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State police's simulator lets cops practice responses to danger. We tried it, and it's hard.

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Nov 25, 2022 6:23 AM - Police officers often say the public doesn't understand that sometimes situations go sideways in seconds. The Illinois State Police on Wednesday gave members of the media the chance to see just what that means and how its troopers practice for situations they may face.
Pair charged with fraudulently obtaining $100K in aid during pandemic

By Chuck Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Nov 18, 2022 5:44 AM - A suburban duo are the latest state residents to face charges stemming from a monthslong state and federal investigation into unemployment insurance fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The suburban prosecutors taking the lead in the legal battle to topple the SAFE-T Act

Nov 11, 2022 5:30 AM - When more than half of Illinois' state's attorneys go to court in Kankakee County next month in a last-ditch effort to block the controversial SAFE-T Act, the proceedings will have a distinctly suburban flavor.
What's fiction, what's fact about the SAFE-T Act and the elimination of cash bail

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Nov 4, 2022 1:12 PM - The SAFE-T Act is the hottest issue on the campaign trail this fall, and that's meant plenty of misinformation and confusion over what's really in the criminal justice reform bill and what it means for you. We've been covering the legislation since before it was approved last year. Here's our best attempt at separating fact from fiction.
Spooked by reports of candy-colored fentanyl? There's no reason to worry, experts say

Oct 28, 2022 10:07 AM - Fears of someone sticking something dangerous in your kids' Halloween candy are nothing new. This year's boogeyman involves the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl finding its way into trick-or-treat bags on Monday. And like past Halloween panics, experts say there's no reason to be spooked.
Should possession of a little fentanyl, cocaine and heroin be a misdemeanor, not a felony?

Oct 21, 2022 5:00 AM - Should possession of personal amounts of fentanyl, cocaine and heroin be a misdemeanor? McHenry County authorities say "no."
Why some see New Jersey as a model for bail reform in Illinois

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Oct 14, 2022 6:30 AM - What's New Jersey got what we don't? An effective system for eliminating cash bail while protecting the public, critics of the Illinois SAFE-T Act say. Here's how they're doing it in the Garden State.
Why Lake County's top prosecutor isn't bailing on the SAFE-T Act

Oct 7, 2022 5:20 AM - Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart is the only top prosecutor in the collar counties -- and one of just two in Illinois -- not calling for a full repeal, significant changes or at least a delay in the state's plan to eliminate cash bail as of Jan. 1. Here's why Rinehart isn't bailing on the SAFE-T Act.
FBI honors suburban tattoo artists for helping victims, ex-criminals replace reminders of past

Sep 30, 2022 11:21 PM - Oswego tattoo artists, doing "what our faith has driven us to do," received FBI award for helping victims and former criminals replace painful reminders of their past lives.
EV Rider: Palatine police are pioneering electric motorcycles in law enforcement

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Sep 23, 2022 4:38 PM - Call them EV Riders. Palatine police officers Eddie Christudhas and Taylor Black are the first motorcycle cops in Illinois riding an all-electric bike. Here's why their department decided to go green when it decided to reestablish its motorcyle unit more than a decade after it was dissolved.

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