Cook County Getting High-Tech Crime Tip App
A new crime-fighting tool in Cook County might soon be in the palm of your hand.
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A new crime-fighting tool in Cook County might soon be in the palm of your hand.
Good news on the crime front in Illinois' second largest city. There were zero murders in Aurora in 2012. That hasn't happened since 1946.
Ald. James Cappleman (46th) has introduced an ordinance that would significantly increase the penalties for feeding pigeons – making it a crime punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded gently on Monday to criticisms of his crime-fighting strategy leveled at him last week by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.
12 people have been wounded in weekend gun violence, including a man who was shot in the back after committing a robbery.
Three men were wounded, none seriously, in two shootings in Humboldt Park and Lawndale overnight.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Chicago police are making strong moves to confront continuing city violence—which has included violent attacks at funerals.
A man was shot and killed in a gang-related attack late Friday in Englewood.
Five of those killed were fatally shot, while a sixth was stabbed to death, authorities said.
A new study concludes that Gary, Ind., is the most under-policed city in the country.
A 41-year-old man was shot while driving an SUV in the Northwest Side Belmont Craigin neighborhood early Tuesday.
CTA officials say their system of more than 17,000 cameras is dramatically reducing crime on the system.
Concern about safety is growing in one Chicago neighborhood and some of the people who live there say a unique restaurant may be to blame.
A Chicago alderman wants to add a fee to your electric bill so the city can hire more police officers.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says it's a crime-fighting game-changer.
Gov. Quinn has signed a law that will allow school officials and law enforcement authorities to share juvenile criminal records on a limited basis.
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy says despite the weekend violence that left nine dead, officers were able to diffuse a potentially dangerous situation on Michigan Avenue.
After months of criticism and complaining President Obama finally reacts to the horrific crime rate and record-breaking murder rate in Chicago.
Many who supported Obama in 2008 did so because they believed that he would help black Americans. The criticism four years later is that having a black president in the White House hasn't helped African Americans at all.
Throughout the city and suburbs and across America, this is the National Night Out.
Flash mobs were once innocent social experiments, but now are all too often racial attacks. Unfortunately, the media continues to paint a rosy picture and fails to report the violence and crime they cause.
As cities struggle to contain gang violence, which claims lives and holds communities hostage, federal government is sending in special agents to help -- but not to Chicago.
Twelve residential buildings on the South and West Side were scheduled to be torn down Thursday, in an effort to eliminate hives for gang activity and violent crime.
The man in charge of promoting Chicago conventions and tourism is backpedaling on reports quoting him as saying that the recent crime wave in the city is going to damage his best efforts, unless it is quickly quelled.
For America's big cities: the people who are supposed to have, need to have, and claim to have all the answers simply don't have a clue.
