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Posts in category "CTA safety"

Drug possession charges overlaid on CTA rail map

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A statistical modeling student has mapped Chiacgo drug possession charges by type and then overlaid them on a map of CTA elevated lines. The results are fascinating, to say the least. Lauren Baily tweeted the map last week. She even noted the drugs by color. Light blue = cocaine; black= heroin; purple = crack; pink=... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
April 8, 2012 at 7:37 pm
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Photos released of alleged Red Line rapist

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Chicago police on Tuesday released photos of a man suspected in the early morning Friday rape of a woman on the CTA’s southbound Red Line. The victim was sexually assaulted and robbed by a knife-wielding man between Roosevelt and 79th Street on the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line. The suspect is described as... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
February 28, 2012 at 5:44 pm
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Resurgence of CTA-involved "wilding" reported; Guardian Angels patrolling Red Line

New reports of “wilding” have resurfaced, with large groups of teens on Monday starting at the Red Line Chicago station and spreading out on North Michigan Avenue to wreak havoc. These details were posted on Chicago’s EveryBlock site based on police scanner reports. Further corroboration of the wilding could be found in comments on Second... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
December 29, 2011 at 5:49 pm
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CTA finishes early on installation of security cameras at every rail station

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Chicago’s mayor, police superintendent and the CTA president joined together Monday to tout the early completion of the CTA’s effort to install surveillance cameras at all 144 rail stations. In all, 1,800 additional cameras were installed at 78 rail stations since June. Now there are more than 3,000 cameras monitoring all rail stations. Mayor Rahm... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
November 21, 2011 at 8:03 pm
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Good lessons here: How CTA theft victim got thugs arrested

A woman’s iPhone is stolen from her at gunpoint on a platform at the Red Line. The two teenaged thugs make a getaway on the next train out. Ho hum. Another CTA robbery. But no, this was much different. The alleged perpetrators were caught and arrested, because the victim did all the right things.  And... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
October 27, 2011 at 6:58 am
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CTA rail cameras paying off with arrests; represent big PR coup

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The dramatic increase in security cameras and police presence at CTA rail stations is probably the biggest public relations success the transit agency since Rahm Emanuel took over as mayor in May. And Mayor Emanuel on Saturday stood on the Loyola Red Line platform and announced that cameras there and elsewhere led to two arrests... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
October 17, 2011 at 7:19 am
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CTA installs new wood platforms at Francisco Brown Line station

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Work has begun at the CTA Brown Line Francisco station to replace deteriorated wood platforms. The CTA admitted it made a mistake in installing wood flooring with a fire-retardent chemical, but without a water sealant. These photos by Tattler reader Cheryl show the new pressure-treated wood planks being installed at Francisco. Other photos show the... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
September 20, 2011 at 6:55 am
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New college students get CTA safety tips along with their U-Pass

More than  134,000 college students from 54 Chicago-area schools are enrolled for the fall semester in the CTA’s U-Pass program. Perhaps about a one-fourth of them are new to Chicago or to the CTA system. That’s why the CTA is disseminating electronic and printed materials for its “If You See Something, Say Something” safety campaign... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
August 31, 2011 at 7:23 am
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Brown Line's Montrose stop: Rahm's entrance, iPad thieves' exit

Not too long after Mayor Rahm Emanuel boarded a Brown Line train at Montrose for his first 30-minute commute to City Hall, two thieves snatched an iPad from a rider and fled at the same Montrose stop. Other passengers, the victim and police worked together to grab one of the bandits not too far away... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
August 24, 2011 at 9:00 am
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CTA cameras paying off: Arrest comes two months after iPod theft

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An 18-year-old South Side man was arrested Sunday after a CTA employee recognized him from a surveillance photo two months after the incident, the Tribune reports. From that report: The man reported a group of four or five men took his iPod on June 9 while he was on the Red Line near the Clark/Division... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
August 8, 2011 at 5:20 pm
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