Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart depletes Suburban Police Coverage for a Publicity Act in Chicago's Back of the Yards Neighborhood Police Coverage - Cook County Sheriff's Police patrolling Back of the Yards after a 160% spike in murders and violence

 Cook County Sheriff’s Officers had an impressive show of force Tuesday night in a violence-plagued Chicago neighborhood.

In response to a spike in shootings and murders, an alderman in the Back of the Yards neighborhood asked for the sheriff's help.

The command center was just set up Tuesday. The plan is to have a visible and not so visible presence in the neighborhood for the next four to six weeks to try to help combat the violence that has resulted in murders being up 160 percent, and shootings nearly 60 percent.

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