Residents across the city of Chicago are expressing concern after seeing a surge in violent robberies citywide in recent weeks.
“I protect myself just like everybody else,” Lashay Kilpatrick of West Englewood told NBC Chicago. “I keep my head up—I look
around.”
“I try to carry pepper spray and everything, but honestly not really all the time,” Sebastian Vasquez of Garfield Ridge said. “I just pray that nothing does happen to me.”
One security expert offers tips to residents who may be feeling on edge amid the recent crimes. “Sometimes we have a tendency to go into what I say is
la-la land,” said Michael Wilhite, who runs MTW Consulting LLC. “We think we’re constantly safe and we’re not.”
So what can you do to protect yourself and spot the red flags? WATCH STORY
