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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

Using helicopters to track carjackings is a bad idea

A Chicago Police Department helicopter hovers outside Guaranteed Rate Field before a baseball playoff series on Oct. 10, 2021. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photos)

Supplying the Chicago Police Department and Cook County with helicopters solely to stop carjackings is a horrible idea.

Helicopters require places to land, and have to be stored, maintained, fueled and repaired. They are noisy, dangerous and inefficient. They require a massive, permanent investment in staffing, not just in pilots over multiple shifts, but support staff, maintenance and repair staff, security, landing crews and more.

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