| For Immediate Release: April 15, 2009 |
Contact: Sharon Jenkins Washington, DC Office (202) 225.4372 Stephanie Gadlin (773) 224.6500 |
CONG. RUSH APPLAUDS CPD ROLL CALL IN WAKE OF A SPATE OF AREA SHOOTINGS, ROBBERIES |
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| Scores of uniformed officers will conduct outdoor roll call at corner of 79th Street and Langley at request of concerned citizens | ||
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CHICAGO – Today at 4 p.m., Congressman Bobby L. Rush (IL-01) applauded members of the Neighborhood Action Forum for securing a public roll call by Chicago Police Department’s 6th District at 4 p.m. on the corner of 79th Street and Langley in the city’s Park Manor/Chatham neighborhood. The residents believe the roll call illustrates a show of force designed to send a strong message to wayward individuals that residents, business owners and authorities have united to stamp out a crime spree that has recently surged in the community. Recently the area of 79th Street at Cottage Grove has been hit with a rash of shootings, store robberies and assaults. Cong, Rush said, “It is important for the community to see that all of its stakeholders are united in our efforts to not only implement better community policing strategies for our neighborhoods but send a strong message to the criminal-minded element that their field day of illegal activity is over.”
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