What Chicago's Mayor Gets Wrong about Private Security

What Chicago’s Mayor Gets Wrong about Private Security

Tags: Bureaucracy and Regulation

01/07/2022 Tate Fegley

Mayor Lori Lightfoot chided businesses for not doing enough to protect themselves from theft. But Chicago’s government does a lot to prevent private businesses from doing this.

Original Article: “What Chicago’s Mayor Gets Wrong about Private Security“

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