CTA’s high violent crime rate keeps away what’s needed to ward off crime: passengers
WBEZ News · WBEZ Chicago
September 9, 20243m 54s
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Show Notes
Monday’s quadruple homicide on a Chicago Transit Authority train has increased fear and anxiety among riders.
WBEZ reporters dove into data from both that agency and the police department.
And they reached a stark finding:
Violent crimes per CTA rider trip are more than triple this year compared to 2015.
WBEZ’s Chip Mitchell worked on the reporting and joins us now.
HOST: LARA