Extra officers will also be posted inside sports bars throughout the city. In St. Louis, police have extra paramedic crews on hand and promise additional personnel downtown and in the Laclede's Landing pub and sports bar district. But police in St. Louis say they're confident their fans won't be causing any trouble. In cases like this, St. Louis is a very calm city. But police in Chicago said even the unruliest sports fans might not be to blame for widespread civil disturbances, blaming trouble instead on criminals who incite riots as a cover for looting and robbery.
Riots are riots.
Riots under the guise of street celebrations is nonsense. Whatever the cause, police experts urged both cities to remain vigilant. Our tack last time and for this last New Year's Eve was to be visibly present, to be mobile enough to make arrests if we had to and identify the people who are going to be troublemakers in the crowd, damaging property, starting fights. The Internet Business Security Tell us what you think. Visit our forums.