by JimThackerSAFE24 | Oct 25, 2021 | Illinois News
With thousands of Chicago police officers at odds with the city’s new COVID-19 vaccine mandates, officials in the neighboring state of Indiana are trying to recruit disgruntled cops, some of whom are being punished for not complying. As of Oct. 15, all of the Chicago...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Oct 25, 2021 | Illinois News
The Kane County sheriff’s office, which has a special weapons and tactics vehicle, won’t provide mutual aid to Chicago if it is for covering a staff shortage because the city has suspended officers in a dispute about a COVID-19 vaccination mandate,...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Oct 25, 2021 | Illinois News
A top Chicago police union official on Wednesday referred to the organization’s vaccine standoff with Mayor Lori Lightfoot as “The Hunger Games” and warned younger officers that if they gave in on this, “What issue is next?” The message from local Fraternal...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Oct 25, 2021 | Illinois News
ROCKFORD — Three men have been captured and arrested on charges of attempted murder after Rockford police accused them of trying kill an officer. Christopher Stucke, 21, Maurice Citchen, 19, and Jade Carter, 18, all of Rockford, face charges of attempted murder of a...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Oct 20, 2021 | Illinois News
CHICAGO — The chief of the union that represents rank-and-file Chicago police officers warned that the force could be at half-strength over the weekend as a result of a City Hall mandate that officers must be either vaccinated against COVID-19 or tested regularly for...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Oct 20, 2021 | Illinois News
By: Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner The City of Chicago is getting outsized attention for its growing wave of violent crime, but based on recent data reported by University of Chicago researcher Jens Ludwig in the Chicago Tribune, the city’s homicides deserve even...
