Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Friday that he wanted to spend “the safest summer in Chicago’s history” and announced plans to combat violence by providing more services to historically problematic areas. ..

Lightfoot described this as a “government-wide” approach.

“This is exactly how public security should work. It’s not just law enforcement. At a press conference at the Whitney Young Library in Chatham, Mr. Wrightfoot said, surrounded by many city officials. It was.

According to Wrightfoot, the strategy has been underway for several weeks, targeting 15 of the city’s most violent police districts, based on figures from 2018 to 2020.

The mayor said he had asked the heads of each department to assign specific personnel to the four zones. In particular, in collaboration with faith-based organizations and nonprofits, the city aims to enhance everything from summer job opportunities for young people to streetlight repair and graffiti removal programs.

“If we can make a meaningful change in these areas, we can make a meaningful change in the overall public safety of the city as a whole,” the mayor said.

Asked why she thought this approach would work this summer when a similar approach didn’t work, she said, “I don’t know if you’ve heard of it, but the city administration. Different from my over 20 years of knowledge about

“We will focus on the areas that have historically been the hardest hit by violence and take everyone to the table,” the mayor said. “Before I became mayor, our historic approach as a city relied on the Chicago Police Department and only hoped for the best.”

She is very specific in the debate, noting, for example, how many young people live in each block of the affected area and the number of services they have available.

“Therefore, very different and detailed conversations took place, not only the resources of the city, but also the resources of the community in a way that supported these areas,” said the mayor. For the first time. During the summer we will monitor progress. “