Overview
- The U.S. Attorney’s Office designated PSN Enforcement Zones in downtown Chicago covering parts of three police districts to extend federal anti-violence resources into the city’s economic core.
- The program now includes every CTA rail line serving neighborhoods and both O’Hare and Midway airports, marking the first mass-transit deployment of PSN.
- Federal grants will fund hiring additional officers, overtime pay, equipment purchases and anti-violence messaging to bolster enforcement efforts.
- Participating agencies—Chicago Police Department, FBI, ATF, DEA and Cook County Sheriff’s Office—will jointly investigate and prosecute gun possession, drug trafficking, robberies and carjackings.
- Prosecutors plan to seek pretrial detention and significant prison sentences for violent offenders arrested within the newly designated zones to maximize deterrence.