How Chicago police plan to combat summer spike in crime

Chicago police will be more visible along the lakefront, in parks and at train stations during the summer months in the hopes of reducing the spike in crime that comes every year when temperatures rise and children are out of school.

And while police on Tuesday didn't offer many specific crime fighting strategies, Superintendent Eddie Johnson says deployment of officers will be driven in large part by data that's collected and intelligence gathered by police. The department will also deploy specialized units to specific areas to combat crime.

And Johnson says department will pay special attention to the unruly youths who have been gathering in the downtown area recent weeks and that offices "will not tolerate misbehavior."