Many Welcome Return Of Patrols as Overdue

As four police officers entered the building at 4445 S. State inRobert Taylor on Tuesday, three teenagers who had been in the lobbymade a quick exit.

The officers stopped them, learned they lived in the building,and laid down the law: No more loitering would be tolerated. Gang orno gang.

Cheryl Donahue, a 20-year resident, peered up from the concretebelow as police canvassed the prisonlike hallways lining the sides ofthe building floor by floor.

"It does your heart good to see them," said Donahue, 52.

The police patrolled in teams of four. They listened tocomplaints from residents, checked dark stairways, and knocked ondoors where loud voices …