chicago illinois governor wednesday propose boost shrink rank illinois state police effort quell steady increase gun violence spill chicago neighborhoods onto city expressways bruce rauner propose budget would add project 170 troopers two cadet class one year another 2019 fiscal year seventy troopers would send chicago area officer allow us send patrol chicago area expressways counter violence spill onto highways republican governor tell lawmakers springfield budget address number illinois state police troopers decline significantly since 2008 2,105 swear officer accord state police data number drop 400 troopers 1,671 last year rauner take office 2015. feud rauner democrats control legislature keep illinois without full operate budget since july 2015 mean cadet hire state police 2015 2016. six-month fiscal 2017 budget expire dec. 31. time number shoot chicago-area expressways consistently increase law enforcement place blame increase gang activity nine chicago-area expressway shoot 2011 2012. shoot incidents jump 19 2014 16 2013. number nearly double 37 2015 rise 47 2016. three last year shoot fatal two confirm shoot expressways far year six others unconfirmed illinois state police spokesman jason bradley say email violence 2016 come part broad surge violence across chicago nation third populous city additions police number increase overall state police headcount 140 estimate 2,651 2018 fiscal year estimate 2,511 fiscal 2017. cost two class 2018 fiscal year 10.5 million propose budget say annualized cost new officer include salaries benefit 20 million illinois propose state police hire effort curb violence