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Department has 231 armed officers assigned to o'hare and midway and the city says that is enough. so, too, does the chicago aviation department about its unarmed force and the staffing level of armed police is, for the most part, similar to other major u.s. airports. if you compare the top three busiest airports in the u.s., atlanta's hartsfield-jackson airport has 178 armed police, los angeles, 572 and o'hare budgeted 175. the numbers do not include additional security such as private security personnel. in an e-mail to cnn, the aviation department says the multilevel security has proven effe...

Officers assigned to o'hare and midway, and the city says that's enough. so, too, does the chicago aviation department about its unarmed force. and the staffing level of armed police is, for the most part, similar to other major u.s. airports. if you compare the top three busiest airports in the u.s., atlanta's hearts field jackson has 78 armed police. los angeles, 572. o'hare's budgeted 175. numbers do not include additional security, such as private security personnel. in an e-mail to cnn, the aviation department says, the multilevel security has proven effective in stopping and preventing c...

A unique arrangement among major u.s. airports. >> it doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: matt brandon is an official with the union that represents aviation police officers. >> so basically, they're just -- i mean, no disrespect to those officers, but as their role at the airport, they're glorified security guards? >> that's exactly right and my question to the city is, you send these men and women to the chicago police academy to be trained as police officers, to be able to respond as police officers, to be able to act as police officers. >> reporter: the chicago police department has 231 a...

Unarmed force. and the staffing level of unarmed police is for the most part similar to other major u.s. airports. if you compare the top three busiest airports in the u.s., atlanta's heartsfield-jackson has 178 armed police. los angeles, 572. while o'hare is budgeted 175. the numbers do not include additional security such as private security personnel. in an e-mail to cnn, the aviation department says the multi level security has proven effective in stopping and preventing crime and that violent crime incidents are extremely low. but there is no explanation why the nearly 300 aviation police...

Question to the city is you send these men and women to the chicago police academy to be trained as police officers to be able to respond as police officers to be able to act as police officers. >> reporter: the chicago police department has 231 armed officers and the city says that's enough. so, too, does the chicago aviation deputy about its unarmed force and the staffing level of armed police is for the most part similar to other major u.s. airports. if you compare the top three busiest airports in the u.s., atlanta's heartsfield-jackson has 178 armed police. los angeles, 572. while o'hare ...