by Mike Pierga | May 12, 2017 | Press Release
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office will host its Department of Corrections Promotional Ceremony today, May 12, 2017 at the Mental Health Transition Center from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The sworn and civilian staff promoted in 2016 and 2017 to Sergeant, Lieutenant, Commander,...
by Mike Pierga | May 8, 2017 | Press Release
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart will join the families of fallen officers as they remember those killed in the line of duty at the 16th annual Cook County Peace Officers Memorial Ceremony. The hour-long ceremony starts at 11 a.m. on May 9 at the Cermak Woods Forest...
by Mike Pierga | May 5, 2017 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Eight maximum security individuals in custody have been charged with aggravated arson in connection with burning their uniforms, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. On the evening of April 15 multiple individuals in custody destroyed...
by Mike Pierga | May 4, 2017 | Press Release
The Right to Know Act (SB 1502), proposed by Sheriff Tom Dart and sponsored by Sen. Michael Hastings, was passed by the Illinois Senate this afternoon on a partisan line with one GOP member voting “yes.” 31 senators voted in favor of the bill, 21 voted opposed to the...
by Mike Pierga | May 3, 2017 | Press Release
A 23-year-old Oak Lawn man has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated driving under the influence in connection with a Monday morning crash that killed two people, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. At approximately 1 a.m. on May 1, Sheriff’s...
