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Police checkpoint at Rolling Meadows apartment complex gets mixed reviews
Owner and some residents say it's a civil rights violation but others like it
By Kristen Kridel
Tribune reporter
8:37 PM CDT, June 12, 2008
An aging Rolling Meadows apartment complex became a closed community of sorts this week when police blocked off every entrance but one, placing two officers there for eight hours a day and stopping all vehicle traffic coming in.
Police in the northwest suburb put barriers at 12 of the complex's 13 access points amid a sharp rise in major crime, and some of the 2,000 residents at 12 Oaks at Woodfield say they are happy to see the police presence.
But the owner and other tenants say the barricades are an inconvenience and the checkpoint is borderline harassment.
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Chicago and police officers lose case and $7.7 million for false arrest
Police spying alleged
chicagotribune.com
Police checkpoint at Rolling Meadows apartment complex gets mixed reviews
Owner and some residents say it's a civil rights violation but others like it
By Kristen Kridel
Tribune reporter
8:37 PM CDT, June 12, 2008
An aging Rolling Meadows apartment complex became a closed community of sorts this week when police blocked off every entrance but one, placing two officers there for eight hours a day and stopping all vehicle traffic coming in.
Police in the northwest suburb put barriers at 12 of the complex's 13 access points amid a sharp rise in major crime, and some of the 2,000 residents at 12 Oaks at Woodfield say they are happy to see the police presence.
But the owner and other tenants say the barricades are an inconvenience and the checkpoint is borderline harassment.
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