{"id":1927296,"date":"2023-05-09T09:27:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T13:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-police-advise-business-owners-to-install-bulletproof-glass\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T09:31:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T13:31:24","slug":"chicago-police-advise-business-owners-to-install-bulletproof-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-police-advise-business-owners-to-install-bulletproof-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago police suggest installing bulletproof glass for business owners."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-police-advise-business-owners-to-install-bulletproof-glass%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1927296&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Chicago Police Department Advises Business Owners to Install Bulletproof Glass Amidst Violent Crime Wave<\/h2>\n<p>Does the above headline read like a satire piece from The Babylon Bee? It should. As Chicago\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/goldman-sachs-planning-campus-in-dallas-as-bankers-seek-exodus-from-new-york\/\" title=\"Goldman Sachs Planning Campus In Dallas As Bankers Seek Exodus From New York\">violent crime wave continues<\/a> with no end in sight, the Chicago Police Department is actually advising business owners to install bulletproof glass to protect themselves. How reassuring \u2014 and insane.<\/p>\n<p>But, it\u2019s no parody; it\u2019s true:<\/p>\n<p>As reported by Fox Business, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) is advising business owners in Wicker Park, a neighborhood in the West Town community area of Chicago, and Humbolt Park \u2014 also on the city\u2019s West Side \u2014 to install ArmorPlast, an \u201cinvisible shatterproof shield produced by a company called Riot Glass,\u201d to protect themselves and their businesses from armed robbery, or worse.<\/p>\n<p>Neither outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot nor incoming Mayor Brandon Johnson were available for comment.<\/p>\n<h3>The Rise of Burglaries in Chicago<\/h3>\n<p>According to Fox Business, CPD\u2019s advice follows a string of burglaries in which thieves usually break in through side or front glass windows using rocks, bricks, or a crowbar, then enter the business to steal money, liquor, and other valuable items. How refreshing that the burglars don\u2019t just shoot out the glass and walk brazenly into businesses, have their way, then stroll out. [sarc]\n<p>The CPD told CBS News that they specifically recommended ArmorPlast in an alert to business owners, which founder Brad Campbell says can help keep thieves out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We want to keep the bad guys outside the building \u2014and that\u2019s what the product does.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why do I think that if a sufficient number of prime business targets in the area install the product, the bad guys would simply employ other, perhaps more violent, tactics to get what they want?<\/p>\n<h3>Employee Safety Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>According to Chicago Police Department data, burglaries in the city are on pace to reach 2,253 this year, which would represent a 6% increase over 2022 numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The rise in what some have called \u201csmash and grabs\u201d have employees in businesses throughout the city on edge, with some reporting being the target of multiple burglaries in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>An employee at a local business, Tamer Jaradat, shared that they have been \u201chit multiple times\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually, people fear their lives too. Like, I have seven kids,\u201d Tamer Jaradat, and employee at Western Food &#038; Grocery, told CBS News. \u201cIf it takes me having to protect my life or my business, I\u2019m going to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jaradat said\u00a0the business\u00a0has been hit multiple times in recent memory, including one instance where thieves stole an entire ATM from the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree months ago, they broke in \u2013 they stole the ATM machine,\u201d Jaradat said.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-goes-back-on-pledge-to-defund-police\/\" title=\"Minneapolis goes back on pledge to defund police\">police response times<\/a> are now slower, Jaradat said, meaning employees often have to fend for themselves in an emergency.<\/p>\n<h3>The Bottom Line<\/h3>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/data-shows-white-supremacists-are-not-the-most-likely-mass-murderers\/\" title=\"Data Shows White Supremacists Are Not The Most Likely Mass Murderers\">violent crime soaring<\/a> out of control in areas of Chicago \u2014 and virtually every other large Democrat-run city in the country \u2014 police departments must employ triage, of sorts, with an eye on \u201csupply and demand\u201d of officer resources, and a weighting of one crime vs. another. And, practically speaking, violent crime leads to more violent crime, to the point where police officers simply can\u2019t keep up.<\/p>\n<p>While police departments can continue recommending the \u201cBand-Aids on windows\u201d approach, crime rates across America will continue to rise until Democrat politicians remove revolving doors from jail cells and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-police-advise-business-owners-to-install-bulletproof-glass\/\" title=\"Chicago police suggest installing bulletproof glass for business owners.\">stop sending repeat offenders back<\/a> to the streets to pick up where they left off. That observation is neither racist nor heavyhanded: it is reality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related on RedState:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>L.A. County Board of Supervisors Lindsay Horvath\u2019s Thirst to Defund and De-Carcerate Is Directly Connected to the L.A. Metro Crime Wave<\/li>\n<li>Assault Knives? Fatal Stabbings Surge in Crime-Infested New York City<\/li>\n<li>San Francisco Demands Federal Assistance to Tackle Violent Crime, Open Air Drug Dens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does the above headline read like a satire piece from The Babylon Bee? It should. As Chicago\u2019s violent crime wave continues with no end in sight, the Chicago Police Department is actually advising business owners to install bulletproof glass to protect themselves. How reassuring \u2014 and insane. But, it\u2019s no parody; it\u2019s true: As reported<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1927297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4756,4284,4387,5635,26249,9220,3967],"class_list":["post-1927296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bulletproof","tag-business","tag-chicago","tag-glass","tag-installing","tag-owners","tag-police"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1927297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}