News and Events
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.
The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Three Words Biden Would Not, Could Not Say In NY Crime Speech
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
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 discussing "soft-on-crime consequences." "I...
‘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
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
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
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...
How the Illinois GOP proposes dealing with spike in crime
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 thinks will...
Chicago’s tech dreams hit another hurdle: Crime
An out-of-town company scraps its plan for a local office after a shootout near the Fulton Market tech hub, as scary street violence chills recruiting in the fast-growing sector. At about 5 p.m. on a Wednesday in late September, gunmen in two cars sped down Milwaukee...
Chicago shootings: 18 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend violence, CPD says
CHICAGO -- Eighteen people were shot, four fatally, in Chicago gun violence over the weekend, police said. One teenage boy was fatally shot and another critically wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in Little Village on the Southwest Side. The teen boys were...
Rockford’s Zavius jewelry store, Porch gift shop hit with weekend break-ins
ROCKFORD — Businesses on the city's northeast side had freshly boarded up doors and windows Sunday, and at least one was cleaning up and assessing losses after a weekend break-in. Some of those businesses included Jewelry by Christopher on Lexus Drive, Zavius Jewelers...
Shhh! Don’t tell anyone, but major crimes are up 24% in Chicago this year (and your neighborhood is probably even worse)
The new year is still quite young, but things aren’t looking good on CompStat, the Chicago Police Department’s internal scoreboard report. You can see the PDF here. Through the first 23 days of January, reports in seven major crime categories were up a combined 24%...