City Council Public Safety Committee Holding Hearing On Carjackings Friday
CBS Chicago 1/22/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS)– Alderman are frustrated, residents are terrified, and victims are left traumatized as the number of carjackings keeps growing in Chicago, and on Friday the City Council Public Safety Committee is holding a public hearing on what might be done to stem the tide.
In just the first 21 days of the new year, there have been roughly 150 carjackings in Chicago.
Four more carjackings were reported within four hours across the city overnight.
Between 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Thursday, in Garfield Ridge, Bucktown, North Kenwood, and South Austin residents were the victims of carjackings.