There is an ongoing fight over a former National Guard armory on Chicago's Southwest Side. It was slated to become a new police station, but Mayor Brandon Johnson apparently has other plans for the building.
ByChicago and Illinois lawmakers want a SW Side National Guard armory to become a police station, not Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposal of storage.There is an ongoing fight over a former National Guard armory on Chicago's Southwest Side. It was slated to become a new police station, but Mayor Brandon Johnson apparently has other plans for the building.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7.
Southwest Side elected officials say the backlog for police calls in the 8th District has more than doubled in the past four years. They say the need is now for another police district. The solution is the old National Guard armory building that has been sitting empty for years. "If not's going to be utilized as a police district, it will revert back to the state of Illinois," Quinn said.But, according to an ordinance introduced by Johnson last week, the plan is to use the building for storage, maintenance and operation of police vehicles, not a working police district.
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