A bit over $12,500,000 worth of Illinois State tax money was shipped off to Chicago to fix a specific problem and the problem got worse. Quelle surprise. From Law Enforcement Today:
Chicago got nearly $13 million and federal support to stop expressway shootings. They are skyrocketing.
Following two shootings that occurred on interstates in Chicago on the same day earlier in July, reports show that the number of expressway shootings in 2021 have already surpassed the total that occurred in 2020 and nearly tripled the number of occurrences in 2019.
Expressway shootings with regard to 2021 is looking grim for Chicago, as after the two shootings incidents that occurred on July 22nd, the city has now played host to 137 expressway shootings as of July 26th.
For the sake of context, there were 128 expressway shootings that occurred throughout all of 2020 and 52 that transpired throughout all of 2019.
And they are doing?
These sorts of shootings have continued to surge in 2021, despite the Illinois State Police receiving a $12.5 million grant in February from the Illinois Department of Transportation to acquire the likes of license plate readers and programs, as well as specialized cameras.
In a statement from the Illinois State Police regarding the matter, the agency said that they “proactively patrol and saturate the Chicagoland expressways with the goal of ensuring public safety” and that they’re working to increase manpower and continue to strengthen strategic partnerships with state and federal agencies.
Urp - proactively patrol and strategic partnerships. Please excuse me while I barf - seem to be allergic to buzzwords these days. How about doing something about the crime. Don't arrest them and let them out on bail five hours later. Pulling crap like this is not painful for the urban pavement ape. Make it painful and they will stop.
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