NYPD subway crimes skyrocket over 200% in week after Mayor Eric Adams deploys more police, services

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Mar 11, 2022 | Illinois Crime, Illinois News, National News, News & Events

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com New York City subway crimes skyrocketed by more than 200% this past week compared to the same time in 2021, after several reports of heinous attacks in the transit system and despite Mayor Eric Adams’s crackdown efforts. There...

Gov. Youngkin signs first veto on policing auditor bill

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Mar 11, 2022 | Illinois News, National News, News & Events

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, signed his first veto Tuesday on a bill that would have created a politically appointed independent policing auditor hired directly by the Arlington County Board of Supervisors. H.B. 670, which reached Youngkin’s desk after...

Crime increasing as EPD shrinks

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Mar 8, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, News & Events

Reported crime in Evanston has increased over the past four years as the size of the city’s police force has declined. That’s what’s shown in data to be presented to Interim Police Chief Richard Eddington to the City Council’s Human Services Committee on Monday....

With major crime up 34%, 95 more cops walk out the door; CPD is losing cops at “unsustainable” rate, alderman says

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Mar 8, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, News & Events

One month ago, we reported that CPD statistics showed reports of major crimes were up 24% in the first three weeks of the new year compared to the same time last year. How have things improved since then? They haven’t. Major crime reports are now up 34%, with all...

Downtown Seattle bakery closes, citing excessive crime, after fatal shooting Sunday

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Mar 8, 2022 | National News, News & Events

It wasn’t just the fatal shooting Sunday that led Olga Sagan to close her Piroshky Piroshky bakery in downtown Seattle. Last week someone was shot and injured near the bakery’s location near Third Avenue and Pike Street, Sagan said. When she tried to open the store...

Our Chicago: Police deal with shootings, carjackings and theft as crime continues in city, suburbs

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Mar 3, 2022 | Chicago Crime, Illinois Crime, Illinois News, News & Events

CHICAGO (WLS) — Saying “enough is enough,” President Joe Biden pledged on Thursday that the federal government would step up its fight against gun violence. He made this promise during a visit to New York City, but it’s a problem nationwide....