Worried about rising crime, including the number of violent car thefts, residents of several affluent neighborhoods in Chicago’s North Side are recruiting armed police to patrol after hours. They thus create, in fact, “quasi-closed residential neighborhoods”.
In the past six months, at least five neighborhoods on or adjacent to the North Side have called on the security services of P4 Security Solutions for the first time, as reported by the executive vice president of this private company, Paul Ohm.
A deterrent role
P4 police officers travel in cars equipped with visible markings, a warning light on the roof, cameras and state-of-the-art communication tools. Their mission is not to make arrests, even if, as police officers, they are authorized to carry a firearm: their role is deterrent. In an emergency, they call the police, says Mr. Ohm.
In neighborhoods like Lincoln Park, Bucktown and Lakeview, several residents’ associations are using private security services, while crime is exploding in Chicago – as in other cities, where these services are also arousing growing interest.
Sean Meehan, director of marketing at United Security in Red Bank, New Jersey, says he has received many calls over the past year from residents in the northeast asking for security patrols in their neighborhood, while his company usually specializes in security for businesses, from shopping centers to offices. “Faced with crimes – real crimes – the inhabitants of these neighborhoods no longer feel safe”, he testifies.
More and more private patrols
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