
SPRINGFIELD — Aiming to address what they described as an “uptick” in carjackings, state Senate Democrats unveiled measures on Tuesday they said would help law enforcement agencies to work together to make arrests and to protect victims from undeserved costs that further traumatize them after the crime.
With just days before the General Assembly is set to adjourn, it was the latest Democratic effort meant to address rising crime — a problem prominent in many residents’ minds and in Republican campaign ads.