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Tim, I don't want to burst your bubble, but that story related to you by the trucker was 99% fabrication. Guard dogs are used to assist officers in apprehending thieves who threaten not only workers at the yard, but loot trailers and containers. One NS officer caught two subjects looting a baggage car on a stopped Amtrak train. They were armed with several shotguns and pistols. The dogs are an absolute necessity and, now, the criminals are showing up with dogs of their own who attack and kill the NS dogs. The area to which you are referring is the former Conrail facility and the stretch of track on one side is known coloqually as The Ho Chi Minh Trail. It is lined with a 20 Foot chain link fence lined on top with barbed wire. You can patch a hole just to have another cut the same day. It can take as many as seven officers to successfully depart a train, just to watch out for looters. These people open doors on moving cars, throw goods out to waiting accomplices and jump off leaving trailer and container doors open and swinging back and forth. Most of the time, the looters just open doors looking for the good stuff. <br />The locals sometimes approach the NS officers at nearby fast foods, etc. with street jargon. They say, "We're going to get paid tonight". That means they are going to hit you that evening, catch us if you can! If an officer does apprehend one of these subjects, it usually takes two officers an entire shift to transport and see through booking with a magistrate. That, in turn, takes those officers off patrol. CPD is little help because they are dealing with much more serious issues. This area is near the Sibrini-Green project not far from Comisky Park. <br />Tim, we all take this matter very seriously, as much so as crossing accidents, so I guess I have a much more sensitive outlook. If you would do me a favor, the next time someone tells you about this kind of thing, please rememeber the GDC told you how serious this problem is and that it is absolutely no joking matter. If anyone thinks it's funny, just ask one of the officers. <br />Regards and have a safe day! gdc
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