by JimThackerSAFE24 | Feb 3, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, Illinois News
Illinois Senate Republicans float an anti-crime package that features a “two-strikes-and-you’re-out” clause and more police funding. Does it have any chance in the Legislature? Illinois Senate Republicans tightened the screws another notch on what the GOP...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Feb 3, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime
An out-of-town company scraps its plan for a local office after a shootout near the Fulton Market tech hub, as scary street violence chills recruiting in the fast-growing sector. At about 5 p.m. on a Wednesday in late September, gunmen in two cars sped down Milwaukee...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 31, 2022 | Chicago Crime
CHICAGO — Eighteen people were shot, four fatally, in Chicago gun violence over the weekend, police said. One teenage boy was fatally shot and another critically wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in Little Village on the Southwest Side. The teen boys were...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 31, 2022 | Illinois Crime
ROCKFORD — Businesses on the city’s northeast side had freshly boarded up doors and windows Sunday, and at least one was cleaning up and assessing losses after a weekend break-in. Some of those businesses included Jewelry by Christopher on Lexus Drive, Zavius...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 31, 2022 | Chicago Crime
The new year is still quite young, but things aren’t looking good on CompStat, the Chicago Police Department’s internal scoreboard report. You can see the PDF here. Through the first 23 days of January, reports in seven major crime categories were up a combined 24%...
