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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 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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Videosby Staff WriterFebruary 16, 2018

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. More Here.

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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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Videosby Staff WriterAugust 25, 2014

Cook County Deputies Help Fight City Gun Violence

The Cook County Sheriff's Department is taking extreme measures to suppress gun violence in Chicago with a new Illinois law enforcement strategy that redeploys deputies from the suburbs to the city. Those deputies are going after people with arrest warrants, often for violent crimes. Read More Here.

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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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