In his 24th year with the Naperville Police Department, Chief Jason Arres says gun-related arrests in the city are becoming “more rampant” and something like he’s never seen prior to the past five years.
“And I’ve been on the SWAT team, and I’ve been undercover on the drug unit,” said Arres. “We’ve seen many, many more people who are either illegally carrying their firearms in the way of they’re not transporting correctly or have lost that right to carry a firearm in the state of Illinois and still choose to do so.”
Parking lot problems
Also trending is the mix of open cannabis and/or alcohol along with those firearms in plain sight in people’s vehicles, Chief Arres says.
“Sometimes that’s on a traffic stop. Many times, it’s in stationary vehicles, whether it’s at one business or in a parking lot where there’s a lot of people.”…