US EditionChicago boosts transit police presence after renewed federal funding cut threat over crime
The CTA and Chicago Police Department will deploy additional officers and increase K-9 units after the Federal Transit Administration threatened to withhold $50 million over safety concerns.
- The Chicago Transit Authority and Chicago Police Department announced a security surge starting Friday to deploy dozens of additional officers across the transit system to increase visibility and reassure riders.
- Earlier this month, the Federal Transit Administration warned the CTA to submit a security enhancement plan within a week and implement it by Dec. 19, with 90 days to revise or risk funding cuts.
- The plan expands the Voluntary Special Employment Program, increasing officers patrolling CTA from 77 to 120 per day and raising private K-9 staffing from 172 to 188 per day.
- Many commuters greeted the surge with mixed views, as CTA acting president Nora Leerhsen said deployments will be guided by crime data, while some riders doubted police would board trains.
- The federal rebuke follows past funding freezes by President Donald Trump’s administration and criticizes the CTA plan as `materially deficient`, citing failure to set monthly assault reduction targets after the Blue Line attack with a federal terrorism charge.
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City Beefs Up Police Presence At CTA Stations, But Feds Still Threaten To Withhold $50 Million
CHICAGO — The city is sending more police officers to patrol public transit as a part of a new security plan demanded by the Trump administration, which is already calling the city’s efforts “materially deficient.” A transit patrol program is expanding from 77 to 120 Chicago police officers daily, the CTA announced Friday. The move comes on the day of a deadline set by the Trump administration, which threatened to cut CTA funding if the agency d…
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Chicago boosts transit police presence after renewed federal funding cut threat over crime
The Chicago Transit Authority has boosted police presence on the public transport system after President Donald Trump's administration renewed funding-cut threats over security.
More Chicago Police officers will patrol CTA trains, platforms, and buses under a "security boost plan" developed by both agencies. The Chicago Transportation Authority (CTA) announced the program will begin Friday, the same day the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) demanded the agency implement a security plan or face a reduction in federal funding. Under the plan, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) will increase the number of office…
'Blatant failures': Federal Transit Administration rejects CTA's revised safety plan
CHICAGO — Federal funding could still be up in the air for the CTA after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Friday that it had rejected a safety plan submitted by the transit agency just a day after it announced an increased police presence on the city's trains and buses. The decision comes a little [...]
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