by JimThackerSAFE24 | Feb 7, 2022 | Illinois Crime, Illinois News, News & Events
More than 300 Chicago police officers are being reassigned as the department struggles to bolster arrests and address surging violent crime amid a hiring slowdown and a flood of retirements. This week, 211 tactical officers and 64 members of the already depleted...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Feb 3, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, Illinois News, News & Events
An attorney for Shahid Hussain, 39, said he had been diagnosed with “mental health issues.” A judge ordered him held on $250,000 bail. A man with a long criminal record and an apparent history of mental illness is accused of going on a hate crime spree in West Rogers...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Feb 3, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, Illinois News, News & Events
The department said in a statement the changes were made to “strengthen public safety across the city.” About 45 Chicago police officers will return to their assignments from administrative positions at the department’s headquarters effective Thursday, according to...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Feb 3, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, Illinois News, McHenry, News & Events
The worst experience of Angela Osorio’s life was while she was detained at the McHenry County Jail last year, the 40-year-old mother of three said at a rally Tuesday outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in downtown Chicago. Osorio spoke at...
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 | Jan 21, 2022 | Illinois News
Republicans are calling for their Democratic counterparts in the Illinois House to join them in efforts to repeal criminal justice reforms, known as the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act. GOP Reps. Patrick Windhorst of Metropolis, Ryan Spain of...
