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Gun law ‘does nothing to prevent mass shootings, crime’
March 9, 2023
McHenry County approves resolution denouncing new state gun ban
February 22, 2023
New gun law just another reason for people, businesses to leave Illinois
February 18, 2023
AMENDMENT 1 COULD LET ILLINOIS POLICE UNIONS UNDO SAFE-T ACT MANDATES
November 23, 2022
Winnebago CO. Sheriff Gary Caruana on IL’s SAFE-T act
October 5 ,2022
WCSO Cash Bail Discussion
October 5 ,2022
Sheriffs quitting after police “reform” bill passes, effectively tying the hands of cops and protecting criminals
October 5 ,2022
A sheriff in Union County, Illinois has become at least the fourth sheriff in the state to turn in his badge after the state implemented something called the “Safe-T Act,” an anti-police group of measures dressed up with in the guise of “police reform.”
Pritzker considering SAFE-T Act changes
October 3 ,2022
Gov. JB Pritzker is considering changes to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform to clarify provisions related to the end of cash bail in Illinois, while his Republican challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, continues to push for a full repeal.
EFFECT OF ILLINOIS’ SAFE-T ACT?
October 3, 2022
Come Jan. 1, pretrial cash bond will be abolished as part of the Illinois SAFE-T Act, a move that has triggered outcries, varying interpretations and lawsuits.
Article on pro gun rights movement from a leftist group
P.B. Gomez is a 23-year-old law student at the UC Berkeley School of Law interested in urban environmental justice policy. He's also the founder of the Latino Rifle Association (LRA), a politically progressive organization for Latino gun owners with left-leaning...
Do you know where your legislators in Springfield stand on public safety?
Back in January of this year, a lame-duck session of the Illinois General Assembly passed a “sweeping” Criminal Justice Reform Bill HB3653. The bill that was passed would be fully implemented through 2025. Law enforcement was not consulted and the mere fact that this...
New Jersey Man Arrested In Polk County On A Warrant For Murder, Kidnapping, Carjacking, And Weapon Charges
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News At 10)–On Tuesday morning, October 19, 2021, deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on a New Jersey warrant for murder, kidnapping, carjacking, and weapons charges. 51-year old James Lewis was taken into custody at a...
Train riders held up phones as woman was raped, police say By CLAUDIA LAUER October 19, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man charged with raping a woman on a commuter train just outside of Philadelphia harassed her for more than 40 minutes while multiple people held up their phones to seemingly record the assault without intervening, authorities said. More than two...
More than 100 city workers sue Chicago over vaccine mandate as police union, City Hall show no signs of backing down in stalemate
A group of dozens of Chicago firefighters and water department workers are asking a federal judge for a temporary restraining order against Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s vaccine mandate, the latest salvo in a battle over city rules. The long-shot request for an...
No vaccine, no problem: Indiana recruits Chicago cops upset by COVID mandates
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...
Kane, DuPage sheriffs: Chicago police shortage due to vaccine mandate isn’t an emergency for us
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, Sheriff Ron Hain...
EXCLUSIVE: Iconic Target Store on Mission St to Close Amid Shoplifting Tidal Wave
SFPD tells Globe Mayor Breed falsely claims it’s not about theft, begs company to stay A homeless man at the Target on Mission Street lowers his pants and loads them with goods on Oct. 21, 2021. (Photo by Melody Kurson for California Globe) This story has been...
Chicago police union official likens vaccine standoff with Mayor Lightfoot to ‘The Hunger Games,’ as city seeks to expand restraining order against FOP
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 Order of...
3 men arrested after they tried to kill a Rockford officer, police say
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...