. I didn't realize the city vigorously applied the Broken Windows Theory. But I guess that's why our crime numbers are second only to Naperville.

See the Downtown Elgin blog for the chief's picture.