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Home » security guards

Tag: security guards

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Putting the neighborhood watch on watch

by John Greenfield January 18, 2018August 18, 2021

A call for private security officers in Ukrainian Village spurs a neighborhood discussion of crime and racial profiling.

Posted inBlogs

See the people who keep the Pitchfork trains running smoothly

by Alison Green July 17, 2017August 18, 2021

Photographer Alison Green captured the workers who keep the Pitchfork engine running—and the entrepreneurs just outside the festival gates.

Kelvyn Cockrell in the gym of the Henson Hornets, where he played basketball as a student and later coached many basketball and volleyball teams.
Posted inNews & Politics

School dismissed for a beloved security guard

by Steve Bogira June 26, 2013August 19, 2021

Kelvyn Cockrell started going to Henson elementary at age six, and he never stopped. But now that the school is among 50 closed by CPS, he’ll have to.

Posted inBlogs

Faced with a cop shortage, some officials look to private policing

by Mick Dumke August 25, 2011August 19, 2021

Among the questions Chatham residents had for police Superintendent Garry McCarthy at a community forum Saturday was one asked by a lot of people around the city: “Are you going to hire more police?” As another resident went on to explain: “We don’t have much of a police presence here. And crime is spreading to […]

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