Dolton police shift patrols into neighborhoods to combat crime spike
FOX 32 s Roseanne Tellez reports.
DOLTON, Ill. - In south suburban Dolton, a spike in crime and a new administration is leading to a new strategy for police.
Calls of shots fired are up, as are carjackings and police say they can’t seem to bring the murder rate out of the double digits.
Mayor Tiffany Henyard said it was time for a bold move. She decided to take police foot patrols out of the business district and put them in residential neighborhoods instead. A lot of people were concerned about crime, right. That was my number one concern, my top priority. What better way to put the people at one with the police then to have them go door to door, she said.