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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2021

Chicago Mayor Asks for Federal Help with Crime

Lightfoot wants U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to send additional federal marshals to Chicago to help the Cook County Sheriff's Office and Chicago Police Department with tracking down thousands of individuals wanted on warrants.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 29, 2021

Delaware Officer Dies Days After Savage Beating

The dispatcher on the line with Heacook tried checking on him but received no response. Additional officers, including a state trooper and a Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office deputy, were dispatched and found Heacook unconscious inside the home, according to officials.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 19, 2019

Deputy in Plain Clothes Shoots Teen Who Attempted Carjacking on Him

A deputy with the Cook County Sheriff's Office shot and wounded a teen who attempted to carjack him overnight.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 31, 2018

Good Samaritan Pulls Sheriff’s Deputy Out Of Burning Squad Car

An unknown man rescued a Cook County Sheriff's Deputy from her burning patrol vehicle early Thursday. The officer had been trapped in her squad car following a collision with another vehicle.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 16, 2018

Video: Chicago Jail Inmates Applaud Suspected Cop Killer

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office released surveillance video that shows a group of detainees waiting in a holding cell to see a judge after suspect Shomari Legghette’s bond hearing.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 20, 2017

Cook County, IL, Sheriff's Office Lays Off Recruits and Trainees

More than 110 Cook County, IL, sheriff's office recruits and trainees were laid off this week after a proposed countywide tax on soda was put on hold, officials said.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2016

Illinois Officer Dies of Heart Attack on Training Run

A Cook County (IL) sheriff’s officer from Crest Hill has died as a result of heart problems after collapsing during a run at the department’s training academy in Maywood, where he was an instructor, authorities said.

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Inside the Badge by Jon AdlerMay 16, 2014

Abbreviated Candlelight Vigil Still Powerful, Poignant

This year's ceremony honored a span of fallen heroes from High Sheriff John Cook of the Mecklenburg County (N.C.) Sheriff's Office whose end of watch was in 1804 to MIT Officer Sean Collier who was murdered during last year's manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 23, 2013

Video: Suspects Arrested in Slaying of Ill. Investigator

Two Bellwood, Ill., men in their 20s have been charged with gunning down a Cook County sheriff's investigator as he tried to stop them from robbing his daughter and her boyfriend outside a holiday party at a VFW hall.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 20, 2013

Video: Colo. Sheriffs Sue To Overturn Gun Laws

Nearly nine of 10 Colorado sheriffs have signed onto a lawsuit seeking to overturn a trio of new gun-control laws signed into law in March. Of the state's 64 sheriffs, 55 support the lawsuit announced Friday that's spearheaded by Weld County Sheriff John Cooke.

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