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Chicago Crime Commission
The Chicago Crime Commission is an independent, non-partisan civic watchdog organization of business leaders dedicated to educating the public about the dangers of organized criminal activity, especially organized crime, street gangs and the tools of their trade: drugs, guns, , money laundering, identity theft and gambling, founded in 1919. The police, the judicial system, politicians, prosecutors and citizens rely on the Chicago Crime Commission to provide advice on crime issues and to communicate vital information to the public.
Summary.
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Raised on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Petacque was the son of a well-known Chicago police captain. He graduated from Chicago's Austin High School in 1942.
Career.
Petacque began working as a copy boy in 1942 for the Chicago Sun, which was one of the predecessor newspapers to the Chicago Sun-Times. He was with the Sun-Times from its inception in 1948 until retiring in 1991.
From early in his career, Petacque covered the crime beat. He became an investigative