Chicago Surging Cops Into 'Gun Free Zone' After SCOTUS Shows Interest in Legal Challenge
By Cam Edwards | 10:01 AM | December 19, 2025
Riders on Chicago Transit Authority buses and trains might notice a few more police around on their morning commute today. The Chicago Police Department announced on Thursday that the city will be boosting security on public transit; a move that comes on the heels of the Supreme Court asking state and county officials to reply to the cert petition filed by plaintiffs in a case challenging the ban on lawful concealed carry on public transportation in the state of Illinois and the CTA specifically.
The increased officers also come as the city is implementing a new safety plan mandated by the feds, though it's unclear whether the additional security on CTA property is an official part of that new strategy.
Earlier this week, Superintendent Larry Snelling sat down with the ABC7 I-Team to talk CTA safety.
"We need to find a way to keep people who are offending on the CTA, who are acting out violently against other people," Snelling said. "We need to find a way to keep those people away from CTA."
The city can't pre-screen everyone who uses a train or bus in Chicago and deny passage to those with a propensity for violence. City officials could, however, allow people to lawfully carry a firearm on CTA property so that if they are attacked by one of these violent offenders they have the means to fight back. Instead, they're engaging in a bit of public safety theater.
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