Chicago OEMC

Some of the emergency dispatchers who react at a moment’s notice to some of the most dangerous situations imaginable were honored Monday for their heroism and their service, and NBC 5’s Kye Martin has more on the story.

The City of Chicago is installing hundreds of kits in city buildings to treat bleeding gunshot victims under a new program officials say could help save lives in an emergency.

Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications announced several roads would be closed ahead of weekend Mexican Independence Day celebrations and residents will be required to show identification to pass. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

The Office of Emergency Management and Communications announced several roads would be closed ahead of Mexican Independence Day celebrations and residents will be required to show identification to pass.

Due to a busy weekend in Chicago, officials warn heavy traffic could impact commutes across the city in certain areas.

The Office of Emergency Management and Communications urged residents to stay safe and vigilant over the next several days, issuing a warning ahead of a busy weekend in Chicago.

The Office of Emergency Management and Communications urged residents to stay safe and vigilant over the next several days, issuing a warning ahead of a busy weekend in Chicago. NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.

Chicago is bracing for a busy weekend as more Mexican Independence Day celebrations are expected after revelers packed city streets for the last two evenings. There will also be added traffic impacts with the Chicago Bears, Riot Fest and more. Chris Hush reports.

Roving Mexican Independence Day celebrations resulted in a traffic gridlock in Chicago’s Loop Thursday night. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

The Office of Emergency Management and Communications issued a warning Thursday ahead of a busy weekend in Chicago, urging residents to stay safe and vigilant.

OEMC dispatcher Keith Thornton is being praised on social media for his quick thinking—doing his best to guide Chicago police officers on what turned out to be a dangerous and tragic night.

On Saturday night, Keith Thornton experienced what he said was “one of the hardest shifts of my entire public safety career.” The Chicago dispatcher was working as two officers were shot during a traffic stop. One of them, 29-year-old Ella French, was killed and the other remains in critical condition.

Hundreds of calls come in every single day to the 911 call center at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, but recently dispatchers got an emergency call for one of their own. “I was actually on the stretcher and they were rolling me to the ambulance (before) I realized what had happened,” said Timothy Bingham. Bingham was wrapping up…

Hundreds of calls come in every single day to the 911 call center at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, but recently dispatchers got an emergency call for one of their own. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen shares the dramatic story.

While there is no “actionable intelligence” suggesting unrest will occur Monday in Chicago, the city’s police department says that it deploying additional resources all over the city and canceling days off for officers following the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer. The department says that it has canceled all days off for members of several specialized...

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota spoke after Daunte Wright was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop near Minneapolis on Sunday. “It doesn’t need to be this way,” said Walz. “We don’t have to continue having these press conferences, and having what may be a routine traffic stop end in a 20-year-old dead, a family devastated and a community...

Officials in Chicago say they are prepared to implement safety measures if necessary after the decision by Kenosha County prosecutors not to charge officers involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake in Aug. 2020. Officials with the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) say that they anticipate that things will “remain peaceful” in the city, but they are…

Michael Gravely, District Attorney of Kenosha County, Wis., announced that he will not pursue charges against the police officers that shot Jacob Blake seven times as he walked away, leaving him paralyzed.

NBC 5 Investigates has been following the case of Duane Raible, a Pennsylvania man who was alone in his Chicago hotel room last October when he suffered a severe stroke. He couldn’t reach the hotel phone from his bed, so he called Chicago 911 on his cell phone. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

NBC 5 Investigates has been following the case of Duane Raible, a Pennsylvania man who was alone in his Chicago hotel room last October when he suffered a severe stroke. He couldn’t reach the hotel phone from his bed, so he called Chicago 911 on his cell phone. 911 operators would not send help unless Raible gave them the actual…