EVANSTON, IL - The City of Evanston is aware of a physical altercation that took place in the area of Fountain Square on Monday afternoon, February 13 involving staff of Streetplus, a City of Evanston maintenance vendor.

The City has reviewed and made public security camera footage from this incident, which shows Streetplus staff arriving at Fountain Square and observing an individual allegedly urinating on a utility box. Streetplus staff made verbal contact with the individual, which then escalated into a physical altercation.

The actions captured in the footage of this incident are disturbing and entirely unacceptable, and are not in line with the City’s values. The City has immediately suspended the Streetplus program pending further investigation of this incident.