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Person Injured After Crashing Into Cook County Sheriff's Squad Car
A person was injured after crashing into a Cook County Sheriff’s squad car Wednesday night on Highway 57 in Markham.
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Sheriff's Office Suspends In-Person Visits at Cook County Jail
The Cook County sheriff’s office announced Sunday it will be suspending in-person visits at the Cook County Jail in hopes of warding off another coronavirus outbreak as cases rise across the county. The suspension is effective Monday, the sheriff’s office announced, citing the rising case numbers as well as the stay-at-home advisory issued Thursday for Chicago and suburban Cook County. “For...
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Illinois High Court: Suspended Cook County Officers Can Sue for Back Pay
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that officers who were suspended while undergoing disciplinary proceedings can sue the Cook County Sheriff’s Office for backpay lost during their suspensions. In the 4-3 decision on Thursday, the state’s high court upheld an appeals court’s ruling allowing officers to sue Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office over the legitimacy of the merit board...
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Charges Filed Against Man Shot by Cook County Sheriff's Police on Chicago's SW Side
A 28-year-old man who was shot by a Cook County Sheriff’s police while running from a traffic stop Wednesday on the Southwest Side faces multiple felony charges. Durell Foster was charged with aggravated assault of a peace officer, unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a substance, Chicago police said Friday. Authorities were patrolling near Stickney at 7:20...
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Video Shows Cook County Sheriff's Police Shooting Armed Man Running From Traffic Stop
The Cook County sheriff’s office released a video Thursday that shows a deputy shooting an allegedly armed man as he runs from police on the Southwest Side. The sheriff’s office released the video after family disputed he was armed when an officer shot him twice while allegedly running from a traffic stop. In addition to the video, the sheriff’s...
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Cook County Sheriff's Deputy Fires at Suspect Fleeing Traffic Stop: Police
A Cook County sheriff’s deputy fired at a suspect who displayed a gun while running from a traffic stop Sunday evening in south suburban Ford Heights, police said. A Cook County Sheriff’s Office deputy tried to pull a vehicle over in the area of Lincoln Highway and Lexington Avenue when numerous subjects exited the vehicle and ran in multiple...
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Sheriff ‘De-deputizes' Deputies Linked to Offensive Online Posts
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart was moving to temporarily strip as many as seven deputies of their police powers after the county’s public defender complained that deputies had apparently posted insulting and threatening comments online after a march in support of Black Lives Matter, his spokesman said Friday. Spokesman Matt Walberg said the investigation to identify the deputies and...
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Cook County Sheriff's Deputy Shoots Self in Hip
A Cook County sheriff’s deputy accidentally shot herself in the hip Wednesday in the restroom of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center on the Near West Side. Chicago police said a female law enforcement officer accidentally discharged her weapon, striking her hip, about 8:25 a.m. in the 2200 block of West Ogden Avenue. Law enforcement sources said the woman was a…
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Matteson Man Killed in Ford Heights Shooting
An 18-year-old man was fatally shot Friday in south suburban Ford Heights.
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Wayward Donkey Rescued on I-90 by Flummoxed Sheriff's Deputy
A real ass was seen on I-90 near Arlington Heights Wednesday—prompting a Cook County sheriff’s deputy to pull over and take action.
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Wayward Donkey Rescued on I-90 by Flummoxed Sheriff's Deputy
Body-camera footage showing a donkey being rescued by the deputy was posted on the department’s Twitter account.
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Pride and Heartbreak: Colleagues Pay Final Respects to Cook County Sheriff's Officer Killed in Crash
It was a somber Monday in Palos Heights as friends, family and fellow officers paid their final respects to a Cook County Sheriff’s Officer.
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Services Held For Cook Co. Sheriff's Officer Killed in Crash
It was a somber Monday in Palos Heights as friends, family and fellow officers paid their final respects to a Cook County Sheriff’s Officer. Charlie Wojciechowski reports.
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Meet Cook County Sheriff's Adorable New Search and Rescue Tool
The Cook County Sheriff has a new search and rescue tool—a bloodhound named Lula Belle who’s already saving lives.
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Cook County Sheriff's Office Gets Adorable New Search and Rescue Tool
Lula Belle, a bloodhound, is the newest search and rescue tool for the Cook County Sheriff’s Department. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty met the precocious pooch.
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Police Deny Claims Drug-Sniffing Dogs Will Be Euthanized if Weed is Legalized in Illinois
Despite comments recently made by an Illinois detective, experts and police have vowed that drug-sniffing dogs won’t be euthanized should Illinois legalize recreational pot use.
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Body Camera Footage Shows Officers Revive Man From Suspected Heroin Overdose at Chicago-Area Courthouse
Body camera footage released Thursday shows officers reviving a man found unresponsive from a suspected heroin overdose in the bathroom of a Chicago-area courthouse, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s office.
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Video Shows Officers Revive Man From Suspected Overdose
Body camera footage released by the Cook County Sheriff’s office shows deputies reviving a man from a suspected heroin overdose at a Chicago-area courthouse on Wednesday. (Warning: Video may be disturbing to some viewers.)
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Man Charged With DUI for Jane Addams Crash With 2 Squad Cars
A man accused of crashing a car into two Cook County sheriff’s squad cars late Tuesday on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway has been charged with DUI.