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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The rise of gun violence in the City of Chicago |
| 3 | | has begun to spread to Chicago-area expressways at an |
| 4 | | ever-increasing rate; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, As of the end of 2016, there were 51 shootings on |
| 6 | | Chicago-area expressways, compared to 37 in 2015; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Governor Bruce Rauner has proposed that the State |
| 8 | | add hundreds of new Illinois State Police to combat the growing |
| 9 | | number of shooting incidents on Chicago-area expressways; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Crime Commission has requested that |
| 11 | | State and federal officials purchase a high-tech expressway |
| 12 | | video surveillance system, which would assist law enforcement |
| 13 | | in identifying and apprehending those responsible for the |
| 14 | | expressway gun violence; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, The area just south of Interstate 290 is popularly |
| 16 | | referred to as the "Heroin Highway" because of the easy access |
| 17 | | to the drug it offers city and suburban residents; the heroin |
| 18 | | epidemic within the City of Chicago is believed to be fueling |
| 19 | | much of the gun-related violence that is now spilling onto |
| 20 | | Chicago-area expressways; therefore, be it
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