CPD reassigning 320 officers in push for more arrests amid hiring slowdown and a spike in retirements

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...

The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Three Words Biden Would Not, Could Not Say In NY Crime Speech

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Feb 7, 2022 | News & Events

With violent crime skyrocketing across America and the blame at the feet of the Democrats where it rightly belongs, President Joe Biden went to New York on Thursday for an urgent presidential clean-up mission. He had to do something about the Democrat Party’s mess on...

Fraternal Order of Police accuses White House press secretary Psaki of laughing off rising crime rates

by JimThackerSAFE24 | Feb 7, 2022 | News & Events

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com The Fraternal Order of Police, America’s largest police union, harshly criticized Jen Psaki on Monday after the White House press secretary mocked Fox News’ coverage of rising crime rates and questioned the validity of...

‘A textbook case of a hate crime.’ Man charged with painting swastikas on synagogue and on grounds of Jewish school, smashing windows at other synagogues

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...

About 45 officers to return to assignment from administrative positions Thursday: police

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...

Protesters downtown call for ICE detainees at McHenry County Jail to be released, not transferred

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...