Chicago deploying hundreds of additional officers to bloodied neighborhoods

CNN ^ | August 7, 2018 | Sheena Jones and Phil Gast

[mdittmar]

(CNN)Stung by the level of violence last weekend, Chicago officials pledged Tuesday to deploy more officers in neighborhoods that have seen a surge in shootings.

Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson told reporters an additional 430 officers are being put on street duty, with 200 more to be on patrol over the weekend.

Some officers will have their hours extended or vacations canceled. Others are being reassigned from other duties, officials said.

Over the weekend, 66 people were shot, 12 of them fatally, between Friday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

[Mark]

I’m sure that a “Beer Summit” could solve this.

[pepsionice]

If it’s Chicago, it’d have to be a marijuana summit.