CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago police will be more visible along the lakefront, in parks, and at train stations during the summer months in the hopes of reducing the spike in crime that comes every year when temperatures rise and children are out of school.
And while police on Tuesday didn’t offer many specific crime-fighting strategies, Superintendent Eddie Johnson says the deployment of officers will be driven in large part by data that’s collected and intelligence gathered by police. The department will also deploy specialized units to specific areas to combat crime.
And Johnson says the department will pay special attention to the unruly youths who have been gathering in the downtown area recent weeks and that office “will not tolerate misbehavior.”
