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In December 1921, Cook County Sheriff Charles W. Peters proposed the Sheriff’s Office create a police force responsible for patrolling the roadways and other areas of suburban Cook County. #cookcountysheriff

“Properly supporting the men and women in the ranks of the Chicago Police Department and fully enforcing state law at the County level is a far better answer than groveling for a few more federal agents,” said Chairman Steve Boulton. #SreveBoulton

In a move we suspect should be overturned on appeal or otherwise disposed of as what we consider an improper prior restraint on speech, a Cook County Judge ordered John Catanzara, president of Chicago's largest police union, to stop speaking about or otherwise encouraging union members to defy Mayor Lightfoot's vaccine mandate.

Village of Robbins: Special Board Meeting (Robbins, IL) - The Village of Robbins today swore in a new chief of police and a new village administrator at a special board meeting.

Robbins addresses police concerns, new chief to start tomorrow (Robbins, IL) - The Village of Robbins and freshly-minted Mayor Darren E. Bryant held a press conference this afternoon to address the police walk-out that occurred this past weekend.

Robbins police officers say enough is enough, call off this weekend (Robbins, IL) - Earlier today, The Southland Journal reported that the police for the Village of Robbins have walked off the job.

Breaking: Village of Robbins police and fire on strike (Robbins, IL) - Village of Robbins police officers and fire men today took a stand against what they're calling unfair wage and labor practices.

Underwood blames officer retirement on low morale - U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Illinois) insists all the recent anti-police rhetoric across the state can’t be viewed as a factor in the rash of police officers now leaving the force.

Hazel Crest’s Chief Davis installed as 73rd president of Illinois Chiefs’ association (Flossmoor, IL) - Chief Mitchell R. Davis III, chief of police of the Hazel Crest Police Department, was installed Friday, April 30, 2021, as president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police.

To understand why police are so rarely held accountable for killings, you should know about Kawaski Trawick, and what didn’t happen to the officer who shot him.