by Grace Cronin | Oct 2, 2025 | Press Release
CHICAGO – At the request of the Broadview Police Department, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and the Illinois State Police (ISP), with assistance from the Cook County Department of Emergency Management and Regional Security and the Illinois Emergency...
by Grace Cronin | Sep 17, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police, in conjunction with the Melrose Park Police Department, will be conducting a roadside safety checkpoint in Leyden Township, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The checkpoint is scheduled to run from 6 p.m. Thursday,...
by Grace Cronin | Sep 2, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – The Cook County Sheriff’s Office collected approximately 18,900 pounds of compostable waste during its first two weeks of launching its new composting pilot program in the jail’s Central Kitchen, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Launched...
by Grace Cronin | Aug 21, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – Legislation championed by Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart that creates new guidelines for missing persons investigations is now state law. SB 24, the Missing Persons Identification Act, sponsored by Sen. Michael Hastings in the Senate and Rep....
by Grace Cronin | Aug 15, 2025 | Press Release
COOK COUNTY, IL – An Orland Park man who was shot by Sheriff’s Police as he savagely attacked two women in an unincorporated Lyons Township apartment building has been charged with attempted murder and home invasion, but charges are expected to be upgraded to murder...
