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Originally Posted by Bonsai Tree
We don't have our own transit police here in Chicago (well I guess metra does), unlike in New York. The CPD has "other" priorities which means they likely won't help you out on public transit.
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This is largely incorrect. It's true that the CTA doesn't have it's own police department, but the CPD has a dedicated transit detail. You even see CPD cars marked as such.
This happened sometime in the 1970s or 1980s, as one way of getting administrative/operation expenses off the books at the CTA, and as a back-door way for the City to subsidize the CTA without it creating legislative issues for them with the fare-box recovery statutes.
Contemporary CPD Transit Detail SUV
Chicago Police Ford Police Interceptor Utility
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pdpolicecars, on Flickr
1990s-era CPD Transit Detail squad car
Chicago Police 2432 Transit Detail 5-1992 mb
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mbernero, on Flickr