Articles filed under Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
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Google for guns: How the state created its own system to trace weapons involved in crimes
Jul 1, 2022 3:15 PM - Call it Google for Guns. Illinois law enforcement leaders have launched a new online portal they say will allow cops across the state to quickly and easily trace the history of a gun recovered during a criminal investigation.
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Why an appellate court denied Degorski's latest bid for new trial in Brown's Chicken murders
Jun 17, 2022 5:10 AM - James Degorski, one of the two men convicted for the 1993 Palatine Brown's Chicken murders, has failed in his latest attempt to win a new trial, despite an appeals court buying at least some of his argument about a witness in the case.
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Former Aurora chief Ziman to help DOJ investigate police response to Uvalde shooting
Jun 9, 2022 5:19 PM - The U.S. Department of Justice is turning to a former suburban top cop to help it examine how police responded to the May 24 mass shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead at a Texas grade school.
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How Lake County plans to deploy 'interrupters' to fight surge in gun violence
Jun 3, 2022 5:30 AM - Lake County has seen twice as many gun-related homicides so far this year than at the same point in 2021, driving home the reasons behind Friday's launch of the new Gun Violence Prevention Initiative. "This is a plan designed to reach people before the shooting starts," State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said.
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What Biden's executive order on police reform means for suburban departments
May 27, 2022 9:05 AM - President Biden's new order on federal policing - including a ban on chokeholds - mirrors a lot of what suburban police agencies say they already are doing.
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How Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Justice Alito helped appellate court decide suburban case
May 20, 2022 5:20 AM - Hip-hop icons Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg probably don't run in the same circles as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, but the trio make unexpected cameos in a recent state appeals court decision upholding a suburban man's conviction for threatening a judge.
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Five years later, here's what's been done to prevent another deadly hospital standoff
May 13, 2022 1:00 AM - In 2017, a nurse was assaulted and held hostage by a Kane County jail inmate being treated at a Geneva hospital. What was done to keep that from ever happening again?
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'I'm not here to make friends': Ex-Aurora chief's book examines policing, leadership
May 6, 2022 9:08 AM - Former Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman has written a book examining her more than three trailblazing decades in law enforcement and the lessons learned from it. Ziman describes "Reimagining Blue: Thoughts on Life, Leadership, and a New Way Forward in Policing," as part memoir, part reflection on leadership and part story of women's empowerment.
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Tireless work on murder case earns McHenry deputy honor as state's top cop
Apr 29, 2022 5:30 AM - McHenry County sheriff's Sgt. Trent Raupp's tireless pursuit of a missing woman, and eventually her suspected killer, helped earn him recognition as the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police's Most Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer of the Year.
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Dramatic Palatine police recruiting video makes an action-movie splash, then disappears
Apr 22, 2022 9:50 AM - With its scenes of cops in SWAT gear, police cars in hot pursuit and officers lifting weights in the gym -- all shown over a soaring operatic score -- you might think you were watching a trailer for the latest Jerry Bruckheimer action movie. But the three-minute, 52-second film is a recruitment video for the Palatine Police Department, and it's causing quite the stir on social media.
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