The Chicago Police Department is deploying bikes for use by patrol officers in 19 of 20 targeted zones that have had a history of high rates of violence, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Garry McCarthy announced Friday.
Roughly a third of the 360 foot patrol officers assigned to the police’s Operation Impact program, which targets high violence neighborhoods, have been trained and equipped with bikes, officials said. Some 140 officers will participate in the bike patrol.
The bikes are being deployed in zones on the South and West sides.
(link below)
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/26920023-418/city-sends-bike-cops-into-high-crime-neighborhoods.html#.U1FrFVVdWSp
Friday, April 18, 2014
CHICAGO SENDING BIKE COPS TO HIGH CRIME AREAS
The Chicago Police Department is deploying bikes for use by patrol officers in 19 of 20 targeted zones that have had a history of high rates of violence, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Garry McCarthy announced Friday.
Roughly a third of the 360 foot patrol officers assigned to the police’s Operation Impact program, which targets high violence neighborhoods, have been trained and equipped with bikes, officials said. Some 140 officers will participate in the bike patrol.
The bikes are being deployed in zones on the South and West sides.
(link below)
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/26920023-418/city-sends-bike-cops-into-high-crime-neighborhoods.html#.U1FrFVVdWSp
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