This week the Chicago
Park District introduced its
ranger force: all four of them, three men and one woman, armed only with walkie - talkies and $ 700 bicycles
as they
patrol the West Side's Garfield
Park, a hangout for drug dealers, gang members and other ominous characters.
This daunting task typically falls to
park rangers who may spend weeks
patrolling the bush on foot, sometimes lacking basic gear such
as radios, tents or even socks.