Cops to get rifles to compete with gangs

FIGHTING CRIME | Daley pleads with Chicagoans to take stand against violence, save kids

BY FRAN SPIELMAN AND FRANK MAIN Staff Reporters

Chicago Sun Times

Chicago Police officers will soon be equipped with M4 carbines to match the firepower of the street gangs they're up against, under a policy change in the works to stop the bloodshed on the city's streets.

Police Supt. Jody Weis' decision to arm and train his 13,500 officers with more powerful weapons was disclosed as Mayor Daley emerged from a City Hall summit meeting with a plea to every Chicagoan who cares about children.

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