Inside Cook County Sheriff's new CTA Transit Safety Mission…

Car Crash Chicago Illinois in Chicago, Illinois: Cook County Sheriff's Police are patrolling CTA trains as part of a state-directed pilot program to improve transit safety and gather data for future policing recommendations. Deputies searched rail cars, greeted riders, enforced CTA rules, and responded to incidents including open drug use and medical calls. The initiative, which began March 27, has focused on the Red Line, where violent crime has reportedly fallen 77% since the program started. Sheriff Tom Dart stated the office was directed by Illinois lawmakers to both patrol the CTA and collect data to inform long-term transit policing recommendations to be delivered to the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.