Chicago mayor inches closer to police redeployment plan in wake of violent January
(MCT) — CHICAGO — Following the most violent January in more than a decade and the high-profile murder of a 15-year-old high school band majorette, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his police chief moved closer than ever Thursday to reintroducing the very police strategy they dumped when they took over in 2011.
Emanuel said he would move 200 officers off desk duty to bolster the size of roving teams aimed at suppressing outbreaks of murderous violence that have plagued the city for more than a year.
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