The Cook County Sheriff's Office has been a part of Illinois' enhanced CTA security plan and state-led task force dedicated ...

Cook County’s 911 mental health program gives officers tablets that connect a person in crisis via video to a mental health ...

WGN Investigates analyzed Chicago's city data portal independently.

MAYWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- Local law enforcement officials are making new training adjustments in Cook County. The sheriff's office has a newly renovated range and training center in Maywood. It's a $1 ...

Sheriff Tom Dart is personally leading a transit task force, required by the newly enacted sweeping transit law, that will decide early next year whether to recommend creating a unified police force ...

An Oak Lawn man was found with a loaded gun, cash and drugs inside his car during a traffic stop on Chicago’s South Side.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, whose police officers have been deployed on the CTA for several months, said Wednesday that a dedicated police force should be responsible for law enforcement on public ...

Lavette Mayes had already spent 425 days locked up in the Cook County jail when she found herself in front of a judge in 2016. The Chicago Community Bond Fund had just helped her buy her freedom, and ...

People who fail to pay court-ordered support to their children or former spouses can land in jail. Expanding access to lawyers for parents at the start of divorce cases could mean fewer problems in ...