The Elgin (Ill.) Police Department has fired an officer for making disparaging remarks on Facebook, including a comment about the Ferguson, Mo., teen shot dead by police, officials said.
Read More →Scores of law enforcement agencies already use body-worn cameras, and calls for more have only grown across the U.S. after recent cases involving use of force have pitted the word of police officers against angry residents.
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Suburban Cook County, Ill., deputies are being redeployed to Chicago to help arrest wanted felons.
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A wanted parolee fled from East St. Louis, Illinois, police and US Marshals agents in a vehicle, striking two pedestrians and two police crusiers before being shot and wounded by officers.
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A wanted parolee fled from East St. Louis (Ill.) police and US Marshals agents in a vehicle, striking two pedestrians and two police crusiers before being shot and wounded by officers. Read More Here.
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A police officer in Hometown, Ill., has been fired days after fatally shooting a dog in front of a 6-year-old girl.
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An Illinois State Trooper is recorded by a truck driver who honked at the trooper for going over the speed limit. The video of the interaction was posted by the trucker on Youtube. Read Full Story Here.
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A new Illinois state law prohibits police agencies from assigning ticket quotas to rate officers' peformance.
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Illinois statehouse Republicans this week proposed legislation they say would get new squad cars off state police parking lots and onto Illinois highways.
Read More →An initiative that would abolish the death penalty in favor of life without parole has qualified for the November ballot in California.
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