Parking

When we posted about the parking conditions over at the wake and funeral for Officer Bartholomew yesterday, we didn't expect so much whining about it. We were just warning people to plan ahead. 

The family gets to choose the location of services and Special Events does what they can to make it work as well as they can. They've done great work in the past under similar circumstances.

Some commentators suggested car pooling and Uber rides. Someone else said the Park District is going to make lakefront parking available. 

How about this - the Department had dozens of those 15 passenger vans they used for events and deployments in the past. Have those cleaned up and station three or four at the following locations:

• 019 - huge parking lot
• 020 - multistory parking garage
• 024 - Streets and San Ward yard

Then run a shuttle service to and from St. Andrew's. 

There are ways around the parking issue and that shouldn't be something that deters members from attending to show the family support during this trying time.