“We have a remarkable success rate at stopping the vehicle, recovering the vehicle and then securing some sort of charge,” Brendan Deenihan, chief of detectives, said of the helicopters. The officers who fly them are able to keep their eyes on a fleeing car when cops on the street aren’t available to follow or when they’ve been ordered to end a chase because it’s too dangerous.
This will offer a more panoramic view of carjackings.
Freddy
3 years ago
What about More Cowbells?
Ataraxis
3 years ago
Do not release carjacking thugs on bond and then sentence them to serve real prison time. That’s the only way to reduce carjacking.
debtsor
3 years ago
My biggest complaint is that the helicopters aren’t green. When will Chicago invest in electric helicopters?
Lion's Choice
3 years ago
Put some machine guns on those choppers and then you’ve got something
Mary Juana
3 years ago
In a very short time the use of helicopters to catch and arrest carjackers would be deemed racist since most of the suspects would be, you know.
Ex Illini
3 years ago
I’m all for giving the police every tool they need to stop violent crime. It would be nice if some of these violent offenders actually went to prison though.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
This will offer a more panoramic view of carjackings.
What about More Cowbells?
Do not release carjacking thugs on bond and then sentence them to serve real prison time. That’s the only way to reduce carjacking.
My biggest complaint is that the helicopters aren’t green. When will Chicago invest in electric helicopters?
Put some machine guns on those choppers and then you’ve got something
In a very short time the use of helicopters to catch and arrest carjackers would be deemed racist since most of the suspects would be, you know.
I’m all for giving the police every tool they need to stop violent crime. It would be nice if some of these violent offenders actually went to prison though.