Chicago police add new CTA train patrols; K-9 units to return

CHICAGO (WLS) — Commuters may even see an elevated police presence on CTA trains Monday morning.

Extra officers are being added after a homicide on a Pink Line prepare Saturday morning and police have launched disturbing video exhibiting an individual being pushed onto CTA tracks by a stranger.

Superintendent David Brown promised over the weekend that as of Monday, there could be an extra contingent of officers assigned to the transit authority after a sequence of violent incidents.

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A capturing on Saturday that left a person useless on a northbound Pink Line prepare close to 79th Avenue. That capturing befell inside a prepare automobile round 2 a.m.

On Sunday, police launched surveillance video from the Blue Line at Damen on Friday morning that exhibits a person getting shoved off the platform at 7 a.m. In each circumstances nobody has been arrested and police are in search of assist from the general public.

When asserting the extra sources over the weekend, Superintendent Brown refused to reveal precisely what number of officers this can represent.

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And it’s actually not the primary time this has occurred this yr. CPD mentioned they’ve considerably elevated the variety of patrols on CTA during the last a number of months as violent crimes proceed to extend even whereas ridership stays under pre-pandemic ranges.

CTA for its half mentioned along with the 250 unarmed guards which have been just lately employed they are going to carry again the Ok-9 models that have been disbanded three years in the past. Particulars on when that can occur are anticipated to be launched throughout the subsequent week.

However CTA added these are solely meant to be a complement to police work and may’t on their very own clear up the protection points the presently plague the transit company.

“I wish to guarantee you that we’re doing all the things that we will to stem these egregious acts of violence that happen on CTA properties,” CTA President Dorval Carter mentioned.

“It’s unacceptable and won’t be tolerated,” Brown mentioned of CTA violence. “No resident ought to assume twice about their security on any a part of the CTA or in our neighborhoods.”

On July 22, a person was stabbed as he fought again throughout an tried theft at North and Clybourn, whereas on July 25, a 15-year-old who police say was a part of a gaggle trying to rob somebody onboard a crimson line prepare close to 63rd avenue, was killed when the could be goal pulled out a knife and stabbed him.