Bucktown Residents Hire Private Security Firm To Guard Their Streets

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

As carjackings have increased during the pandemic, some Chicago neighborhoods are turning to private security firms to patrol their streets. Hyde Park, Bucktown, and now Lincoln Park’s Fullerton area have all hired P4 Security Solutions, a private security company which hires off-duty police officers to keep watch and report suspicious activity to the Chicago Police. Reset talks with a reporter who covered this story, as well as a resident of Bucktown. We also hear from the private security company providing the guards. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset