Chicago Tries To Get Ahead Of Its’ Rampant Gun Violence.
A new task force with new strategies is being implemented to try and reduce the gun violence that has swept the city in 2021. (ABC News)
“The superintendent also announced that a 24-hour gun trafficking tipline is being established and will be supported by a $1 million fund allocated by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to “give Chicago residents a voice to remove these tools for violence from the streets of Chicago.” He said “significant payouts” will be made for tips that lead to arrests, indictments and convictions of gun traffickers and others that deal in illegal firearms.
”Someone in this community knows who that is, and we want to incentivize you coming forward anonymously,” Brown said. “We want to incentivize you to help the police department protect your community by giving these people up.””
Chicago gun violence is becoming pervasive and entrenched in certain parts of the city. The Windy City is now trying to implement new ways to curb the violence that is destroying the lives of so many of its citizens and causing untold levels of post traumatic stress. Chicago can do better and must do better to live up to World Class reputation that it possesses. A City like Chicago should not have the current level of violence and it must get ahead of this plague or the city many no longer be the destination city that it has become.
