A cleanup program in suburban Evanston has been suspended after a crew was captured on video apparently assaulting an individual that they had seen urinating on a utility box.
According to Evanston officials, the Streetplus program, which was launched in Nov. 2022, has been halted at least temporarily after the release of the footage.Downtown cameras captured the incident on Monday when a crew from Streetplus arrived at Fountain Square. At that point, they spotted an individual who was apparently urinating on a nearby utility box.Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.
The crew, clad in blue coats, is seen in the video going over to the individual, and a verbal altercation begins. A short time later that altercation turned physical, with the crew assaulting the individual in the recorded clip. “The actions captured in the footage of this incident are disturbing and entirely unacceptable, and are not in line with the city’s values,” officials said in a statement. “The city has immediately suspended the Streetplus program pending further investigation of this incident.”
Streetplus was launched in Nov. 2022 to provide “enhanced cleaning, maintenance and landscaping services” in the city.
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