Cook County State's Attorney's Office creating its own CTA Task Force

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County State's Attorney's Office is now creating its own CTA Task Force.

It's just the latest local agency working to address crime on the transit system.

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Officials say 36 assistant state's attorneys and investigators will get specialized training to better strengthen transit-related prosecutions.

The state's attorney is also creating what's called a "CTA Crime Pre-trial Release Conditions Protocol." It will require assistant state's attorneys to seek pre-trial detention for all violent offenses on public transit.

If a defendant isn't detained, those state's attorneys will pursue court-ordered restrictions on that defendant's access to public transit.

The new task force comes after a series of crimes on the CTA, most recently Wednesday morning when police said two people were stabbed on a CTA Red Line train.

The federal government had directed the city to better address crime.

The CTA and Chicago Police Department have also come up with their own plans.

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