Chicago residents and visitors will see more police officers riding the CTA, patrolling beaches and special events and on foot and bike patrol in neighborhoods that “need it most” to prevent a surge in violence over the July Fourth weekend.
Chicago Police Supt. David Brown refused to say how many additional officers would be deployed over the long holiday weekend, which got off to a violent start with a deadly mass shooting in the South Loop and the wounding of a police officer responding to a domestic violence call in Little Italy.
