The most recent mugging happened on Monday morning at 97th and Calumet, right across the street from campus. A young woman parked her car there. She was on her way to class when a man pointed a gun at the victim and told her to give him everything she had. He took her phone and her wallet but she didn't have any cash.Now this quote should tell you something:
"We don't know whether to connect it to the economy or what, but, again, if you're stealing from students you can't really expect to get much," said Arnold.Crimes of desperation?
Anyway if you're a student at Chicago State you need not walk to and from your cars alone if you can help it:
Arnold says students can already call campus police for an escort to and from their cars. And on Wednesday a new program called Rave Guardian begins. Students will be able to register their cell phones online, turning them into panic buttons with a direct line to police.Be careful out there!
Chicago State says it will be the first campus in Illinois to use the Rave Guardian system and that it might have made a difference in a couple of these cases.
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