Chicago police provide safety, security update for NYE parties NBC Chicago [Video]

Chicago police Larry Snelling Tuesday afternoon held a press conference detailing the department’s security plans for New Year’s Eve, reminding residents to celebrate responsibly.

We want to make sure that everyone is safe,” Snelling said. “If our officers are going to shots fired calls and they’re just celebratory shots fired, this also takes our officers away from those more pressing jobs that they need to get to right away. So we want to be, we are very concerned about the safety of everyone in the city, and we want everyone to celebrate safely and then take other people’s safety into consideration.”

Snelling also shared some year-to-date numbers from the Chicago Police Department, saying the city has seen a reduction in robberies and homicides, and that the department added three helicopters to aid in policing.

Snelling also said there has been a seven percent reduction in shootings, and a four percent …