Armed Private Security Guards To Patrol State Street

CHICAGO (CBS) –Starting Thursday, armed private security guards will patrol on State Street.

The two guards will patrol Thursday-Saturday on State Street between Wacker Drive and Congress Parkway.

The Chicago Loop Alliance will hire the officers from an Edison Park company called HLSA Security Services.

The guards will wear uniforms and badges and can make arrests, but are not part of the Chicago Police Department.

The guards will  supplement Chicago Loop Alliance workers who help with State Street cleaning and beautification and act as an information resource for pedestrians.

JUST IN: Starting tomorrow, two armed security guards will patrol State St between Wacker & Congress on Thurs-Saturdays

Hired by the @ChiLoopAlliance, the guards will be in uniform, but not police uniforms, and will have a badge, be armed and be able to make arrests@cbschicago pic.twitter.com/gB8tLQZtHH

— Audrina Bigos (@AudrinaBigos) February 28, 2018

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