A three-year effort by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office to help bring down crime on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago appears to be working.
A group of 40 to 50 sheriff’s officers patrol the Mag Mile every day of the week, and have made more than 100 arrests so far this year.
It’s a concerted, concentrated effort by Cook County, following years of crime plaguing Chicago’s most prominent shopping district, and record vacancy rates in buildings along the Mag Mile…