The Illinois State Police is using $10 million in grant funding to have helicopters patrol Chicago-area expressways to monitor and track stolen vehicles.
The Illinois State Police is bolstering efforts to combat carjackings, allocating additional resources in response to a surge in vehicle thefts.The agency is using $10 million in grant funding from the Illinois Secretary of State, aimed at enhancing law enforcement capabilities. The funds contribute to aerial surveillance, with helicopters patrolling Chicago -area expressways to monitor and track stolen vehicles.
Colonel Chris Owen, of the Illinois State Police Division of Patrol, emphasized the swift response to incidents."As soon as those vehicles come anywhere near our expressways, one of our state troopers becomes immediately aware of that, and we're able to very precisely track that vehicle down, either by the air with our airplanes, or with some of our special investigative techniques and, or, the use of a license plate reader technology.
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