by JimThackerSAFE24 | Sep 20, 2021 | National News
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A teenage girl was hospitalized after being shot in the back on Monday. Rockford Police said the shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. in a home on Underwood Street, not far from W. Jefferson. Investigators said the 17-year-old is expected to...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Sep 20, 2021 | National News
MCLEAN COUNTY (WEEK) – The McLean County Sheriff’s Office is on the lookout for a man police say should be considered dangerous after he ran from a car crash in rural Hudson early Tuesday morning. Police were called just before 3:30 a.m. to 2450 North and...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Sep 14, 2021 | IL-Criminal Justice Reform
CHICAGO – Illinois’ attorney general unveiled a new plan on Monday to fight the increase in organized retail crime. Illinois recently announced an organized retail crime task force, a partnership between multiple law enforcement groups and business groups...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Sep 14, 2021 | US-Criminal Justice Reform
Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) spoke with Manhattan Institute Legal Policy Director James Copland about policing, his criminal justice reform bill, and working with his Democratic colleagues in Congress. Senator Scott described his personal relationship with law enforcement...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Sep 14, 2021 | US-Criminal Justice Reform
Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.), the lead Republican negotiator on police reform, says it will be “very hard” to reach a bipartisan deal by the end-of-June deadline if senators working on the issue can’t get a proposal down on paper in the next week or two. “For us to get...
