Skokie Police Increase Patrols Following Paris Attacks

Police in Skokie have increased patrols in certain areas of the village following the terrorist attacks in Paris last week.

According to an ABC-7-Chicago report, an alert has been issued to increase patrols around synagogues, the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Old Orchard Mall. Other places of worship and shopping centers are also part of the alert. 

While there’s no specific threat, the actions have been taken out of “an abundance of caution.”

“Definitely with it being so close to the holidays - this event that happened - it does make you think about where you’re going and how big an area it is,” Audrey Baumeister, a shopper at Old Orchard, told ABC.

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