Without going into detail, Chicago’s top cop said Friday the city is bracing for the last holiday weekend of the summer by making as many officers as possible visible in the neighborhoods, on the CTA and even on the water.
“It’s a scheduling challenge,” Supt. David Brown acknowledged as he outlined a general plan to keep boaters and swimmers safe, crack down on illegal drifting and drag-racing, keep transit riders safe and tamp down gun violence that normally spikes over the weekend.
