Police laid out their plans to combat the crisis Tuesday night.
It is all part of what police call a disturbing crime trend – in particular targeting the Near North District – bounded by Fullerton Avenue on the north, the Chicago River on the south, Lake Michigan on the east, and the Chicago River's North Branch on the west.
"It's one of the scariest kinds of crimes that citizens, no matter where they live, experience – being held up at gunpoint," said Larry Sachs, a board member with the Lincoln Central Association."It's very difficult to prevent it, actually, because it's so random."Sachs joined others for a regularly-scheduled 18th Police District Council meeting. District Capt.
"They'll steal a car use, use it to do robberies, and get another one the next day," Koenig said."So it's like Whac-a-Mole. We're constantly cat-and-mouse."It's a trend that's going on now, and we're definitely addressing it proactively," said Cmdr. Hill.
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