Federal Prosecutors Expanding Violence Prevention Initiative to ...

Federal Prosecutors Expanding Violence Prevention Initiative to ...

‘Project Safe Neighborhoods’ expanding to downtown Chicago_ transit for first time

CHICAGO — A long-running federal

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Federal Prosecutors Expanding Violence Prevention Initiative to Downtown Chicago, All CTA Train Lines – WTTW (Chicago)

According to the feds, enforcement in those areas will focus on the investigation and prosecution of offenses including illegal firearm possession, drug trafficking, robberies, carjackings and other violent crimes.

Project Safe Neighborhoods expands to downtown, CTA trains

Federal prosecutors are expanding Project Safe Neighborhoods in Chicago, announcing Wednesday that the city’s trains and downtown areas will now be covered by the anti-violence program for the first time.Project Safe Neighborhoods was launched in 2001 under President George W. Bush to crack down on shootings. At the time, the program paid for the hiring of scores of new federal prosecutors and hundreds of state and local prosecutors to concentra…

‘Project Safe Neighborhoods’ expanding to downtown Chicago, transit for first time

A long-running federal anti-violence program will be expanding to downtown Chicago and mass transit for the first time this summer, enhancing the investigation and prosecution of gun crimes, drug trafficking, robberies and carjackings at a time when city violence typically spikes. The creation of a new downtown zone for the program, Project Safe Neighborhoods, is the first public initiative announced by U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros, who took off…